Ok… one things… there may be some grammar mistakes in this… but stay with me. I really don't feel like re-reading the entire damned thing. There is just WAY too much and I'm too tired… Besides, there should be very little grammar mistakes in comparison to how much was written.
Chapter 8: Salvation
Gohan raised his fist and slammed it through the glass of the regeneration chamber as a single thought rang through his head, Gohan… I will always love you…
Vegeta and Brolly arrived in the room just as the glass shattered. The hand flew past Videl's head and missed it by mere millimeters. Vegeta and Brolly were about to attack Gohan but stopped as Gohan stumbled back.
"STAY DOWN! This is MY body now, not yours!" Gohan yelled out, his voice wasn't directed at anyone in the room, rather someone inside his body, "I will NOT tolerate you regaining control! You don't even know how to fully utilize your power!" Gohan stumbled around the room and his face contorted into a grimace, "NO! YOU CAN'T DO THis…" Gohan trailed off as he shuddered violently and the pendant that was clasped tightly around his neck flickered violently. All of a sudden Gohan looked up and at Videl and back away, horror in his eyes, "Oh no… what did I almost do… how… I'm so sorry Videl…" Gohan whispered and turned to run.
Before Gohan could go anywhere the pendant flashed a brilliant cyan color. With a wail Gohan collapsed to the floor and clutched his head in his head and began to scream. Videl, not giving her nudity a second thought, tore the mask off her face and rushed to Gohan's side. She quickly wrapped her arms around Gohan's body and hugged him tightly to herself. It's ok Gohan, I'm here for you, fight it, you must fight whatever is inside of you, Videl sent to him through their bond.
Gohan fought with all his might but he began to lose control once again. His eyes began to turn a cyan color as the creature within him struggled even more furiously to take control of the body back. Gohan's body shuddered violently and began to shake uncontrollably as the titanic struggle within started to draw to a close, for the worse.
All of a sudden a small voice piped out of nowhere, "DADDY!" Pan cried as she jumped off Kakkarot's shoulder and ran to her father. By this time the three generals that had arrived to help Vegeta had joined Brolly and the king. When Pan reached her father she jumped on him and hugged him tightly, "DADDY! Daddy? Daddy, what's wrong?" Pan asked as she looked into her fathers eyes, "Daddy… speak to me…" Pan asked, but Gohan didn't respond.
"Pan… Your father is in… trouble at the moment. This isn't a safe place to be." Videl said to Pan.
Pan looked from her father to her mother and then back again, "Daddy? What's wrong daddy?" Pan cried as she began to pull on Gohan's battle suit but Gohan didn't respond, "Daddy, why won't you speak to me?" Pan said but when no response was forth coming tears began to form in her eyes and stream down her face.
Gohan slowly looked up at her daughter, his eyes totally cyan except for the teal pupil, "P... Pan…" Gohan gasped out as he reached out to wipe the tears from Pan's eyes. When the liquid touched Gohan's finger he snarled in anger, not at Pan, but at the being inside of him. Gohan's body shot up and floated a foot off the ground as he arched back and roared in rage. A massive aura erupted from around him; half of it yellow while the other half was cyan. The two sides fought one another violently across Gohan's body as his eyes flashed from pure cyan, to their regular color, and back again. A shockwave rippled out from Gohan as the two forces fought a massive internal battle against each other. The shockwave slammed into the walls of the room, destroying most of the equipment.
Videl grabbed Pan and backed up away from Gohan. Vil'Tani dashed across the room and grabbed a spare set of battle armor, which just happened to be royal battle armor, and threw it at Videl, "Here put this on. I don't think Gohan would appreciate you walking around naked." Vil'Tani said and tried to block the men from looking at Videl. Horial walked over and just sat down, giving Videl a big wall and ample room to change behind without being spied upon. Videl didn't waste any time getting change but Vegeta was furious.
"HEY! THAT BATTLE ARMOR IS FOR ROYALTY ONLY!" Vegeta yelled at Videl and Vil'Tani. Bulma walked in and slammed a ki pan into the back of Vegeta's head.
"Shut up Vegeta! Videl can wear that if she wants, it's not like she isn't already part of the family. She, and the rest of her family, is as close as anyone gets to being royalty without having the actual blood." Bulma said to Vegeta calmly, "And if you have a problem with that I'll just… revoke certain privileges from you." Bulma said with a grin on her face.
Vegeta became quiet and quickly dropped the subject. Vegeta frowned as another shockwave rippled out from Gohan, this one tore most of the walls down, "We have to do something about Gohan or he'll destroy the entire palace!" Vegeta stated and became deep in thought.
