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Aftermath 1
--10 years later….
He no longer hid the scars on his face. They were a show of pride now. Ligh had control of one of the strongest and Non-tyrant Empire in the universe.
Notice the past tense.
He was loosing control under the hands of a tyrant – Frost.
He was forced to the part of the universe that he had kept safe from the others that he had defeated and destroyed, but now, it was his only refuge. His army was now small. Consisting of a few of the strongest men that had ever been 'recruited' by his father and uncle and a couple of Advisors. It was not as large as he would have liked.
He did not know how he would be received on this planet of a former enemy but he had to warn them or prepare for invasion. They needed to prepare. They needed help to survive.
And he did look forward to seeing her again. His mind was a mess every time he thought of her.
Now he had to warn her.
He stepped foot on Earth and saw that it had not changed much at all. It seemed calm and radiated the peace that he wished he could have had.
"Sir, do you really think this is wise?" His most trusted friend and Advisor, Brandon, said as he surveyed the planet.
"What other choice do we have?" he sighed. "This is a last resort. I promised her that I would leave this planet alone. I do not know how they will greet us."
Brandon looked on nervously and frowned deeply. His only memory of a Saiyian was Trunks and he was out to destroy. He had witnessed his slow recovery from the injuries and did not like the idea of recruiting one that was an enemy of the past. He did not see how they fought against his uncle and he did not understand why he had chosen to protect the northern quadrant of the known universe.
Now he had to go find her and warn her. He hoped that she was still here. She said that she may not be… he hoped that she somehow remained behind. He did not know where her true home was. She had tried to explain but found the talk of time travel rather complicated.
"You are late!"
He started as he looked up to the sky… and there she was! How did she know that he was coming? She descended and stood in front of him and he could only stare.
Crystal. She was more beautiful than he remembered her being. Her hair was still long and tied in two braids that fell over either shoulder. Even though some bangs did fall over her sparkling blue eyes. She was wearing snug clothes and he could see her belly and… and was there a ring in her belly button? He blinked a few times as he forced himself to look away at the interesting belly ring and to her face. She had matured and it only improved her beauty.
She was wearing the necklace that he gave her. Her belly button ring matched it.
He smiled brightly.
"Well, are you going to say hello, or are you going to gawk at my stomach," she said with a smirk.
He could feel his cheeks burn.
She laughed at him.
"What took you so long? I mean, you were supposed to be here hours ago!" she said and walked up to him. He could hear his men nervous behind him. They only knew the rumors of the terror that lived on this planet that had destroyed their prior leaders… they were wondering if it was this girl. He even heard one chuckle about it. They would learn as soon as they saw her fight and if they saw that boy that could turn into a dragon.
"What do you mean? I never told you I was coming?" he said and blinked at her. "Did you know I was coming?"
She smiled. "Dreamt about it. Glad you are back," she said and looped her arm around his and smiled back at the men that were streaming out of the ship. Some were gawking openly at her and he didn't like that.
Brandon came forward. "Sire?" His eyes looking with disapproval at Crystal. He was not part of his father or his uncle advisors. None of those men were among the crew now. He had made sure of that. It also didn't help that half of them refused to return and the other half that were alive, wanted to stay with their families in this turbulent time. "Is this a wise distraction?"
"Distraction," Crystal said with a sneer, as she stayed looped on his arm. She shook her head. "You are the ones coming here because of the Lord Frost that is coming and destroying your empire. Right? You need me buddy!" She sniffed.
"How did you know about Frost?" he said to her. How could she know so much?
"Dreams. I told you that already." She said. "I knew that he was coming and I knew that you were coming back. But you were late. We are going to have to rush if we are going to make that dinner reservation that…
"Reservation?"
"…I made. It is in a hard to get into restaurant." She looked at the watch on her wrist. "I should have enough time to kill the traitor and we can have dinner." She said and unlooped her arm. "You have an informant for this Frost guy here…somewhere," She said and eyed the men.
"Sire, can we get down to business. We do not have time to deal with this woman." Brandon grumbled. "We should find this Cyrus fellow that you mentioned."
"Oh," Crystal said as she continued to eye the men who no longer were ogling her. Her stance had changed and now, she looked threatening. Still very beautiful but threatening. He was amazed at how quickly she could shift her attention. "He isn't here. He was able to go home," she said and turned to the advisor again. "But don't worry. You don't want that dragon appearing to save your butt. I am stronger than I was before, so this Frost guy will be no problems. We have had a few 'issues' in the last ten years that I have dealt with." She said. "This guy is supposed to have red hair and a tick, you know. Nervous. Typical informant looking guy." She said to the advisor. "Do you know anyone meeting that description?"
