Chapter the eighteenth
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any other trademarked materials in this fanfiction.
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Two months later, it was the day before the androids were to arrive. Vegeta still had not become a Super Saiyan yet, though, and it was eating at his mind and body. Right now he was cursing at himself, and didn't know that a rather violent electrical storm was going to hit in about five minutes. "I'm a discrace. I should have known that I couldn't become a Super Saiyan." He told himself. He was sitting on the ground and watching the sky, tired. As he was watching it he saw a lightning bolt soar across the dark clouds. He smirked. "Oh great. Now a stupid thunderstorm." He growled. A lightning bolt hit the ground a few feet away from him and made his hair stand on end. He stood up. "My ship! If a lightning bolt strikes my ship than I can never get back to Earth to fight the androids!" He wasn't barely even thinking about Bulma anymore. Some times he would daydream about her, but not very often. He flew up on top of his ship and sat on it so that he could guard it from the electrical storm. The storm seemed to remind him of the storm raging inside of him, between Kakarott and his failure to become a Super Saiyan. He welcomed the storm and watched it go. But, he wasn't expecting the next thing that happened.
A meteor shot down from the sky and hit the ground, leaving a small crater. His eyes widened. "What the-" Another meteor almost hit his ship and he had to destroy it with a ki blast. Soon more meteors started crashing down and he had to destroy them. He was now flying up and desperatly trying to destroy them before they got to his ship. It was tiring work, yet he couldn't stop because if he did, than his ship would be destroyed and he'd be stranded on that horrible planet for the rest of his life. There was barely a second when he wasn't having to destroy a meteor.
When he thought he had everything under control, a HUGE meteor came looming at him from the sky. He knew this meteor would not only destroy his ship if it was to hit-- it would also take his life along with it. He powered up with a satisfiying scream and launched his strongest ki blast at the huge thing. He was so tired from training at 450 times normal gravity and from destroying the other meteors that he just couldn't manage to destroy it no matter how much effort he forced into the ki blast. Finally, with one blast of the last of the strength he had inside of him, the meteor shattered and exploded, raining debris every which way. An unfortunate Vegeta was hit with some of the debris and hurt rather badly. He fell from the sky like a pigeon that had been hit by a stone, and landed in a pile of rocks.
He pulled himself halfway out and stared at the bloody gashes and cuts that he'd earned while he'd destroyed the meteor. His hands, his shameful, weakling hands, quivered before his eyes. His vision was blurred from sticky blood running into his eyes. He clenched his fist and squeezed so hard that the nails made bloody crescents in his palm. "Argh... I'll NEVER beat Kakarott like this! Look at me! I'm a god damned discrace!!" He pounded his fist down on the rocks, sending another fresh bout of pain throughout his body. He pulled himself to his feet and watched his clenched fists. "I... Can NEVER do this! I can't! There's no use anymore! That's it! I DON'T CARE!!" As soon as he uttered these words, the power came rushing back to him. He all of the sudden didn't CARE about beating Kakarott, didn't CARE about becoming a Super Saiyan, didn't CARE about Bulma and Trunks. As soon as he thought about this, he felt something happen, and more power came surging back to him. He then realized that he was in the middle of becoming a Super Saiyan! He was filled with unimaginiable joy as he looked at himself. His muscles were bigger, and he just felt more powerful. Even though he couldn't see that he now in fact was a dumb blonde, he still knew he had transformed. He was left speechless for a second, and then he laughed out loud with joy. "YES!! I DID IT!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!" He screamed. He flew into the air and shot a ki blast at the planet, making a huge crater. The power he now held was wonderful, and feeling it come out of him was even better. He was stronger than Kakarott! He'd NEVER felt Kakarott hold a power like this, not even in Super Saiyan! He was STRONGER!
Vegeta started destroying things, just shooting ki blasts randomly everywhere in his happiness. He soon found that he'd started several fires on the planet. "I can leave now. It'll take about until the androids come to get back to Earth." He said. He climbed into his space capsule and started it up.