"Don't worry King Vegeta, I know what to do." Aoria said before he concentrated inward. Very soon a massive shield erupted around Gohan that prevented anything from entering or leaving with two exceptions. The only thing that could enter was oxygen and the only thing that could leave was carbon dioxide. Sound couldn't even penetrate through the barrier, "Will that do King Vegeta?" Aoria asked.
Vegeta looked over at Aoria and back at Gohan before nodding, "Yes, Yes I do believe that will work fine." Vegeta said, "Now all we can do is sit back and wait for the outcome of this… conflict." Vegeta said as he leaned against one of the ruined walls. Videl looked worriedly at her mate as she held Pan tightly in her arms. Outside the barrier everything had settled down, but on the inside it was a whole different story.
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Inside Gohan's mind…
Gohan and the creature strained against one another. Their hands were locked together and lightning flashed around them. The background was nothing, literally nothing. Darkness stretched for an eternity on all sides of the two combatants. The only other thing within the blackness was a single, glowing ball of energy, about the size of a house in comparison to Gohan and the creature. The ball housed all of what Gohan was. He who controlled the energy ball, controlled Gohan and it was for the possession that, that the two fought.
The creature grinned and slammed a couple of energy tentacles into Gohan, sending the saiyan flying away. The creature chased after Gohan and slammed a couple more tentacles into his body. Gohan screamed in pain for a second before rage overcame the pain. Gohan recovered and flashed upwards and slammed his head into the beast's chest. The creature rocked forwards, giving Gohan ample opportunity to slam his knee into the creature's face, which is exactly what he did.
The creature's head rocked backwards a little but was otherwise unhurt. It brought its head back down and slammed it into Gohan's. Gohan shuddered and was unprepared for the kick to the chest. Gohan would have flown back if it weren't for the fact that his arms and legs had been caught. The creature held Gohan up with two tentacles holding each limb. Gohan struggled but to no avail. The creature glared at Gohan before its eyes widen and glowed brightly.
A force slammed into Gohan's body, but it didn't physically hurt him, it hurt him spiritually. Gohan screamed in pain as he felt his soul get injured by the attack. Again and again the creatures eyes flashed and again and again Gohan's body shuddered as he screamed in agony. When the next blast hit Gohan nothing happened. Gohan raised his eyes and glared at the creature and slowly brought his arms and legs in.
When he had almost curled into a ball Gohan violently thrust his limbs out and let out a massive area blast. A wave of energy roared from his body and consumed the creature. The creature shook the attack off and stared at Gohan in anger.
Gohan stared back with equal intensity, "Get out of my body! NOW!" Gohan roared at the being.
"No. Your body and power will be mine. I need it… to escape. And. I. Will. HAVE IT!" It shouted at Gohan.
"If you needed the energy to escape, why didn't you use Brolly's?!" Gohan asked, his voice deadly quiet.
"Because he is not strong enough. I knew if I got you mad enough you would snap and come to realize more of your power. All the death that I have caused, the south quadrant, those planets here, your friends and family, was to get you angry. Killing all of them was for the sole purpose of getting you to snap!" It said with satisfaction, "And now that you have, you have enough power to free me, and I will take it!"
"No, I don't have the power to free you!" Gohan snarled through clenched teeth, "I have the power to destroy you!"
It threw its head back and howled in laughter, "You actually think you can beat me? A race of beings, each of them as strong or stronger then you failed to beat me. AN ENTIRE RACE! Your race. I beat them all, all at once. What makes you think you can beat me? And alone?" It asked.
Gohan grinned evilly, "If you beat them… then why are we still alive? And why are you… stuck where ever you are stuck?" Gohan asked.
"Fool! You may be alive, but I sent your race back to the Stone Age! And on top of that, I threw you race back a step on the evolution ladder. A step that your race as a whole will never gain back." It cackled for a second before it double over as Gohan planted a fist into its stomach.
"SHUT UP!" Gohan roared and kicked it in the side of its head.
The creature flew through the air for a few seconds before it righted itself. The smile was no longer on its face, being once again replaced by a scowl, "Stupid mortal! I will crush your mind here and now!" It snarled as it attacked.
When the two met a shockwave erupted from where their fists met followed by subsequent shockwaves as more fists collided together. The creature soon grew tired of it and started throw its tentacles at Gohan as well. Gohan picked up his pace and began to furiously block the onslaught. Damn, I can't keep this up, he's too strong and has too many ways to attack, Gohan thought, and just to drive the point home he made a slight error in the position of his arm and gave the creature an opening.
A tentacle slammed through the opening and smashed into Gohan's chest. This caused him to become slightly unstable and become open to even more attacks. Soon he was getting hit from all sides by fists, feet and tentacles. Gohan screamed in pain as the blows rained down on him. When the creature halted its assault, Gohan floated away, unconscious and badly beaten from the attacks.
