Disclaimer: Yeah, I know. In the DBZ show androids 16 and 17 never came back, and 18 got married to Krillen and had a kid. But I started this story before I saw that, and besides, I don't really like the way that turned out. So I changed it. Krillen never married android 18, they wished back 17, and they rebuilt 16. It's my story, I can change whatever I want.
We know I don't own DBZ,
cause it's made in Japan.
And we know that I'm not Japanese,
I'm an American!!!
The wormhole dropped them in the meadow it was supposed to, but it was a few hundred feet off the ground. That wasn't any problem when you can fly. Kentra was caught by surprise and fell a few feet before she managed to right herself, but there were no troubles.
Cryos immediately began sensing for the energy signals of his friends. He had no idea where any if them were, he hadn't been home in several years.
He picked up Piccolo's energy first. The Namek warrior was already on his way to see them.
Trunk's power signature was there as well. He was sparring with someone. It took Cryos a few seconds to figure out who it was, then with a start, he realized it was Vegeita! The old Sayian's power had not held up well over the years. He was hardly even recognizable as the ruthless and powerful warrior he had once been!
He sensed Denday faintly off in the distance. The Guardian of Earth was a far weaker Namek than Piccolo. But he had other powers, he was the power source of the Dragonballs. The legendary balls that granted 2 wishes to the person who collected all seven in one place.
Cryos decided that he'd wait for everyone to find him, instead of trying to find them all. He knew he wouldn't have long to wait, but in the meantime, he'd work on Kentra's skills a bit.
Cryos asked her if she wanted to have a sparing match before everyone arrived.
She wholeheartedly agreed, but on the condition that he didn't hold anything back. Didn't pull his punches, didn't let attacks get through that he could have stopped, just went at her at full strength.
He laughed. "I don't think you could handle my Super-Sayian power, but I'll give you a good fight."
Cryos dropped down to the ground and went into his fighting stance. Kentra did the same.
"You ready for this?" Cryos asked her. "You could get a little scuffed up."
"So could you." She taunted him.
Cryos just smiled and launched himself forward into his first attack. He swung his powerful fist at her stomach, intending to make this a short session. But to his surprise she got out of the way!
Moving far faster than he'd ever seen her move she came around and landed a powerful blow to his chin.
It didn't hurt so much as it shocked him. He was knocked back several feet, but didn't even fall over.
"Well, well, well…" He muttered. "What happened to the little scared Ba'Ranian girl I met back on Corosant?"
"She grew up!" Kentra yelled before taking off and punching repeatedly.
Cryos easily dodged every one. "Didn't grow up enough apparently." And punched her in the chin just like she had done to him.
He didn't hit her that hard, it was just that she had forgotten to use the defensive measures he had taught her. She was sent flying through the air and struck a tree. The tree was shattered.
Kentra lay on the ground with a grimace of pain on her face. Cryos was afraid he had hurt her and flew over to help as fast as he could.
When he got there, she was struggling to sit up. Cryos held out his hand to help her up. She took it and said in a low voice, "I said…"
"What, what was it?" Cryos was really worried about her.
"I SAID DON'T HOLD BACK!" She screamed and flung him up into the air. Before he even had a chance to react, she was there next to him. She brought up her knee into his back and launched him higher. Then balled her fist together and slammed him back to the ground.
Cryos was just barely able to flip himself around to land on his feet. The ground was pushed down into a crater around him.
Kentra landed about ten feet away with a big smile on her face. "That was for holding back. Now, are we going to fight, or just play around?"
"Kentra," Cryos said, "Look at your hands. In fact, just look at yourself."
She did and saw the blue/white glow radiating from her body. It wasn't the legendary light of the Super-Sayian, but the same sort of glow that every powerful being had when it was powered up.
Even as she looked at the glow it faded. "What was that?" She asked.
"You're getting more powerful all the time, now you're showing it."
"Wow…" She muttered and powered back up. Cryos was about to power up a bit as well, but he suddenly felt eyes watching him.
"Hello, Piccolo." He called over his shoulder.
"Good to see you too, Cryos." The green Namek came walking out of the trees into the sunlight. He looked exactly the same as he had for as long as Cryos had known him, but then, Namek's live a long time. "Who's your friend?"
Cryos smiled as Kentra stepped up to be seen. "This is Kentra. We're going to be married soon."
Piccolo's eyes widened at the news. "Well, I'm happy for you, but I suggest you break the news to Chi-Chi. She's likely to explode if anyone else tells her."
"How's she holding up nowadays?" Cryos asked. His grandmother had always been a little insane, he didn't know how she'd react to her grandson getting married. Or having another alien in the family for that matter.
"She's getting pretty bad. I think her mind is starting to go. Just the other day she tracked me down and demanded to know where Gohan was. She's just as strong as ever though." Piccolo held up his arm and showed the large bite mark on it. "You should probably keep Kentra away from her for now."
"Where's everyone else? They should be here by now."
"Oh, Trunks is coming, but he's with Vegeita, and of course, the mighty Sayian prince isn't going to let his Half-Sayian son get the better of him. So they have to go slowly. The androids are anyone's guess. They're around somewhere, but they mostly keep to themselves. Most of the others are too old and weak to even fly anymore."
