Chapter 3: Preparations
Goten flew through the air towards the fort that Trunks and him had built not taking any notice of the surroundings at all. I wonder who is gonna show up? All the adults are getting geared for war, I wonder what it could be, Goten thought as he flew over a mountain range and spiraled down into the valley beyond it.
The valley was nestled between two mountain ranges and was not accessible by the ground through any means. The only way into the valley was by flight, which was exactly how Son Goten got into the valley. In the valley a large forest of tall trees covered the entire floor of the valley and continued some way up the slopes of the mountains that ringed the valley. In the middle of the forest, in the center of the valley a single spire poked its head out from the canopy of the trees and it was to this structure that Goten flew. As Goten approached the sentry turrets on the tower that had been aimed towards him shut down and disappeared back into the structure. When Goten reached the spire he zipped downwards towards the base through the canopy of the trees. Darkness closed around Goten as he landed on the valley floor in front of the spires seemingly smooth exterior wall. Goten ran up to the wall and opened a secret panel on the side of it and punched in a code. A faint outlined appeared in the shape of a door which promptly went inwards an inch and slid soundlessly into the wall. Light spilled out into the dark forest as the door opened and before it had fully slid into the wall Goten had already entered and was racing down the hallway towards the control room. The youngest child of Kakkarot ran towards the elevator where he pushed the button that stood for the control room and was teleported there.
As Goten appeared in a flash of light in the elevator at the control room Trunks turned around in the chair he was sitting in and smirked at Goten. "So what brings you here? I thought you were spending the day home?" Trunks asked curiously.
Goten ran up to Trunks stopping just shy of the chair and quickly said, "I-came-here-as-fast-as-I-could-to-tell-you-something-awesome!"
Trunks held up his hand, "I barely understand a word you just said, say it slower." Trunks said.
Goten took a deep breath and repeated himself a little slower, "I came here as fast as I could to tell you something awesome!" Goten said with obvious excitement.
Trunks raised his eyebrow at Goten and smiled, "And what's that?"
"Something that can destroy a whole world easily, and has already done so, might be headed in this direction, everyone's getting ready for war!" Goten babbled excited, "I can't wait to have them attack so we can try out this fort." Goten said as ran over to the main screen and switched on the exterior monitor. "This is gonna be so awesome, I can't wait."
Trunks gaped at Goten as what he said sank in, "An entire world? Destroyed? Do you know when they are gonna attack us Goten?" Trunks as quickly as he hoped out of the chair and raced over to join Goten.
"I got no idea, why don't we call your father and ask him? He might know." Goten replied.
Trunks looked over at Goten in amazement, "That's gotta be the first intelligent thing I've ever heard you say!" Trunks exclaimed.
Goten looked over at Trunks and grinned, "Hehe."
Trunks flew over to the communications control panel and started pushing buttons and turned on a holographic-projector to create a secondary screen aside from the main one. Nothing happened for a minute and then the screen flickered and a face appeared on it.
"Ahh, Prince Trunks, what may I do for you?" The communications officer at the palace said.
"Could you get my father? I need to ask him a question." Trunks said.
The officer looked a bit nervous before asking another saiyan to go get the king. "As you wish Prince Trunks, but you father is training at the moment and it may be some time before he can come. You know how he is." The officer said as he shrugged apologetically before turning away. After a minute the officer looked back and asked, "Why don't you ask me? I may be able to answer it for you."
"No, I want to ask my father," Trunks said and turned to Goten and was about to say something before a loud sound on the other side of the channel interrupted him. Trunks turned back and watched as his father walked over to the screen.
Vegeta looked at Trunks and saw Goten standing behind him and nodded, "I know what you wish to ask, it's about the war right?" Vegeta inquired.
Trunks nodded, "I wanted to know if we are going to be attacked? I wanna fight some enemies, no more of this sparing. I want a true fight." Trunks stated.
Vegeta smirked, "That's my boy, but no, you are not to participate in this conflict. You'll probably be safe in that fort that your mother had constructed for you, at least for a while." Vegeta said before glancing around him, "I'm going to head over there now. There is something I need to speak with you about, and you alone. Make sure your turrets don't fire at me again." Goten snickered before he was silenced by Vegeta's glare, "If you do I'll reduce that fort to scrap." Vegeta firmly said before he turned and walked out the door.
Trunks turned the screen off and sat back down in the command chair and turned the sentry turrets off. Despite it being funny watching Vegeta dodinge the blasts, he didn't want to lose the fort knowing his father didn't make idle threats like that. Goten hopped into the assistant commander's chair and started twirling it around aimlessly. A minute later a beep started up and a hologram appeared above the control panel, which showed Vegeta as he headed towards their fort at a high speed. Vegeta appeared at the base of the tower a few seconds later and started to bang on it.
