Fallen Hero

Chapter 6

*static is seen until it starts to clear up*

CMG: Hmph, this is stupid. *CMG's appear in front of the camera as the scene moves behind her* Those Gods have really pissed me off and I accidentally broke another camera. Guess it's business as usual. These things aren't cheap though. *looks at saving's account as it shows a -$682,395.99* I really need to get a job. If I don't, the cops are going to find me and lock me up.

*turns on television*

Announcer guy: Do you need a job? Then come down to Northgate Kroger where we offer the best deals! *CMG mouth blasts the television*

CMG: No thank you. You treated me like a slave and I hated it for nearly 19 months, so find someone else to hire. *smirks* Then again, there is something I could do to them since they asked so nicely! *disappears as Scrix comes out the closet slowly*

Scrix: *whispering* She's gone. *all of the evil and good guys CMG owns comes out of the closet cautiously*

Karis: Thank goodness. And we weren't having an orgy in there or anything like that, so please refrain from leaving.

Ganki: As usual, that nutcase owns us and not Dragon Ball Z or anything else she might throw in here. Including Tronikor.

Zi-Kita: You know, we should just wish for things to go better.

Demona: We'll have to find Slug then. *leans on Zi-Kita's shoulder for comfort*

Zi-Kita: Very well. We'll stop her from interfering with our plans to ruin her fanfic!

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/If you're telling the truth about me being your son, then prove it,/ said Kakarotto. /Show me your fighting spirit./

Letting go of the stray fist, Kakarotto looked rather amused. Bardock knew that had no chance in hell in facing his youngest son if he ascended to the forbidden level. He was outmatched and outclassed in strength. Even if he were to challenge him, he was afraid to oppose him with the same power he once had during the Trial of the Saiya-jins. Back then, he at least was able to challenge his son thanks to the Guardian of Planet Vegeta, his counterpart known as Wingdof there, and Vegeta himself. This time, he was alone and this time around, he wasn't able to reach the forbidden level unless it was triggered correctly and even if he did, Brolly could attack. Hesitating, he decided to make sure that the fight could be fair by asking the bulky Saiya-jin one request.

/Before we begin, you must not interfere in our fight, Brolly,/ said Bardock angrily. /If you do, then I won't fight him./

/Whatever,/ said Brolly as he seemed rather casual about the whole thing. /It will be one less Saiya-jin's blood to get on these hands after I snap your neck like a twig./

/Enough stalling then,/ said Kakarotto. /Come at me with everything you got./

/As you wish,/ said Bardock as he powered up to a Super Saiya-jin 3 for the first time since he nearly killed himself. The electricity licked at his aura as the wild mane ran down his back. Rushing towards his son, he sent his left fist at Kakarotto as he blocked it with his arm. Following it with a kick to the side, Kakarotto caught the kick with his other hand as Bardock flipped backward and landed against the steel floor of the ship.

/Not bad, but not good either,/ said Kakarotto. /Now it's my turn./

Without flinching, Bardock was thrown back as though he was hit by a telekinetic force as his body flew into the wall. The impact left an indent in the wall as Bardock fell to the floor painfully. Coughing hard, Bardock got up as Kakarotto smirked. Growling a warning towards his son, Bardock felt angry as his energy started to become erratic.

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"Dad?" said Radditz as he barely ducked beneath the punch. "Nappa, we need to knock these guys out!"

"I got ya!" said Nappa as both of them double-teamed the group of Saiya-jins. They threw them around as though they were rag dolls. The Saiya-jin Scrix was fighting was knocked out instantly as the others finished fighting all of theirs.

"Is that all of them?" said Pan.

"No, there's a few more," said Gotenks as he knocks out the ones he had. "There."

'Wait for it...' thought Scrix as one Saiya-jin was coming from behind and Scrix knocked the guy out behind him with a clothes-line punch to the face as the Saiya-jin fell to the ground with a thud. "Let's go!"

The group quickly ran to the spaceship where they saw Bardock sneering in anger as his energy continued to waver. Scrix knew he was fighting against his own anger as he noticed Kakarotto was waiting for him to finish powering up.

"Are you all going to watch?" said Kakarotto as the others. "If you are, then I don't mind giving you a challenge. Brolly, take care of these flies!"

"What?" said King Vegeta angrily as Gohan Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Chou-su, Pan, Bra, Celpia, Gotenks, Vegeta, Scrix, and the other Saiya-jins are shown with confusion or anger on their faces. Brolly smirked as he flew at the Z-Fighters and other warriors as Bardock growled angrily at his son.

"Keep them out of this!" roared Bardock.

"Then show me or they'll die!" said Kakarotto. (A/N: Ho hum, where have we seen this plot before? *CMG's cell phone rings* Hello? What do you mean that my cell phone's out of minutes? Why in the hell are you calling my cell then? *crushes cell phone* Stupid cell...)