He could feel the pressure on him as they all were looking at this strange woman who was talking about her dreams. So confident and beautiful. He hadn't realized how much he had missed her.
"There would be no traitors on this crew! I hand picked them." Good 'ole Brandon. So proud and he was meticulous. He had been a friend in his tutor classes. The only reason he had such a high rank and his trust. A true friend. He had so few of those.
"Yeah. Yeah, well, he is here somewhere," she looked at her watch and then at him. "Damn. You have to change out of that. You cannot wear that outfit to the restaurant and I have to change yet as well!" She said. "They would kick me out for wearing this!"
He opened his mouth as to protest that they didn't have time to talk about dinner. They had other more urgent matters at hand.
"Ha!" She said. "I see him!" She flashed to that blond thing that she can transform into and lunged at a smallish guy with red hair. "Do you want to bet that he snuck aboard your ship! I'll win, but I will take your bet!" She said as she held the little guy aloft. He was gasping for air.
His men were getting nervous. He was sure that they heard about the few remaining Saiyians that could transform into golden creature's that had terrible power. Hell, it was the reason that Frost was heading in this direction.
Brandon was dumb struck and just stared with a gapping mouth. Of course, he was looking at how much her figure improved as well. You could see more of her belly and her breast seemed to be straining against her shirt. It would not be a bad way to die, looking at her.
The guy wiggled in her grip and announced that it was too late. He already told Frost where they were and tried to laugh. Crystal was not at all scared. He did not like the news that he had been harboring a traitor and it was obvious that Advisor did not know.
"Good," she said and blasted him away with a simple energy blast that she formed in her other hand. She dropped out of the golden transformation and rearranged her bangs over her face and walked back up to him and looped her arm around his again.
Everyone was staring and tense.
"Let's get ready for dinner shall we?" she said.
He blinked at her. She was just such an amazing woman. How could he have left her behind? How could have left in the first place.
"Why did you kill him?" Advisor snapped. "We could have gotten information out of him!"
She rolled her eyes. This was almost amusing seeing this and he knew that he was smiling. "Frost is coming. Duh! That is all he could ever say!" She unhooked her arm and it felt like he was missing something when she left his side. "I am ready for his attack and that is all you need to know!"
"You! A girl!" Brandon scoffed.
He winced. That was not good. He had seen her fight. She was good: Both at her verbal and physical fighting. She had demonstrated with that Benot fellow how sharp her tongue could be.
"Yes! Me! And my family! We are going to get rid of him! Listen here buddy, If you want me to let him destroy your home, I will, but I will not let him destroy mine! This is all I have, right here!" She said and stomped her feet on the ground. The ground shook as if it understood her point.
"Sir! More people approaching!" It was one of his generals. He was glad that the little argument was interrupted. It was just safer. He didn't want either of them to loose their tempers.
He looked up and saw three people descend beside Crystal.
Trunks, (even though his hair was graying now) Benot (who defiantly had filled out since he last saw him.) and the woman Soyna (her hair was cut shorter than he remembered it being.) set foot beside her.
Benot started talking first. "Damn it Crystal. Why didn't you wait for us?" He complained. If he remembered correctly, these two fought a lot. "Coming here by yourself and after telling us a lie!" He snorted loudly and looked straight at Ligh.
He could still feel the hate off of him.
She rolled her eyes. "It's not like I went off to fight Frost!"
"I wouldn't put it past you," Soyna said and stood in front of the now stunned looking Brandon. Brandon was staring at Trunks. Trunks, the killer of his father. A lot of people knew his description and knew that he was part Saiyain. And Soyna, looked almost like a full-blooded Saiyian especially with that tail wrapped around her waist. Of course, he didn't remember her having a tail last time… he must not have noticed.
"Gee guys, I can handle this," Crystal said.
Benot was glaring at him. He really didn't like Benot all that much. He couldn't help but dislike him right back. Of course, Crystal had hinted to him that in her real time (he still had a hard time understand this time travel stuff.) he was killed once by him. He had asked how he could still be alive if he had killed him. She just laughed at him. He didn't really want to know anymore.
"You should have told us," Trunks said in a firm voice. Now, Brandon was certain that it was the same guy that killed his father. He could see it written on his face. He could see that his generals were getting upset as well.
He had no idea how to diffuse this situation.
"Anyway, we are hear now," she looked at her watch. "I have dinner reservations made and we should get everyone back to the house and we can talk things over!" She said.
Soyna frowned. "You could be a little more discreet," she said and shook her head. "But I do think we should make haste. Capsulate your ship so that we don't have curious little on lookers." She said. Advisor stiffened. "Do you have a problem with that?"