Bulma kissed the picture of Vegeta hanging on the wall. "Tomorrow I get to see you!" She happily exclaimed. Trunks, who was now trying to walk, held his arms up to her. Bulma picked him up and kissed him. "Tomorrow we get to see Daddy!" She said. Her baby clapped.
Bulma walked into the living room and found her mom. "Mom, guess what! Tomorrow the androids are coming and I get to see Vegeta!" She exclaimed. Her mom smiled. "That's great! I'll bet he'll be just as happy to see you as you will to see him!" Bulma was grinning ear to ear. She ran into her room and jumped on the bed, hugging Trunks to her chest and snuggling her face into his hat. "He's coming back, he's coming back!" She exclaimed happily. "When he beats the androids, we're just going to live together as one big happy family again, Trunks! Daddy will not have to worry about becoming a Super Saiyan anymore, because he'll have us and the androids will be defeated!" Trunks just whined to get out of her hug.
It was the next day, and Vegeta was just now landing his space capsule on the island in which the androids were supposed to arrive on. But there was no body there. "What the hell? I knew it; it's just like those dumb low classes. Can't even tell a guy the right place to be. Well, I'll find them, then kill the androids, then get at Kakarott." He mumbled. He landed his space capsule and stepped out. There was an eerie silence covering the vast island, a silence that made Vegeta shudder. It felt like people had died everywhere on the island. "I guess those androids have already been here." He told himself. He walked to the edge of the cliff and closed his eyes, relaxing his mind so that he could sense Kakarott. He hadn't been trying for long when his searching mind came across it. "Good." He smirked. "I don't sense any other powers besides him and his friends. I guess the androids haven't appeared yet. Gives me time to kill Kakarott before they come." He was completly blind to the fact that the androids were IN FACT there, but because they were androids they didn't have a ki.
Vegeta hid his ki the best he could and started to soar towards Kakarott, not realizing that he passed Bulma in his flight.
"VEGETA! IT'S VEGETA, DID YOU SEE THAT YAJIROBE?!" Bulma yelled, pointing. But, unfortunatly, her husband didn't see or hear her. Trunks reached up towards Vegeta and said, "Da-Da!" Bulma had burst into tears and Yajirobe just watched. "It's Vegeta! He didn't die after all, yes, YES!!" She handed Yajirobe her baby while she cried. "Oh... I thought he had died on that planet so far into space... but he's alive, he's REALLY alive..." She had followed the other Z warriors here in hopes Vegeta would be there, but the others had left to fight the androids and she had stayed, crying because Vegeta wasn't there when she came. But now, he was here, and he was ALIVE, and he wasn't an illusion. He was real. After three months her husband had returned, and her daydream of kissing him and hugging him could be fufilled just as soon as the androids were destroyed.
Vegeta landed kind of far away from them, where he saw Goku fighting what looked like a fat chinese doll. He guessed it was one of the androids, but how come he couldn't sense a ki? He just walked over and sat down to where he was blocked from the other's view and watched Goku fight. There was another android that looked like a decrepit old man, but the hat he had on said 'RR' which standed for 'Red Ribbon.' Vegeta smirked as Goku was hit by the android. *Maybe the android will get to kill him before I can! I can't let that happen. I'll just watch and see what happens.*
It seemed that Kakarott had the upper hand in the fight. He was punching the fat android around like it was some sort of a punching bag. * Maybe I should only interfere if the android starts to kill Kakarott.* He thought. He watched Goku punch the android down to the ground, then get on top of it and continue the beating. He smirked a little. All of Kakarott's friends and his son were gathered around and watching him. But what about Bulma? Vegeta's eyes widened at the name. Bulma. Wouldn't Bulma have come to see him? I mean, after all, Bulma had been totally devestated when he'd left. She should have came to watch him fight! Vegeta just turned his attention back to the fight between Goku and Android #19.