It smiled and turned its back to Gohan to face the pulsating ball of energy, "I'll finish you off when I retake control. I made a mistake of torturing you by letting you see through my eyes. I won't make the same mistake twice." It said over its shoulder to Gohan as it headed towards the ball of energy.
As it reached the ball a flash of light lit the area up followed by a massive explosion, a shockwave and a scream as the creature was thrown back, away from the energy ball. The creature turned to look at Gohan to see him staring at him with an evil smile on his face, totally healed and fine.
"I don't understand, how is it possible, I beat you!" It protested.
Gohan slowly approached the creature, "You may be smart, and powerful, but you are not wise. You do not understand the saiyan mind or anyone's mind for that matter. You forget one little thing. Once I lured you into this portion of my mind you left yourself completely vulnerable to me." Gohan said as a malicious look appeared in his eyes. Gohan stopped his approach before continuing, "Inside my mind, 'I' am God. I make the rules, and I can break them however I see fit. Inside my mind, inside this place, the events that occur only occur because 'I' want them to. Inside here, I am in complete control. Inside my body you were in control, because you had more power. Inside here… it's a whole different story and I have no intention of letting you back into my body!" Gohan stated as he once again began to approach the creature.
The creature's eyes widened in horror, "No, that's not possible. I AM STRONGER!" It yelled at Gohan.
"So? Strength of body and spirit mean nothing inside the mind." Gohan said, "Enough of this, I am through with petty talk." And with that Gohan attacked, but not physically.
The darkness seemed to turn against the creature as a massive shield formed around the pulsating light. The shield was soon covered by a planet and that planet. in turn, by another shield and a defense system far more powerful then what was possible. Physics ceased to have meaning in here as size, shape, weight, and time shaped and warped to fit Gohan's needs. The darkness changed to space as the darkness took on the scenery of space just outside Vegeta's atmosphere. The reality of Gohan's mind lashed out at the creature. Tendrils of reality wrapped around its arms, legs and tentacles and spread the creature's limbs far as they could go.
The creature struggled against its constraints but stopped as Gohan began to roar. It quickly looked up at Gohan and increased its struggles two-fold. Gohan had spread his arms and legs apart and was gathering energy in front of him. Energy that did not exist, should not exist, but did exist, seemed to gather at specific vortexes in front of Gohan. There were five vortexes in all. One in front of each palm, one in front of each foot and the last, and largest one, in front of Gohan's chest. With a massive yell with the force to shatter planets Gohan let released his energy. The energy exploded outward but nothing happened. The creature looked at Gohan in confusion as it wondered what had happened and why Gohan was still yelling. All of a sudden it jerked back and screamed in agony as an invisible force slammed into it.
The creature kept on screaming as the force kept on ripping through him. Gohan kept pushing more and more energy that did not exist through the creature's body. Soon the body began to dissolve and break apart as it struggled within its confines. The pieces that broke off were held in place, not because something was holding them there, simply because Gohan willed them to stay. More and more of the creature began to dissolve until all that was left was a central core where the creature's head used to exist. Gohan focused his attack into a singular beam with the diameter of the core. The core shuddered under the assault and began to crack. All of a sudden it tore apart and exploded as it was disintegrated by Gohan's mind. The resulting explosion tore through Gohan and nearly broke his mind as he tried to contain it. With a scream Gohan was thrown through the shield around the planet, the planet itself and into the core of his being.
With a shudder Gohan was brought back into reality as the ravaged regeneration room came into focus. The pendant from around his neck snapped and fell from his neck. It kept falling and when it hit the floor it shattered into a million pieces. A wind rose up from the crystal in the center of the pendant and blasted away. The pieces of the pendant shifted and altered from as they coalesced into three separate balls of energy. The balls of energy shot through the walls and headed into three different directions, Gohan's home, Vegeta's room and the storeroom.
Gohan was tired, incredibly tired and the strain of the mental battle he went through was clearly shown on his face. The saiyan, exhausted, dropped out of the air and out of his ascended state only to be caught by Videl who gently lowered him to the ground. Videl hugged Gohan to her tightly and Pan hopped into her fathers lap. Aoria sighed in relief and sent a mental message to his men, congratulating them.
"He'll be fine, the presence I felt inside him is gone. It left just before the pendant shattered." Aoria said to every gathered in the room.
A collective sigh of relief was heard throughout the room. The thought of having to deal with a possessed Gohan wasn't something they were too fond of. Everyone began talking at once but no one could be heard because everyone was talking, with the exception of Vegeta and Gohan. The first being too reserved and the latter too tired.