"Since when do you bark orders?" Brandon barked. "We have not had friendly relations in the past, why should we trust you?"
"Advisor!" He said. "They can be trusted. We don't have a choice." He could never sufficiently explain why he felt the way that he did or how he knew that they could trust them and knew that was the only way for his empire to regain it's control and keep his people safe.
Benot humped and folded his arms and looked at the small group of men that he brought with him. His surviving army. Not very many. No match for this small family. It sounded rather pathetic.
Trunk's spoke next, "If we wanted to get rid of you, it would be done a long time ago. All we want is to live in this part of the universe in peace. A peace that has been shattered by various enemies in the past ten years, from off this planet and from within it. We do not want a war. But we will destroy anyone that threatens our home."
"You hunted down King Krad!" Advisor barked and glaring right at Trunks. He was a little afraid of the man and knew that he should be too, but he didn't feel the anger or the fear. Even though he was the cause of the scar on his face.
Trunk's eyes darkened. "He was going to kill me and destroy my daughter. I was not going to allow that to happen!" Soyna face went grim. He didn't understand this part. It had more to do with the time traveling concept that he had a hard time dealing with. "No one threatens my family."
Ligh bit his lip and stood between Brandon and Trunks. "This is not going to resolve things. We will work together. All of us!" He said and glared at Brandon. He nodded his head. "We will not in-fight."
"Sir!" A general came out of the bushes and with him toted two young kids that he carried under each of his arms. He looked a little startled to see the others but quickly gained his composure. "We found these two trying to sneak aboard the ship."
Soyna groaned and covered her face with her hand.
Benot even grimaced a bit and crossed his arms as he looked at the children that looked no older than five years old.
His General put them down and he saw why. There was a boy and a girl that looked up at the adults sheepishly. They were not scared of the army or the General that stood behind them. They were nervous about what the adults were going to do to them. The girl was rather smallish looking with a wild mop of light blue hair and some very vibrant green eyes. She was dressed in some rather boyish clothes. The boy had closely cropped dark purple hair that curled slightly wearing a dark blue gi, tied with a red tie around his waist.
Trunk's was the one that spoke "What are you two doing here?" he said with a stern voice. "Aren't you supposed to be doing your homework?"
"But grandpa," the little girl whimpered and batted her green eyes. She didn't finish saying anything as she looked at the ground that she stirred with the toes of her boots.
Grandpa? Trunk's was a grandpa?
"Where is Junior and Legen?" Soyna asked. "They are supposed to be watching you two!"
"Weelllll," the boy said. "You seeeee, um, it is like this… um," he said and looked at his feet. "We kindaaaa, you know… shook them off."
The faces of the Saiyian's went grim.
"Flint!" Benot said. "What the hell are you thinking? No wait," the boy with the dark purple hair started to speak but stopped with Benot raised his hand. "I do not want to know what you were thinking. I want you to take Bulma and go home!"
"But dad!" the boy said. "I don't want to miss the fun!" he protested.
"Aw mom, I want to see the fight," the girl's name must be Bulma. "We missed the last one."
Trunk's shook his head. "You were two when we dealt with Bebi!"
"This is all very amusing, but I don't think your cublings should be involved in this," Advisor said. Brandon sure was looking angry. He was finding all this rather amusing.
"Hey!" the one named Flint burst out. "I can go Gold buddy! I can beat you in a fight." The boy was rather tenacious. Much like his father, it seemed.
Brandon looked taken aback by the outburst of the boy. He didn't doubt that boy could transform as well. These remaining Saiyians were amazing.
Benot clamped his hand on his son's shoulder and he immediacy seemed to shrink against him. Soyna put her hand on the head of the little girl who wisely kept her mouth shut.
"They will not be involved." Soyna said.
Both of the children frowned and looked as if they were going to protest, but Soyna shook her head at the little girl and Benot frowned at the boy that was under his hand.
"Can we at least see inside the alien space ship, dad," Flare said. "Huh? I never have seen the inside of an alien ship before."
"Mom?" Bulma said. "Please. I have never seen a real alien ship before!"
Ligh smiled. "We will deal with all this later," he thought it was time to stop this little outburst. Crystal had attached himself to his arm again and he knew that he was blushing and smiling like a fool. "We should talk business."
They all nodded.
Crystal looked at her watch. "We are going to be late for dinner," she complained.
Soyna heard her.
"Quit being such a flirt!" she snapped and scooped up the girl in her arms.
He couldn't help but blush and it darkened as Crystal blushed as well. She was so beautiful.