"Yajirobe, get in that flying machine! We're taking Trunks and going to see Vegeta!" Bulma bossed at Yajirobe. Yajirobe just stammered. "N-No way! Not Vegeta! He-He'll tear us up if the androids don't get to us first!" He said. Bulma smiled. "Well, Yajirobe... Vegeta IS a really nice guy once you get to know him. I even married him!" She said. Yajirobe was surprised at this, for, after all, Vegeta HAD tried to kill him too a long time ago. "No he's not! I'll bet he doesn't even love you. He's a b@st@rd with no compassion whatsoever!"
Bulma frowned. She wasn't going to let ANYONE talk about her husband that way. "Listen, dumb@$$, I've got knowledgeable proof that Vegeta's a nice guy. That baby you're holding belongs to him!!" She laughed at the look on Yajirobe's face. "So, do you want to go or not? I'll just tell Vegeta that you wouldn't take me to see him and he'd kill you!" Yajirobe climbed into the flying machine with Trunks in his arms. Trunks was smiling at Bulma as she made funny faces at him. "He's such a angry looking baby... but he's going to grow up to be handsome just like his father! Right, Trunks?" She said. Trunks laughed that squeaky little baby laugh that all babies laugh with. Bulma took her son from Yajirobe so he could fly the machine. She sat back, exited about going to see Vegeta.
Vegeta was now astounded as something began to happen. Goku had shot a Kamehameha at the android, and something on its palm was absorbing his attack inside of it. The android seemed to be happy about it... like he was gaining power! Then, with his sensitive hearing, he heard that dick Yamcha say something about it. "That's what it did to me! It put its palm on me, and then this feeling like I was running out of energy just came over me!" He had said. Even though Vegeta didn't usually listen to what Yamcha had to say, what he said right now struck him like a brick. *Androids absorbing power? It's impossible! How are we supposed to beat them if they'll just absorb our power? And if they gain strength from it... We're screwed. That was a pretty strong blast Kakarott just used.* He thought. His worst fears were recognized when he saw the android punch Goku right in his jaw, sending him flying into the side of a cliff. "Goku!" Krillin said, in despair. Vegeta just smirked at what had happened to Goku. He hoped the androids would make it to be an easy kill.
"Something's not right! Goku was doing fine, but now it seems like something's slowing him down!" Piccolo exclaimed. Gohan, Krillin, Yamcha and Tien glanced at him. "What do you mean something's not right?" Krillin asked. "He just got punched, but doesn't everyone? How come you look so god damned concerned about it?" Piccolo stared at the fight with his stony glare that looks so much like Vegeta's. "It seems like... something's draining his energy, and not just the energy from the ki blast. It's like he's losing power or something! In case you didn't notice, he did have the upper hand earlier in the fight. Now it seems like the android is gaining it! And, his ki is being sapped..." Piccolo pointed out.
Gohan looked closely at what was happening, observing his father. He noticed that Goku had one of his hands clasped over his heart as if he were having a heart attack... and maybe he was! Then what the kid from the future had said flashed brightly in his mind-- Goku was to get a deadly heart virus! It was a little late, but... everything the kid had said was coming true! "Guys! I know what's wrong! I know why Dad's losing all of the sudden!" Krillin, Piccolo, Tien and Yamcha looked at him despretly. "What?" They all said together.
"See how Dad's holding his heart like that? Remember how the kid said he'd get a heart virus? It's that virus!!"
Reality hit Vegeta in the face. He had been wondering why Kakarott had started acting so sluggish, and now he had his answer. The heart virus, of course! Turning into a Super Saiyan had egged it on! Vegeta cackled. "Moron." He breathed, and continued listening in on the others.