The talking went on for a few minutes before Vegeta had had enough, "QUIET!" Vegeta roared and everyone within the room fell silent, "That's better! We aren't going to get anywhere with all of you idiots yapping!" Vegeta said, only to be hit in the back of the head by Bulma, "AHH! I wasn't referring to you when I said that!" Vegeta whimpered.
Bulma smirked, "That's good to hear, but I do agree with you. Gohan how about you tell us what happened from the time you blasted off after Brolly. I'm pretty sure everyone already knows what happened up to that point." Bulma said but a few people protested, "Anyone want to dispute me?" Bulma said as she waved her ki pan threateningly. The ones that had protested quieted down.
Gohan looked up from where he lay within Videl's arms, "Well… I chased after Brolly and I beat him into the ground… literally. He could not stand a chance against me so I took the time to tease and torture him." Gohan admitted culpable, "Brolly got mad and began to draw power from the pendant. I wanted him to get tortured, not stronger, so I tore it from him and threw it away… Obviously it didn't fly far. As soon as the pendant was off Brolly's neck his personality took a 180-degree turn. I did not care one-way or the other. I still beat him and was about to finish him when I heard and felt something click around my neck. From that point on I struggled against something I could not see and was thrown out of my body to the back of my mind. I guess whoever was in my body tried to take Brolly and the planet out. It then went after Vegeta in the palace. It seemed to have a total disregard for life as it tore through anything that was between it and its target. You know what happened from there, kind of. In the control room Videl spoke to me telepathically, and it obviously pissed the creature off. It tried to kill Videl, but it had not counted on the body's reluctance to do it. Even without me in control my body refused to harm her…" Gohan stopped as Vegeta interrupted.
"That's the saiyan bond for you!" Vegeta said with a smirk, "A saiyan will die a thousand deaths before it let a hair be harmed on his/her mate. And to try and make a saiyan hurt its own mate, even if someone else is controlling the body. You're talking about the impossible." Vegeta said and got hit on the head by Bulma.
"Let him finish Vegeta!" Bulma said sternly.
Everyone laughed, even Gohan before he continued, "Well, once I saw what it was trying to do I grew even more angry. I would not let it hurt Videl so I fought back for control harder then ever before. I was able to gain some semblance of control but it was hard to maintain as it savagely attacked me. I was on the verge of losing when I saw Pan's tears." Gohan's face contorted into rage, "Now NO one makes my daughter cry, not without having to deal with ME!" Gohan snarled out and quickly regain control of his emotions when he realized what he was doing, "Well, to make short story shorter. I fought like a madman. I forced him out of my body and into my mind and there I trapped him. I learned something a few years ago. Inside my mind, I am in complete control. I make the rules and I can break them while still enforcing them upon the other. I used that to my advantage and I destroyed the spirit that was inside me. Destroying the spirit broke the pendant." Gohan said as he finished his story, "That's about all that happened."
Vegeta nodded and took charge again. He turned to look at Brolly, "Alright Brolly, tell me how the fuck you found that pendant and what your story is!" Vegeta demanded.
Brolly backed away from Vegeta and bowed his head, "As you wish my king. I was on some nameless planet down in the south quadrant. I was there with my father and we were resting after doing some mercenary work for some ruler or another. I don't remember his name and I don't think it's important. He's dead now anyways. I found it in the back of the cave we were resting in. I picked it up and tried it on, not knowing what it was. Next thing I know I'm no longer in control of my body, something else was. It immediately brought out all my power and killed my father. It then proceeded to destroy the entire south quadrant, but not before it analyzed each planet. It seemed to be… searching for something. Whatever it was looking for it didn't find. But it destroyed every single planet, star and person in the south quadrant." Brolly let out a soft sigh, "It came here afterwards, to this quadrant and found what it was looking for. It appeared to me like it was some sort of… gate. There was a tear in it and some movement behind the tear but I couldn't see it clearly, it was too small. There was a grove on the door, like something fitted into it. He frowned at it and tried to use me to break it down. I think it wanted to let out whatever was behind there. When I couldn't break it down he decided to go elsewhere and find something else. It traveled to the nearest planet and destroyed it. He found it found much harder to destroy then any other. The resistance here is greater then it was in the southern quadrant so it decided to take out the head. It knew that if the quadrant came together at it that it wouldn't stand a chance so it wanted to take out the head so the body would die, in other words you Vegeta. It wanted you dead and your son. He wanted the entire royal family destroyed so that the alliance would crumble. When it saw Gohan it became… almost ecstatic. It knew the depth of Gohan's power, and he knew that if he could someone… bring it up and was able to take control of the body then he would not have to worry about the alliance. Gohan alone would have been enough to destroy any opposition. You all know the rest, what he was searching for I have no idea but… I'm could tell that if it was able to give us this much trouble in spirit form… how strong is he normally?" Brolly wondered.