"Watch out!" cried Scrix as Brolly charges at Pan. Celpia pushes her out of the way.

"Celpia!" yelled Yamcha.

"No!" cried Pan as Brolly grabbed the female Saiya-jin as Bardock watched in horror from below. "Great-grandma!"

/You are perfect to be my slut,/ said Brolly as Celpia hissed at the psychopath.

/Let her go!/ yelled Bardock as he growled a warning at Brolly.

"Don't give into his taunts, Bardock!" said Scrix. "He wants you to reach the forbidden level out of rage!"

"Stay out of this!" said Kakarotto as he fired a blast at Scrix as he gets hit by it and flies back. He falls to the ground breathing hard as everyone grew worried

"Scrix!" cried Gotenks as he turned towards his father/former ally/Kakarotto. "You monster!"

"Anyone else?" said Kakarotto as Bardock couldn't watch or allow anyone else to get hurt as he gave in.

'I'm sorry, Infr,' thought Bardock as he felt the anger growing stronger. 'Please forgive me for using this...'

With a roar, Bardock's power was unleashed as his blond hair shortened and became black again. His fur became a deep reddish color as his eyes became green. Kakarotto smirked as Bardock finally met his challenge. With a roar, Bardock charged at his son as the two exchanged blows against one another. Their battle took to the sky as Piccolo leaned down and healed Scrix's wounds. As the others watched, Celpia hit Brolly where it hurt and threw the insane Saiya-jin into the ground.

/You disgusting bastard!/ roared Celpia as she goes Super Saiya-jin and blasts at the ground below. (A/N: Girl power!) /How dare you take me hostage?/

/Whoa! Remind me never to piss my mom off ever again,/ said Radditz as he had a sweat drop behind his head.

/Ditto,/ said Nappa.

/Damn,/ said King Vegeta. /That was rather unexpected./

/I trained her to become a Super Saiya-jin in case she ever got into a hostage situation like that,/ said Piccolo. /That way, she could fight against anyone who tries to take advantage of her./

/Smart thinking,/ said Nappa.

"Excuse me, but we all don't know what you're talking about!" said Yamcha. "Can we have some translations over here?!"

"They're only talking about how Mr. Piccolo trained my great-grandma how to kick ass," said Pan.

"Dang! I didn't think Piccolo could train a Saiya-jin to go Super," said Krillin.

"I did," said Piccolo as he slides into a fighting stance. "Get ready everyone."

Brolly comes charging out of the dust as the blood ran down his forehead. The Saiya-jins, Scrix, and Z-Fighters join up for a heavy combination of blows against Brolly as their punches and kicks were perfectly orchestrated. Unable to block all the blows and being outnumbered, Brolly threw them all back with a blast of his aura as everyone landed as their feet dug into the ground. Surrounded, Brolly attacked Krillin first as Krillin's neck was broken. Tien and Chou-su both attacked from other sides to keep the warrior from killing Krillin as Piccolo dove in and grabbed the short warrior. Yamcha joined the fray as the Earthlings held back the insane Saiya-jin as the other Saiya-jins remained out of the way for the moment.

"Are you alright, Krillin?" said Piccolo as he finished healing the short warrior.

"Yeah, thanks Piccolo," said Krillin. "He almost killed me."

"We could always wish you back," said Piccolo as he reminded Krillin about the Dragon Balls.

"True, but I don't want my daughter to find out I died from a homicidal Saiya-jin who's bent on killing all of us and destroying Earth," said Krillin as he jokingly laughs.

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On the opposite side of the battlefield, father and son were trading blows against one another as their battle took to the sky. As the two fought with everything they had, Bardock realized something was wrong with the way his son was fighting. After about a few minutes within the fight, Kakarotto's eyes seemed to flicker as he seemed to be trying to remember something. Breaking out of the brutal dance, they both landed on the ground as Kakarotto was breathing hard before he fell to his knees.

/Damn.../ growled Kakarotto. /Why does it hurt so bad?/

/Huh?/ said Bardock. /What are you talking about?/

/None of your business,/ said Kakarotto as he held his head. Hissing in pain, he reverted back to normal as electricity surrounded his frame. Bardock walked forward towards his son as he ignored the stray lightening bolts. Kneeling down towards his youngest, he heard his son whimpering in pain.

/Tell me what's wrong?/ said Bardock as he reverted back to normal. /I'm not going to hurt you./

/Give me your word then,/ said Kakarotto as he found that Bardock grabbed his one hand and entwined his pinky around his. /Well?/

/I do, now tell me,/ said Bardock.

/Fine,/ said Kakarotto as he felt something familiar about the pinky swear he once did to his father reassuring. /Ever since I woke upon Caduto, I felt strangely out of place./

/Out of place?/ said Bardock.