Trunks looked over at Goten and pushed a green button on the arm of his chair and typed in the code that opened the door at the base of the spire. Vegeta walked into the fort and headed to the same elevator that Goten used. When Vegeta appeared in the control room he walked in a little ways and spared a glance at Goten before he ignored him.
"I want to speak to you alone Trunks." Vegeta said as he looked at Goten.
"Hey! What you say to Trunks you can say to me, besides I'll just hear it from my big brother or my dad anyways." Goten said as he stood up.
Vegeta frowned and then shrugged and ignored Goten once more, "Trunks, the reason I don't want you to participate in this conflict is because I do not think we'll be against an army… I think we'll be against a single foe, or small group of people." Vegeta said. "Whoever they are can wipe out a very technologically advanced civilization in a matter of hours without giving it a chance to send out a distress beacon. This can only mean that whoever or whatever did this is more then likely stronger then Gohan, which means he/she/it far out classes you." Vegeta finished.
Trunks opened his mouth to protest but Vegeta cut him off, "I mean it Trunks, I don't want you involved. I… I don't want to see my only child destroyed by whatever monster did this, you're not ready yet to face something like this." Vegeta said.
Trunks sighed and nodded. Vegeta turned and walked back towards the elevator but stopped just shy of it and turned to face Goten. "The same goes for you Goten, I'm giving you two a royal order to not attack whatever did this. As much as I don't want to admit it, you are too valuable to die at your age. Trunks will need you when he takes the throne from me should I die." Vegeta said and left the control room.
Goten's jaw had dropped and stared in the direction that Vegeta had gone. Trunks looked over at Goten with an equally shocked look on his face.
"Di-Did your father just… compliment me?" Goten asked Trunks.
Trunks nodded, speechless. The two young saiyans turned back to the main screen and watched as Vegeta blasted out across the valley and quickly left it behind. Trunks shook himself out of his stupor and looked at Goten as a grin creased his face.
"Hey Goten, I got an idea." Trunks said.
Goten turned and listened attentively, "My father said we couldn't get directly involved right? He never said anything about getting indirectly involved in the fight." Trunks said with a grin on his face.
Goten smiled happily and leaned forward, "What do you have in mind Trunks?" Goten asked excitedly.
Trunks smirked and whispered confidentially to Goten, "Well, as I see it…"
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Elsewhere…
Vegeta flew over the landscape at a quick pace and landed on the lawn outside Kakkarot's home. Vegeta walked over to the door and knocked on it instead of just walking in like he did with everyone else. The dual ki pan wielding Chichi was enough to deter him from just walking in, even as a super saiyan. Chichi opened the door a few moments after the knock and let the king in.
"What do you want Vegeta?" Chichi asked.
Vegeta stood in the doorway and said, "Where's your mate? I need a training partner and by the feel of it Gohan is already training with his mate so I can't spar against him."
"I'm right here Vegeta." Kakkarot said as he walked out of the kitchen as he licked the last crumbs from his snack off his face.
"Good, come along I haven't got all day." Vegeta commanded and walked out of the house and quickly blasted away.
Kakkarot shrugged and kissed Chichi good-bye before he followed Vegeta into the air. Kakkarot quickly caught up to the king and both blasted off to a distant location in silence. The scenery went by in a blur for the two saiyans and they quickly reached their destination. A large desert backed up against a mountain range with a large oasis nearby.
Vegeta stopped and turned to face Kakkarot who did the same. The two of them got into fighting stances and waited for a second before they began. A shockwave erupted across the landscape as Kakkarot's and Vegeta's fists collided together. The two saiyans dodged and blocked one another's attacks until Kakkarot's punch slipped through the king's defenses and smashed him backwards through the air. Kakkarot flew forward to follow the attack up only to be met by an after image of the king a split second before two fists pounded into his back and sent him into the ground below.
Vegeta hovered above the crater that Kakkarot had created and smirked for a second before a yell resounded across the landscape and an explosion erupted from below. A shockwave rippled outwards from Kakkarot as he finished his power up and stood looking up at Vegeta with teal eyes. Kakkarot flew up and head-butted Vegeta creating a sonic boom in the process while sending Vegeta further up into the air. Kakkarot began to rapidly fire energy blasts through the air at Vegeta creating a large explosion and a lot of smoke.