"Bah, he was probably just some old forgotten spirit that you stumbled upon accidentally. We've probably seen the last of him." Vegeta said but before he could say any more Gohan spoke up.
"No, No we haven't seen the last of him. He wanted my power… to free himself. I think the spirit that trapped me and Brolly has its body located behind that door." Gohan said.
Vegeta frowned for a moment, "So… there is some super powerful creature out there, trapped behind a door to some who knows what place right?" Vil'Tani asked and Gohan nodded, "Great… and here I thought the war was over, although it didn't really last all that long. There has been more bloodshed because of this… creature then in any other war."
Just then Goten, Trunks and Karie walk in and looked around the shattered room, "Damn, and I thought it looked bad from the outside." Trunks said and was hit by Bulma.
"Don't swear young man!" Bulma said.
Goten snickered and quickly moved away from Bulma. Goten bumped into Vil'Tani and the two of them tripped and fell down. Vil'Tani landed on her ass and gave a small 'umph'. Goten fell on his back and his head landed in Vil'Tani's lap. Vil'Tani and Goten became oblivious to those around them. An idea formed in Vil'Tani's head as she traced a finger across Goten's cheek, "Hey Goten, I have a question for you." Vil'Tani purred.
Goten's eyes widen and he jumped up and away from Vil'Tani, "AHH!! Karie! Look what you did! Now a girl is trying to crawl over me! AHH!!!" Goten yelled and ran from the room.
Vil'Tani frowned and stood up, "HEY! GET BACK HERE! I STILL HAVE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION!" Vil'Tani yelled as she chased after Goten.
A second later there was a crash followed by a, "HA! Got you!" And a, "NOOO!!!"
Karie doubled over laughing and was soon followed by Videl. Everyone looked around clueless except Trunks who had a smirk on his face, "Lucky guy, already has himself a mate, and he doesn't even know it." Trunks said. Everyone clued in after that and more laughter was soon to follow. Trunks laughed as well but a look of sadness came into his eyes that no one caught, what about me…
Vegeta talked to Aoria and Horial and thanked them for their help and asked them to stay for dinner. There was going to be a massive feast for all those that had helped in the conflict. They agreed and Vegeta felt certain that Vil'Tani would be there, especially considering that Goten wouldn't miss out on that huge feast and neither would his family. Soon after that people started to go his or her own ways. Gohan picked Pan up and the two of them flew home with Videl beside Gohan to get ready for the feast that night. Landyn soon found Vegeta; he had been in a regeneration chamber the entire time. His mate Alysa had scraped him off the ground and helped him recuperate. After that Vegeta sent Landyn off to inform their other allies that the situation had been resolved. Kakkarot left slowly with his mate, hoping to find a place to put her body so that it could be properly tended for later. Bulma left to get ready for the dinner and told Trunks to do the same.
When Gohan got home he noticed something very odd. The painting of the first super saiyan was gone. In its place floated a small crystalline sphere. Gohan walked over to it and picked it up. The sphere pulsated with a violent yet strangely comforting aura. Gohan decided to talk to Vegeta about it later. When Bulma got to royal chambers the painting of the first super saiyan that used to hang over the bed was gone, and in its place was a plate with a strange engraving on it. Bulma took it and placed it on the nightstand, determined to question Vegeta about it later.
Soon night fell around the capital city and the feast started up. All the important people that had participated in the fight against Brolly were at a long table that stretched down the length of the room. The room where the feast was located in was the royal dining room, just off the throne room. At the head of the table sat Vegeta. To Vegeta's right sat Trunks and to his left sat Bulma. Beside Bulma was where Chichi would sit and beside that chair was Kakkarot, looking glum. There were two empty seats beside Kakkarot; the closet one was for Aoria while the one beside that was empty. The next chair was for Karie, which was occupied. Beside Karie was a chair with a lot of cushions for Pan so she could see over the table and beside Pan was Videl. Gohan sat at the other head of the table with Videl on his right side and an empty seat for Horial on his left. Beside where Horial would sit was Bardock who was chatting away quietly with Landyn on his left. Like the rest of the couples beside Landyn was Alysa. Brolly was position between Alysa and Vil'Tani. Neither of them paid him much attention and he didn't mind either, still feeling slightly guilty over the deaths he had yet hadn't caused. Vil'Tani was talking to Goten, finally able to get him to stay put so they could have a normal conversation. Goten sat beside Trunks who, of course, was on Vegeta's right hand side.