Krillin looked at Goku, who was losing, with desperation. "I know what I can do. Maybe a senzu bean." He said. He grabbed a senzu bean out of the little bag and brandished it. "Hey Goku! Want a senzu bean? Catch!" He shouted. Vegeta watched in amazement as Goku missed the senzu bean that Krillin threw at him. "What an idiot! How could he have missed that catch?" Vegeta asked himself. He watched the android quickly destroy the senzu bean with a ki blast, and then race at Goku and start to batter him some more. Vegeta stood up. He could tell that he'd have to interfere very soon now... Maybe in about five minutes.
The android now had Goku on the ground, reversed back to a normal Saiyan. With one last crunch to the balls Goku was unconcious. "DAD!" Vegeta heard Gohan scream. He flew out of the crowd of his friends to try and place a foot in Android #19's fat @$$. Vegeta saw Android #20, as quick as lightning, come up and punch the child to the ground, injuring him badly. Vegeta growled and turned his attention back to the fight. Android #19 now had clasped a hand around Goku's throat and was taking his energy. The unconcious Goku couldn't knock the android off because he wasn't aware of his actions; he would probably die in his sleep at this rate. Something told Vegeta that it was time for him to step in.
He flew in and planted one foot in the fat android's face, knocking him off of Kakarott. Everybody looked up at Vegeta's presence. "Nobody kills Kakarott while I'm around! Destiny has reserved that pleasure for me!" He stated. He saw all the Z warriors just staring at him, not even thanking him for saving the pitiful warrior's life. "What, don't I even get a 'Thank you, Vegeta, for saving this worthless piece of pond scum?' You guys are just too rude." He said. But they could only stutter. Finally, Krillin said, "Well... hi, Vegeta!"
Vegeta scowled and turned to Kakarott. "You are SOOO stupid, Kakarott! That future boy warned you about the heart virus! You should have known that turning into a Super Saiyan would only make it worse. And look-- thanks to your carelessness your own son was almost murdered by these super market manaquins!" He guestered towards Gohan with a swing of his head. Goku, who was now on the brink of conciousness, just stared at Vegeta with hatred in his eyes. Vegeta smirked. "I'll finish these androids, but then you're next, got it?" He asked, then kicked Goku into his crowd of friends with a swift swing of his leg. Goku landed face first in a puddle. Vegeta breifly heard the conversation as Yamcha carried Goku off back to Kame house.
"Now, for you guys..." He sneered at the androids. He didn't know that Bulma was thinking about him right now.
"Hurry up, Yajirobe, I want to see my sweet Vegeta!" Bulma shouted. Trunks was putting up a fuss in her arms because he was tired of sitting still. "Go faster right now or I'll tell Vegeta to kill you when he's done fighting those androids!" But the air car didn't go any faster. Bulma just sat back, watching Trunks suck on his pacifier and shake his rattle. *Oh, Vegeta, I miss you so much. But how could you just fly past me? If you truly missed me, you would have been looking, and saw me, and heard my call...* This made her think about it. What if Vegeta had forgotten about her while he was on the planet? What if he had forgotten he even loved her? She dismissed it from her mind when Trunks started to cry. "WAAAAAAHHHH!!" He screamed, in his scratchy and annoying voice. Bulma looked down at him. "What's the goddamned problem? I swear you're just like your father-- a whiny @$$hole!" She shoved the baby's pacifier back into his mouth and he went to sleep.
"How close to the fight scene are we?" Bulma asked. "I just can't wait to see Vegeta!" Yajirobe shrugged. "I don't know. A couple of miles or so I guess." Bulma sat back and looked out the window for when she would see Vegeta standing there with the others.
"You are underestimating us, Vegeta. Do you understand how much stronger than you we are? Dr.Gero studied you very carefully." Android #19 said. Vegeta just kept the same smirk on his face, that made him look like he was all that. (Even if it IS true.) "Oh, really. Not carefully enough then I guess." He remarked. "Because you obviously don't know about my newfound power."