Another yell resounded across the landscape and another shockwave rippled out, this time from Vegeta, blowing the smoke screen away and revealing a super saiyan Vegeta staring down at Kakkarot coldly. Vegeta zipped down and threw a punch at Kakkarot, which was blocked and countered with a kick to the side. Vegeta caught the leg and began to swing Kakkarot around only to get his second leg in the side of the head. Vegeta did a back flip once before blasting forward and caught Kakkarot in the jaw with a punch and threw an energy blast into his stomach.
Vegeta chased after Kakkarot only to find Kakkarot prepared and a fist in the cheek for the effort. Vegeta reeled back for a second before attacking once more. Punches flew back and forth between the two super saiyans at an incredible pace. After several minutes of continuous punching the two broke apart for a breather and slowly circled each other.
Vegeta grinned and spread his legs and arms apart and began concentrating. Soon a yellow glow began to outline his body and Vegeta thrust his arms forward toward Kakkarot. Kakkarot backed up a ways and grinned as well as he cupped his hands to his side.
"Ka."
"Me."
Blue energy began to swirl into the cupped hands of Kakkarot as gold energy began to sparkle and crackle within Vegeta's.
"Ha."
"Me."
A ball of blue energy came into existence in the cupped hands of Kakkarot as more energy began to swirl into it making the ball expand. The energy within Vegeta's hands coalesced into a crackling ball of golden energy that, like Kakkarot's, continued to expand.
"HA!"
"FINAL FLASH!"
With those three words Kakkarot shoved his hands forward and let his energy wave loose at Vegeta as Vegeta fired his own energy wave back at Kakkarot. The two attacks slammed into one another and created a massive ball of energy at the epicenter of the attack. The two saiyans struggled back and forth as each tried to get their attacks to over power the other, pumping more and more energy into their respective attacks.
With a massive explosion the ball of energy that had gathered at the center exploded as it became too volatile to stay in existence. Inside the explosion a shockwave erupted as Kakkarot and Vegeta met head on throwing punches left and right at each other. Vegeta connected with Kakkarot's chin with a hard left hook and proceeded to kick him towards the ground. Vegeta quickly chased after him and delivered a double kick into the small of Kakkarot's back and sent him flying towards the ground creating a small trench before coming to a stop in the oasis. An explosion appeared at the spot Kakkarot stopped and a split second later the king was flying backwards from a massive kick. Kakkarot appeared ahead of Vegeta, grabbed his arms, and threw him towards the mountain range. Not content with just throwing Vegeta, Kakkarot chased after him while throwing energy blasts at him.
Despite the furious onslaught Vegeta quickly recovered and stopped his backwards momentum before blasting forward and delivering a hard punch into Kakkarot's stomach. Kakkarot doubled over and allowed the other saiyan to deliver a hard overhand blow to the base of his neck, which sent the first saiyan spiraling downwards. Vegeta sent another energy wave down at Kakkarot hoping to end the battle only to have to wave stopped. Kakkarot charged ki into his hands and formed a triangular shield above his head before he blasted upwards, straight through the energy wave. Vegeta saw none of this so was totally unprepared when Kakkarot appeared out of nowhere to deliver a massive upper cut that caused Vegeta to lose some teeth.
Kakkarot appeared up above Vegeta and began to deliver an overhand blow to Vegeta only to have Vegeta speed up, flip around and deliver a double kick into his stomach. Kakkarot flew upwards, with the sounds of a crack in his ears, for a short bit before he began to fall. Vegeta dashed down after him and went to kick him again only to have Kakkarot right himself, grab his left arm and snap it just before he kicked Vegeta towards the ground. Vegeta yelled in pain before crashing into the ground. Kakkarot flew down after him and kneed him in the stomach fracturing several of Vegeta's ribs.
Vegeta rolled out from under Kakkarot and snarled at him as he held his left arm "You'll pay for that one… Kakkarot." He snarled out before he jumped at said saiyan and kicked him in the neck, crushing his adam's apple. Vegeta powered up a low ki blast and shoved it into Kakkarot's mouth before let it go. A small explosion rippled through Kakkarot's body before he lost consciousness.
Vegeta walked over to Kakkarot, picked him up with his good arm and slung him over his shoulder before he blasted off into the sky. Vegeta headed towards the palace and the regeneration chambers located there. "Good fight Kakkarot, just like what I would expect from someone of your caliber." Vegeta said to the unconscious man slung over his shoulder, "To bad you can't beat me, but that's to be expected. I AM the king of the saiyans after all, and pretty soon, I'll be able to beat your son as well." Vegeta said with a smirk and slowed down a little as he appeared at the gates to the capital.
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During the fight between Kakkarot and Vegeta…
Goten and Trunks walked down the hallways of the palace in search of the right room. Neither of them noticed their surroundings, aside from the signs on the doors, because they'd been in the palace so often and it was so bland that there wasn't anything new or interesting to even look at.