Of course, he was reminded later how he was not acting like the leader of his people by Brandon. He was told that he was not acting appropriately especially with his flirting with Crystal.
He just brushed off his Brandon as the General's started to bring forward their concerns.
"Even the adults are acting like children," one of the generals commented. "How can they seriously help us?"
He smiled. "You do not want them to be serious about fighting," Ligh said simply. "It is better if they act as if it is a game."
Brandon scoffed. "And why is that?"
"Universe's get destroyed when they take things seriously." Ligh said. He understood that much about the Saiyian's that remained on this planet.
They all looked at him as if he were crazy. He felt a little crazy after seeing Crystal again. "You are serious?" Brandon said. "We are supposed to let them play with our fate?"
"It is there's as well," he said. "They will not fail our expectations. General. Did you not get strength readings?"
"Yes, but they were rather low, even though…" he looked at the pad in front of him. "That woman that was clinging to your arm spiked quite a bit when she killed the traitor."
"I can guarantee that is only a fraction of their power. We are not here to make more enemies; we do not stand a chance against them. They always seem to find a way to win, even if they have to travel through time to fix mistakes." He said. "I am trying to save what is left of my people and this is the last chance. Right here. With them! They may act childish, but you will respect them and Crystal!"
Ligh saw Brandon shaking his head at him and his Generals looking at him with wide eyes.
They had only seen Trunk's fight.
They would soon learn that they can change rather quickly in a relatively short period of time.
…………
He found himself relaxing.
Even with Benot's glares and Trunk's grunts.
He filled them in on all that he knew about this Frost guy and they seemed to know quite a bit about him already and then he got cleared up on the changes that occurred her. There was hints that they had even fought him before.
Bulma had passed on about 7 years ago and he could tell from the tones that were used that she was still sorely missed.
He was a little startled when he saw the one they called Junior, Benot Junior, at first. Crystal just told him it was a time travel thing and pushed it to the back of his mind. The boy did act quite a bit like his counterpart but at least he didn't glare at him. He was surprised to learn that during his uncle's attack she had been pregnant with Benot Junior and Legen, a strapping lad that strongly resembled his father. Soyna and Brennen only had one other child, the little girl that had tried to sneak aboard his ship, Bulma, named after the lost matriarch of the family.
He was surprised to see that Benot had married a young petite woman by the name of Rose and had long pink hair. It was also odd seeing a man with such hate playing with such love with his two children, Flint, the boy he had met by his ship, and a little two-year-old girl with maroon hair, that they had named Flare. Crystal had told him that the names were of the brother and sister than he missed.
Time Travel again. Everything was so twisted around here.
And the children of Trunks had changed dramatically. He only remember the young man 'Geta. He didn't remember Boxer or Bra. 'Geta was surprisingly dressed in a suit and Crystal said something about him running the Capsule Corporation with Brennen now. Boxer was in his last years of school was eager to join in the fight that was coming and Bra just shrugged her shoulders at the thought of another battle and said that she was going to the mall.
Then there was the weird big pink guy that was always smiling. He was kind of creepy but seemed nice enough. They called him Mr. Buu. A very odd fellow indeed. He did n to ask how he fit into the situation. He wasn't too sure that he wanted to know. Crystal gave hints to something about that to him, but he didn't really care. As long as he was strong enough to help them in the upcoming battle. Crystal just laughed and said to him that he shouldn't worry about that.
They were so calm about the battle that was to come. When he was Crystal he felt at ease and wasn't worried about the impending attack.
It took them three days to finally get their dinner together without anyone peering over their shoulders.
She was beautiful as he watched her eat at the candle light dinner.
It didn't take him long to realize that he wasn't going to be leaving this planet again. He doubted that he could survive without her. The way her eyes sparkled back at him, he was pretty sure that she felt the same way about him.
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The battle was won by Crystal and Soyna who preformed a fusion that intensified their power to a horrible earth shaking level. Soyal was a force to contend with and Frost, did not have a chance in hell. A little surprise that they presented to the men who were amazed that they knew how to fuse to begin with.
Of course, things changed rather swiftly after that.
Ligh announced that he was staying on the planet and make sure that no one tried to be unfair to any planet from there. It did not go over well with Brandon who really was beginning to hate Crystal. But it was done and even though the universe was not at total peace it was better than it ever had been with the new breed of Golden Warrior that protected the innocent and those who could not protect themselves.
A legacy that the children and grandchildren of our warrior kept up and proudly brandished the Saiyian and Wodah's name. Names that were no longer feared but savored.
The Northern quadrant of the universe was the safest place to live for a very long time.
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