Dinner hadn't been served yet, and wouldn't be until all of the guests had arrived. Many of the saiyans were getting impatient and wanted the food to come but courtesy stayed their hands. Just then the doors at the end of the dining hall, behind Gohan, opened up and the last two guests walked in, Horial in her power armor and Aoria beside her. Aoria turned to the right as he spotted Kakkarot and sat down beside him. Horial looked over at Aoria and turned to her left and approached the seat to Gohan's left.
"Are you going to eat in your armor Horial?" Vegeta asked, mildly amused.
Horial looked over at Vegeta before she approached the wall behind her selected spot. She turned to face the table and stopped. A soft click was heard and the sound of air escaping was heard throughout the room. The head, chest and legs of the armor opened up to reveal a figure encased in the armor. The female stepped out of the armor and onto the floor of the dining hall. She smiled at Vegeta, "Is that better your highness?" She asked.
Just about everyone stared at her with the exception of Aoria who already knew what she was. "You… You're a Zioran! I thought you were all weaklings!" Vegeta gasped out and was hit on the side of the head by a ki pan. Horial was 24 years old and stood 5'5" tall and had shoulder length green hair and light blue skin. Blue eyes peered out from long dark lashes. A perfect smile and petite nose graced her face that was planet on a round head that was situated upon a slender neck and perfectly figured body. Her breasts were not large, but they weren't small either, most men would consider them perfect. She was wearing a white blouse with a black over coat that went to her waist and wasn't buttoned up leaving the central part of her chest and stomach open. She wore tight fitting black pants with a button and a zipper on the front of them. She wore white and black sneakers upon her feet.
"Stop staring Vegeta!" Bulma ordered and Vegeta quickly complied, as did all of the other men, not wanting to be on the receiving end of the pan.
"So what if I'm a Zioran! And so what if I'm weak, with the help of the armor and weapons us 'Ziorans' helped to save your planet if you'll remember." Horial said as she walked over to her seat, "Oh and I suppose I could go by my real name. Horial is the code name I was given when I became a high-ranking member of the military. My real name is Alicia." Alicia finished as she finally sat down gracefully in her seat.
Vegeta nodded and cleared his throat, "Now since we are all seated here I would like to make a short speech… and then we are going to eat, anyone who tries to delay the food by making their own speech will get their ass delivered to them by me. Now first and foremost, I would like to thank you all for coming to this meal. We have had a hard and nervous week, and even harder day. But we came through in the end. Aoria, Vil'Tani, Hor… I mean Alicia. I thank you and your civilizations for sending your support to our aid as fast as you did. Without your aid the death toll would have been drastically increased and we may still even be fighting Brolly right this moment." Vegeta took a deep breath before he continued, "Kakkarot, I am sorry for your loss… I know there is no way we can comfort your time of grief… but we will try as much as we can." Bulma nodded sympathetically and reached over to place her hand on his shoulder. Vegeta turned to look at Brolly, "Brolly, although we may have been enemies in the beginning… I have come to accept that perhaps it was not entirely your fault that you committed the actions that you did. I would… like to ask you to stay here and make a home. My father made a mistake when he threw you out. I hope to correct, or at least try to correct that mistake by welcoming you back and offering you a home here, among us. It may take some time for the others to come to fully accept you but… In time they will see like we do." Brolly bowed his head graciously as Vegeta turned to look at Gohan, "Gohan… I don't know what to say to you. You went from savior, to destroyer and back again without the matter of hours. I suppose the end result is what matters, as with it does with Brolly. Thrice now you have saved this planet from destruction, and there is nothing more I can offer you… except an invitation for you, your mate and child to become a part of the royal family." Gohan began to protest but Vegeta cut him off with a raise of his hand, "I understand your concern. You can still live where you are currently, that won't change, but you have done too much for you to remain as you are. Although I hate to admit this… you have very nearly succeeded in doing more for the good of the saiyan race then I have. Your advice over the past three years has been detrimental in making decision regarding foreign affairs. Your duties when you become part of my family will be to take on full responsibility of off world concerns and relationships with other races. You won't be able to declare war on anyone without my permission but anything short of that is up to you from now on." Vegeta said and everyone congratulated Gohan on his raise in society, "I figured it would be prudent to do seeing how half the saiyans in the city have already seen your mate wearing royal battle armor." Vegeta turned to Vil'Tani and Goten, "And you two… please wait a few years." Vegeta said.
Vil'Tani and Goten exchanged confused glances as everyone around the table laughed out loud except Kakkarot who just smiled sadly. Gohan noticed his sadness and had, had enough, "Father would you please stop looking so down? It's not as if Chichi is gone forever. All you have to do is go to Namek and ask them kindly if they could bring her back to life. I did the same for Videl and Goten when Thraknor had them killed." Gohan said.