"Do you think your mother will let us borrow it Trunks?" Goten asked quietly.
"Of course she will, why wouldn't she? She doesn't know why we need it, for all she knows we could using it for our war games." Trunks replied smugly and smiled as they came up to a door with a special sign above it. "He we are, my mothers personal laboratory." Trunks said.
Trunks opened the door without knocking and walked in with Goten close behind. The room was much different from the hallway outside. The only similarities were the fact that the walls, ceiling and floors were both white and made of the same substance, aside from that they were opposite. Tables lay scattered throughout the room with many machines and experimental weapons on them. A long counter at the far end of the room was filled with hard drives, monitors, and other computer equipment. A few scientists, along with Bulma were peering at a half-finished piece of machinery on one of the tables while another one was running diagnostics of it on one of the computers. Bulma looked up and smiled at Trunks as he entered and then frowned at him as she noticed Goten.
"What do you want this time Trunks?" Bulma asked, slightly upset, "The last time you came in here with Goten you ruined the experiment I was currently working on as well as stealing one of my completed ones." Bulma finished.
Trunks held up his hands apologetically, not wanting to anger his mother who had been spending much of her free time with Chichi. "Don't worry mother, I'm here to ask you if we could… add something to our fort, not to break anything." He said hastily.
Bulma's eyes narrowed, "And just WHAT were you going to ask for young man?" Bulma replied, wariness in her voice.
"Oh… nothing much, I just wanted to add… well our fort doesn't seem complete without an-ion-cannon." Trunks ended quickly.
Bulma's smirked slightly, "And just what were you intending to use this… ion cannon for?" Bulma inquired as she raised one of her eyebrows.
"Well, if we were ever attacked we would be better able to defend ourselves and plus it would help us when we played war." Trunks said, "It would give us a good chance to figure out how to dodge ion blasts, or if we can't, how to block them." Trunks said brightly.
Bulma hesitated for a moment before she said, "Alright, you can have one, only ONE mind you, I don't want your fort to end up with more fire power then the capital city because you got carried away." Bulma said as she tossed the key to the warehouse to Trunks, "And be careful, that weapon is dangero…" Bulma never got to finish as Trunks and Goten were already sprinting down the hallway towards the warehouse. "Kids these days." Bulma said with a shake of her head as she got back to work on her experiment.
When Trunks and Goten got to the warehouse, Trunks unlocked the door, headed inside and gaped. The ion cannon was enormous. It was almost a hundred meters in length and half that in circumference. Goten looked over at Trunks before saying, "Do you think that will even fit on our fort?" Goten asked.
Trunks didn't say anything and just stood there staring at it for a moment before he shook his head clear. "Come on Goten, lets go take it back, I was gonna take more then one but with something this big, I don't think we'll need more then one." Trunks said as he positioned himself under near side of the cannon. "Now go to the other side and pick it up, we'll find some way of attaching it once we get it back." Trunks said. Goten quickly complied and got to the other side and lifted it off the ground at the same time as Trunks. Trunks fired a tiny blast at one of the buttons on the wall and the roof of the warehouse opened up. Trunks and Goten floated out of the warehouse and flew slowly over the city. Many of the citizens of the city just shook their heads in amazement but left the two alone. They all knew about the antics that Goten and Trunks did on occasion, and none really wanted to know what they were doing this time.
After about an hour of slow flying Goten and Trunks finally entered the valley where their fort was located. The two smiled in relief as their destination came in sight, both with similar thoughts of, damn this thing is heavy, I'm glad we're almost there. When they reached the fort Trunks let go of the cannon with his hands and quickly flew under it. He used his body to hold it up as he quickly typed in a code on his wristband. The top of the fort opened up and a large, but empty, half-circle support rose up. Trunks looked back at Goten and grinned and the two of them quickly set the ion cannon into the support.
Goten and Trunks quickly secured it in place and flew over to each other. "I knew having that support built would be useful for something." Trunks said with a smirk. "I just didn't expect it to hold an ion cannon. I'm sure glad I thought ahead." Trunks finished.
Goten nodded vigorously and smiled happily, "We'll have a surprise for whoever attacks this planet." Goten said with a smile that was shared by Trunks.
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1 day later on planet Ayuin…
A lone saiyan hovered above the planet, just outside the atmosphere in a shield of ki. This saiyan wasn't like the others, as in it had no ties to anyone, not since it killed its own father. Its father had tried to stop it from destroying a planet that had offended him, and he had paid for it, with his life.