"Well, I guess we'll wait for them." Said Cryos.
"What about our fight?" Kentra demanded.
"You want to pick up where we left off?" Cryos asked her.
"Absolutely." She said even as she launched herself into the air at him. Cryos spun and delivered a solid whack to the back of her head.
"Done yet?" He asked her.
Her face was in the dirt. "Yeah…" She mumbled.
"All right then." Cryos stood her back up and helped her brush the dirt off herself while Piccolo spoke.
"Chi-Chi said if you ever come back you'd better go see her first. I'd suggest doing it, or else she might go crazy on you."
"After Trunks and Vegeita get here. Then we'll go see grandma."
"Don't you mean Vegeita and Trunks?" Demanded a gruff voice from the edge of the meadow.
Vegeita was sitting on a small boulder with Trunks standing near him. His hair was completely white, but still stood up in exactly the same way it had in his youth. His face was also just as harsh a look as ever. With his usual scowl glaring out at everyone present.
A small animal came scurrying up next to him, and the Sayian Prince smacked the tiny creature and sent it flying.
"And what is this?" He demanded. Walking up to Kentra. When she tried to recoil from him, he grabbed her by the chin and looked into her face. He looked down and saw the engagement ring on her finger. "My daughter's ring? Oh, Cryos… You know better than that. She's pretty, but she's not fit to wed a Sayian! I know our kind's been forced to marry aliens, and yes, the half Sayians have turned out reasonably well. But you shouldn't thin the already diluted bloodline with… this weakling!"
He pushed he back and she fell to the ground.
"Vegeita!" Cryos yelled. The Sayian had never allowed anyone to call him dad or grandpa or anything of the sort. "Now you listen-"
"No Cryos." Kentra said. "I'll handle this."
Vegeita laughed. "And what is the little weakling girl going to do?"
Kentra glared at him, and then moved far to quickly to for the aging Vegeita to stop her as she kicked his feet out from under him.
The Sayian Prince was old, but not old enough to land on his face. He flipped and did a handspring. Landing with his back to Kentra.
She tried to hick him in the back, but with a burst of speed that seemed to make him vanish into thin air, he ran out of the way.
Cryos raised his eyebrow at that. He didn't think the old warrior had it in him to do that.
Vegeita reappeared and punched at Kentra, but she vanished just as he had and appeared behind him!
Apparently the first burst of speed had taken a lot out of him, too much to do it again. Kentra kicked him and sent him flying back at the rock he had been sitting on only moments ago.
Before he hit, Trunks stepped in and caught him out of the air. But Vegeita wasn't going to let anyone fight his battles for him, and punched Trunks in the face, knocking him to the ground.
"Don't get involved!" He screamed at his son. "Do you think that the mightiest Sayian the universe has ever seen needs help to defeat a little girl!?"
Then he looked back at Kentra. He glared at her for quite awhile, until suddenly, he laughed. It wasn't his normal laugh of cynicism, he actually sounded happy!
"Cryos," He had a smile on his face. It frightened Cryos, he started to back away. "Don't let this one get away from you. She's got fire in her. It isn't everyday that a Sayian Prince is caught off guard by a little girl."
Cryos relaxed a little bit, a real little bit. When you're around Vegeita, it's never a good idea to let your guard down.
"So Cryos," Trunks said. "did you find Articia and Gohan yet?"
"Accually, we did. But there's a problem. Some creature called The One got his hands on them first. It absorbed them and stole their power. Now we're going to need everyone who can to help us get them back."
"I don't know about all these weaklings," Vegeita boldly announced. "but you can count me in. Anyone who challenges a member of the Saiyan race will have the rest of us to face."
Trunks stepped up to his father's side. "Uh, Vegeita, I don't think you're really up to another battle like this."
"Quiet fool!" Vegeita roared. "A Sayian warrior can live up to two hundred years! That would put me at middle age! I can still do everything I always could."
Trunks was about to say something more, but Cryos, standing behind Vegeita, shook his head. Hinting to be quiet. He mouthed out the word later before contuining on to speak aloud, "Well Vegeita, I think it's time I went to see Grandma, don't you?"
Vegeita went a little pale. "You mean Chi-Chi? Oh, I think I'll meet you back at the Capsule Corp. building. Try to keep her away from your little girlfriend. I doubt she'll take the news well."
He turned and flew off. Trunks went to go as well, but Cryos stopped him. "Trunks, how's Bulma doing these days?"
"Oh the usual," The once pink hared half-Sayian told him. (Now that Cryos got a better look, he saw that very little of Trunk's hair was still pink. Most of it had faded to white, but his hair was always so light that Cryos hadn't noticed at first) "her inventions are getting stranger everyday. But I'm not really sure if it's cause she's going mad or just running out of good ideas."
"Well, just keep Vegeita out of trouble until I get back from Grandma's house."
Trunks sighed. "Keeping him out of trouble is getting to be a full time job anymore. He keeps trying to prove that he's as strong as he used to be. But he's only strong enough to cause trouble, not get himself out of it." He shook his head. "Well, good luck with Chi-Chi. You're going to need it."