Kakkarot's head whipped up as he stared at Gohan in surprise, as did most of the other people in the room with the exception of Vegeta and Videl. After a few seconds of staring Kakkarot's face lit up with a smile as he realized Gohan was being serious. Kakkarot sat back and sighed in relief and happiness before his stomach growled loudly.
Vegeta looked over at Kakkarot and smirked, "I suppose its time for the feast. BRING OUT THE FOOD!" Vegeta yelled and immediately the hall was flooded with servants as they brought gigantic plates of food and set them on the table. The feast passed without much interruption or conversation as most of the occupants, being saiyan, were to busy eating to even think of anything remotely resembling coherent thoughts. Even Pan had gotten in on the eating frenzy. She had gotten out of her chair and was sitting on the table grabbing food and piling it into her mouth as fast as she could making more mess then everyone combined. All of the non-saiyans just looked at one another before they shook their heads in amazement and continued on with their meal.
After the feast it was time to say good-byes. Aoria left first with his men who were quickly followed by Bardock, Landyn and Alysa as they all went home. Vil'Tani and Alicia were talking quietly away from the group while Gohan was talking to Videl. Vil'Tani and Alicia approached the group and stopped in front of Vegeta.
"Vegeta, in a few months I'll have finished studying and learning every single trick and strategy my planet has to offer. At that time people in my status usually journey to their allies to learn from them. I was hoping that in a few months time I would be allowed to study and learn from the best here, on planet Vegeta." Vil'Tani said respectfully.
Vegeta thought about for a moment before he responded, "Alright, I approve. I suppose there's more then one reason for you wanting to study here but I can live with that." Vegeta said and was about to turn before Alicia stopped him.
"I was thinking Vegeta. Our two races have home worlds at almost opposite ends of the quadrant. I think it would be prudent if we started to set up jump gates. The scientist on my planet have developed short range ones, and it won't be to much longer before we can warp people to planets as far away as this one, or perhaps different dimensions. A warp gate on each home planet would bind the races together that much more firmly, make relationships smoother and we could aid anyone anywhere at anytime within a matter of hours of the requested support. I wanted your permission before we started to set up a warp gate here. I was also think one on Cerian Prime would also be handy as well." Alicia said.
Vegeta smirked, "Ahh, so that is what you two were conversing about over there. I'll get back to you in a few days on that. I don't see why that shouldn't be allowed to but I want to be able to mull it over first." Vegeta said.
Alicia nodded, turned and walked to her power armor, "Well, I will be heading home now. If you need aid ever again, just send a message and I'll be back with my men." Alicia said as she climbed into the armor. The armor closed around her and she slowly moved forward. A few seconds later Alicia disappeared as she was teleported back into her ship.
Vil'Tani walked up and stood beside Goten, "I'm going to head home as well. It's been nice fighting along side you Vegeta." Vil'Tani said as she turned to leave. On impulse she turned and kissed Goten on the cheek and grinned, "And I'll see you in a few months." Vil'Tani purred softly before she broke into a giggle and was teleported away.
Goten touched his cheek softly and a blush slowly crept up his face. Everyone laughed at Goten's expression, "Congratulations Goten." Gohan said through his laughter.
"Congratulations? For what?" Goten asked innocently, and became even more confused as everyone broke into even more laughter.
As the laughter died down the last good-byes were said and the three families went their separate ways. Gohan, Videl and Pan to their home. Kakkarot and Goten went to the rooms that were given over to them until a new location and home was found for them out in the forest. Trunks went to his room and Vegeta and Bulma went to theirs. Brolly, all alone with Karie shook his head in amusement, "Come on big guy, you can crash at my place." Karie said as she started to push Brolly out of the room, "Just don't try anything funny. I don't want to wake up to you snoring next to me, got it?" Karie said.
Brolly nodded and allowed himself to be led out of the palace and towards one of the more luxurious houses near the center of the city. The day that had opened up on such a sour note closed on a much better one. Alliances were strengthened, new allies found, and new relationships formed. But will all these stand the test that is yet to come? Or will they crumble and shatter when the rage of the immortal is unleashed.
To be continued…
There you go, a MUCH longer chapter although there is a lot of end notes, oh well they explain a few… ambiguous things that occurred within the story. The notes are to help keep the flamers down. Hope you like it, I did, but then I like all of my chapters. Probably because I don't post them unless I do like it :)
I did a mind battle with Gohan. I figured it would be something like mental sparing but I had no idea. I really don't care either; it makes for a better story in my opinion :)
The creature actually did send the saiyans to the Stone Age, technology wise, but it's been a long time since then though, that's why they got the technology that they do.