Down on the planet one of the Ayuian officers in the radar control room in the Capital frowned at a small blip on the radar. So small in fact that it shouldn't even exist. It was too small to even be a saiyan space pod. The officer looked over at one of his subordinates and barked out an order, "I want a visual of that thing on the radar. I want to know what the hell it is. We were told of a force that took out Hiamit, and I'll be damned if we are caught unprepared." The officer said, "That may be one of the forward scouts."
Another Ayuian nodded and brought up a visual screened and zoomed in on the object on the radar. The officer looked at the picture and frowned, "That can't be right, if this picture is accurate… we're looking at a saiyan, a really strange one at that. I've never seen a saiyan that muscular, or with that particular color of hair." The officer said, "Send for the empress, I think she needs to see this." The officer said.
One of the Ayuians went to the door and told the guard there to go get the empress. The guard nodded and left to find her. The officer went back to the screen and began to mull over the question as to why a saiyan would be floating in space. The only saiyan he knew capable of that was Son Gohan and the saiyan currently in space looked nothing like him.
A minute later the door opened and the officer turned expecting to see the empress but instead found one of the admirals. The admiral walked over to the screen and frowned before looking at the officer, "Has he done anything except sit there and watch the planet?" The admiral asked.
The radar officer just shook his head and the admiral went back to frowning before snapping his fingers. A small floating robot flew over to him and hovered beside him. The admiral pushed a few buttons on the robot and typed in a password making a screen pop up and a voice appear, "What do you wish to know?"
"Access the external scanners on one of the satellites in orbit and have it scan the saiyan. I want to know everything about it." The admiral said.
The robot processed the command a bit before responding, "I'm sorry that is not possible, all satellites and space stations that were in orbit around the planet are gone."
The admiral's eyes widen in surprise before he yelled, "TURN OF THE FUCKING DEFENSES! I WANT THAT SAIYAN DESTROYED!" The admiral turned and bolted from the room with fear emanating from him. The officer and his subordinate looked at one another in shock before saying in unison, "Oh shit!"
A minute later, rumbles were heard and the planetary shield and defenses came online. Some of the hangars opened up and star ships began to fly out of them. The empress walked in just then and took one look at the screen before a small sigh escaped her lips. She walked over to the controls and began to rapidly type on them, "I wish to record and send a message to King Vegeta on Planet Vegeta." She said calmly.
"King Vegeta, I'm sorry to say that as you hear this message, I am probably dead, and my planet destroyed. Apparently whatever took out Hiamit is about to attack us." She paused for a second before continuing, "I'm entrusting the rest of my race, the ones that are off world and the ones that survive the destruction of the planet, into your hands. I'm not sure exactly who this saiyan is, but I know he isn't one of yours. He appears to be in a super saiyan state, but in one that none of the ones currently on your planet possess. Here's an image of the saiyan in the sky." She pushed a few buttons and an image appeared before her on a screen that quickly disappeared into the computer. A massive explosion rocked the planet as the planetary shield went down and the generator that was supporting it exploded. The empress calmly continued, "Hopefully this message gets to you in time. We didn't know when or were the next strike would come, but judging from that fact that this planet currently lies directly between your planet and where Planet Hiamit used to be, the next strike will be your planet." Another explosion rocked the planet and light flashed through the windows of the room. "This saiyan will be there probably a day after this message is sent. I hope you are more prepared for this… beast then we were. Good-bye Vegeta, and take care." The empress finished calmly and pressed another button. A few seconds later the message was sent to Planet Vegeta, and a few seconds after that another massive explosion rocked the planet, this time it ripped through the room that held the empress, killing her and everyone else in the palace instantly.
Planet Ayuin had been an ally of Planet Vegeta, and had been since the beginning of the civil war between the saiyans. It used to be halfway between Hiamit and Planet Vegeta. Used to be, as in it no longer existed.
To be continued…
Sorry for not updating for so long. There were several reasons, school and university preparations for one, but the main reason was the fact I just didn't feel like continuing the story. The past two days I did, so I did up another chapter. Hope you like it. I know I did. I had problems with this chapter though. I didn't want to start any of the main action on Planet Vegeta so I needed a filler, but a good filler, not one of those cheesy ones people usually see. It took me about a month to figure out one this good. Well it's good in my opinion and that's really all that counts J
No idea when the next chapter will be out. It'll be out when… well whenever its out I guess. I may finish it today, I might not till summer, who knows, it all depends on how much free time I got and whether or not I feel like doing another chapter.
Just a warning a head of time, the next two chapters will be… well VERY violent and VERY bloody and sickening, not for the feint of heart or anyone under 17.
Anyways, that's enough of my ramble.