/Everything I was taught seemed unnatural and the way I was treated was unfriendly,/ said Kakarotto. /When I got here, everything seemed so normal.../ The pain increased as he fell into the stranger's/father's arms. /What is this pain I feel?/

/I'm not sure,/ said Bardock as the battle with his son seemed to end without a victor, for now. Looking across the battlefield, he saw the others driving back Brolly as he ran towards them.

/Kakarotto, we must.../ started Brolly as he saw Bardock holding his son. /Get the fuck off of him, traitor!/

/Stay away from my son, you bastard!/ growled Bardock as his tail lashed.

/Fine, if you're going to be stubborn, then you're coming with us!/ said Brolly as he grabbed Bardock by the back of his neck and dragged the warrior on the ship. Bardock held onto his son as the bulky Saiya-jin dragged the two towards the spaceship to flee Earth without killing anyone or destroying it. (A/N: Although someone almost died.)

"Follow them!" said King Vegeta as they quickly followed them upon the spaceship before it took off. Evading all the guards and destroying the cameras, the warriors eventually hid inside the storage chamber as they decided to plan the next stage of attack when they reached Caduto. As they all settled in, one of their comrades disappeared within the shadows as though he/she was looking for someone/something. No one noticed who was missing yet though.

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/Sire, we were outmatched,/ said Brolly as he talked to the holographic image of Zi-Kita.

/Did you capture Prince Vegeta?/ said Zi-Kita. /Is Earth destroyed?/

/Negative on both questions, but we did capture another Saiya-jin that might prove worthy,/ said Brolly. /He was known as General Bardock before Planet Vegeta was destroyed. If we are able to, we will brainwash him as well so that we have a better chance at ruling the universe./

/No, it's too risky,/ said Zi-Kita. /When you reach Caduto, I want that Saiya-jin trash executed./

/But sire.../ said Brolly.

/No buts,/ said Zi-Kita. /We've come too far and if our mission fails, then we might as well have been killed by Freeza long ago and be burning in hell with those that followed Infr's rules in the first place./

/As you wish, my lord,/ said Brolly as the computer screen switched off. Little did neither Saiya-jin know that someone heard the entire thing as the figure held a guard in his arms that was already dead. Quietly, the figure dragged the guard into a nearby empty room before continuing on his/her way.

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In the barracks of the spaceship, Bardock was still holding his son as he lashed out in pain and anger. For the past hour after the spaceship left the planet, he had no idea what kind of pain his son felt as it seemed rather bad. As his spells became more violent, Bardock had to ascend to hold and protect himself as he felt like he was in the dark.

'What's causing him pain?' thought Bardock as he closed his eyes. Before he knew it, he fell asleep after his son stopped squirming in pain.

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CMG: Alright. It's not really a cliffy, but it's still a foreboding of what's to come. *smirks* And I found a way to solve my debt problems! *shows Kroger's checkbook on-line on a laptop computer* I figure if I wire some of this cash to my checking account without them knowing it, I will be better off! *starts pulling an Office Space trick before the firewall comes up*

Computer: *red and white flashing background with font alternating the same colors* WARNING! WARNING! INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!

CMG: Damn firewall! *breaks computer with a hammer and burns it to cinders with mouth blast*

Computer: *suddenly regenerates* YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO SURVIVE. MAKE YOUR TIME. HA. HA. HA.

CMG: AH! THE COMPUTER'S POSSESSED! MUST USE LEET SPEECH TO KILL IT! *switches to Netspeech (Leet)* |)13! *mouth blasts computer again* (Die!)

Computer: *regenerates again* YOU CANNOT DESTROY ME. I AM MODELED AFTER THE TERMINATOR!

CMG: Kuso! *prepares Vegeta's signature blast* Big-a-Bang-ATTACK! *fires it, but as we all know by now...*

Computer: *laughs* I TOLD YOU THAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE FUTILE. GIVE UP.

CMG: Infr! I bet this is your doing! *goes Super Bitchin' 4*

*Meanwhile...*

Infr: *sneezes*

Scrix: God bless you.

Infr: Thanks. *does a double take* Which God? *everyone, sans Infr face vaults*

Scrix: It was just a saying.

Infr: Oh.

Karis: Where's CMG at?

Zi-Kita: *looming over his evil black crystal ball thingy* I say right now, she's gone Super Bitchin' 4 because she couldn't break the laptop computer I cursed.

Saria: *looks glad* That's wicked! *Scrix, Infr, and Karis look at her accusingly* I mean wickedly evil! Yeah! That's what I meant!

Karis: Liar.

Demona: Do you think she'll be able to break it?

Ganki: Unless she pulls a Super Bitchin' 5 without breaking the camera, I doubt it.

Zi-Kita: How many times do I have to tell you that's not even a level?

Scrix: Knowing her, she'll just invent it anyway.

Zi-Kita: *throws his cloak behind him as he walks away* Whatever. If you mortals out there are reading this, please leave a review or the mistress will be even more pissed off.