Alright, the tentacles of the creature… Some of you may think they look like octopus' tentacles. No, that's wrong. If you want to know EXACTLY what the tentacles look like. Look at Tyrael's wings from Diablo II. They look exactly like those except they are cyan and each strand is by itself. The rest of the creature's description will be divulged at a later date.
Just so you know, Cerians… well when they meet someone for the first time their 'soul mate' you could say, they know instinctively that he/she is suppose to be with them for the rest of their lives, even if the other person doesn't realize it. Goten doesn't realize it yet, neither does Vil'Tani; she just knows that there is something about Goten that draws her to him. Trunks feels left out now that Goten has a girl but don't worry, I'll get him one before the end, don't you worry.
Whoops, I forgot about Bardock. Oh well, he wouldn't of had a major part anyways. I think I'll just say he was protecting the cities because Bardock is in charge of one of the portions of the saiyan army.
All right, for the feast I thought you might have wanted to know why Gohan sat the furthest away from Vegeta. This is why… the people at the two ends of the table are the most important. Generally the king and his advisor/hero/most powerful being/god depending on race and civilization sit at the two ends. The closer you are to the center of the table the less important you are, although if you sit at the kings table at all you are considered to be in very high standings. The reason why chichi would be closer then Kakkarot is well… Bulma :) This goes for many of the places. No one except Vegeta really cares about where he/she sits, except that they wish to be near the person they care for the most so their positions are often different then what they would normally be if it was just based on worthiness. You might have also wondered why Brolly was there… well the thing is that despite the fact that he caused so much damage, everyone, even Vegeta, although grudgingly, agreed that he had no control over his actions and thus could not be held responsible for anything except what took place after the pendant was taken away. And from that point on Brolly had done nothing but helped the planet and its king.
Well, here are the power levels. This part of the story is over, but I'm not going to post an epilogue. Going to save that till the very end. The next part of this story is well… I think I may give it a break for a bit. Start concentrating on school for a bit. Been neglecting that. Anyways, these are the power levels at the various stages at the very END of this part. Not in the middle, not at the beginning, at the very end after all is said and done. These will also more then likely be the starting power levels for the next section. There may be something I should say. You may wonder why Trunks and Goten's base forms are so much stronger then Videl even though they were half as tough at the beginning. Simple the massive boost to super saiyan increases someone's power level, when they are in it by many times. But it also affects the base power level and boosts it up substantially as well so that the super saiyan level is only 4.5 times that of the base. There's also the fact that both of them got beaten and mauled a whole lot worse then Videl did.
Gohan Super Saiyan 2 - 66,375,000
Gohan Ultra Super Saiyan - 33,750,000 – comes with a slight speed decrease
Gohan Super Saiyan -22,500,000
Brolly Legendary Ultra Super Saiyan - 46,200,000 – doesn't come with a speed decrease
Brolly Legendary Super Saiyan - 23,100,000
Brolly Normal - 4,200,000
Vegeta Ultra Super Saiyan - 20,250,000 – comes with a slight speed decrease
Vegeta Super Saiyan - 13,500,000
Vegeta Normal – 3,000,000
Kakkarot Ultra Super Saiyan – 23,625,000 – comes with a slight speed decrease
Kakkarot Super Saiyan – 15,750,000
Kakkarot Normal – 3,500,000
Karie Super Saiyan – 6,750,000
Karie Normal – 1,500,000
Goten Super Saiyan – 5,400,000
Goten Normal – 1,200,000
Trunks Super Saiyan – 4,950,000
Trunks Normal – 1,100,000
Videl – 1,000,000
Vil'Tani – 950,000 (well… that's what she is equivalent too in saiyan power level scales)
Landyn – 900,000
Bardock – 500,000
Aoria – 300,000
Alysa – 110,000
Chichi – 100,000
Pan – 12,000 -- Big considering she's 3 years old. My story, don't complain how wrong it is in comparison to the series. The series never happened and never
will happen in this story. That means no Tien, no little bald emperor dude, no Yamcha, no androids, no red army, none of that.
Horial – 37 (1,500,000 with power armor/weapons) (Doesn't need a power level, her power armor would make her more then a match for Goten at base although
she would get beat if he went super.)
Now I want an honest opinion from people that do read this. Do you want me to A) stop posting power levels, B) reveal them at the end and beginning like I have been or C) have a play by play power level reading in the story so as they get stronger you are immediately notified and by how much. No it won't be at the end in the notes like they have been, they'll probably be in the story and I'll just make it so the people that can sense power levels have been refining it and have gotten it to the point where they can predict semi-accurate readings similar to what would/is shown by scouters.