The android laughed, sounding like one of those little robotic thingys people use to annoy us with telemarketing scams. "Vegeta... You THINK you know all of my moves, but you know only a few. But I know all of yours." Vegeta's smirk did not fall from his face. *Dr.Gero must be an awfully big dumb@$$ if he doesn't study us in space.* He thought. But he decided to word it differently when speaking to the android. "Dr.Gero didn't study us in space." Vegeta said. "Because if he HAD, then he would have known Kakarott was a Super Saiyan. And, I'll have you know... you were very ignorant not to study me in my training on that planet!" The old decrepit android decided to speak up. "Tell me, Vegeta... Are you saying that YOU have also acheived the Super Saiyan level?" He asked in his robotic voice. Vegeta smirked. "I'm better at show then tell." He said. He clenched his fists at his sides and began to power up. He clenched his teeth so hard that the veins in his head bulged, and his fists began to ache. His hair flashed blonde and his eyes flashed green, and then returned to their normal color. Flashed again, then returned. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!" He screamed, as his body transformed into a Super Saiyan. "No! Not him too!" Android #20 said in a distressed voice. When Vegeta's transformation was complete, he stared at Goku's friends with a smirk on his face. "Surprised?" He asked. They were just stuttering at him. "Bu-uh-Duh- You look... GOOD as a blonde, Vegeta!" Krillin said. Vegeta flashed him a look of hatred. "Do you want to know HOW I became a Super Saiyan?" He asked. Piccolo scowled. "We don't have time! But do you REALLY think that you can possibly beat these androids without killing us too? Knowing your carelessness you'd just as likely kill us in the process." Vegeta smirked. "Nice observation. And Yes, I won't exactly be looking out for you when I'm fighting."
He turned his head to look at the androids. He saw #20, but not the other one. "Where is that peice of junk yard scrap metal?" He screamed. "I'm going to break him in half!" His question was answered when he felt someone sock him across the face, hitting him in the mouth and causing it to bleed. But, he didn't fall off his feet. The punch was very weak compared to what he'd felt before. He stared at Android #19. "Not bad," He said, wiping the blood from his mouth, "But, I guess it's all I can expect from you. Let me show you how I can fight."
Vegeta drew back his fist, and socked the android right in its face. The android went flying backwards and into a cliff. Vegeta flew up and shot after the android, making rubble go flying after him. He began to beat the android within an inch of its life. "Tell me... do machines feel pain?" He asked. The android growled and shot an eye beam at Vegeta. Vegeta did a back-flip over it, but the landing wasn't the greatest. He landed flat on his butt. When he looked up he saw the android zooming towards him,Vegeta wrenched himself up on his hands and booted the android with his feet in a donkey-type style. As the android was in the air from his rather hard kick, he came up and beat it back down to the ground. His instincts told him to light a ki blast and throw it.
*No, stupid! If you throw a ki blast then the android will just absorb it.* His mind raved. Instead he pounded onto the ground next to it and kicked it away from him, then flew after it and punched it into the sky. All Android #19 could do was holler as Vegeta battered him to death. He couldn't get a punch in at our Prince's face, because he would just block it mockingly. "Is that blood or oil?" Vegeta asked, as he noticed that something red was eeping from Android #19's eye. The android growled at being mocked and shot a ki blast at Vegeta. "Whoa!" Vegeta said in an exaggerated tone as he did a cartwheel over the ki blast and landed perfectly back on his feet. He crossed his arms and stared at the angry android. "Come and get me, fatso. I'm right here." He mocked. When the android didn't make any moves towards him he was not surprised. "Scared of me? I'm not surprised. After all, I AM kicking your fat and sorry @$$." When he heard a 'SHUT UP!' He looked over and saw Android #20 looking at him.
"What did you just tell me, old man?" Vegeta asked. "Did you just give me an order? Well, be patient, because when I'm done with him--or it-- then I'll get to you. O.K?" Dr.Gero just looked at him maniacally. "You think you're so tough... but you just wait." He said. Vegeta smirked. "Oh, and just what can you do? You're old! You can't possibly do any better than someone who's so obese it's unhealthy." The android just kept his maniacal grin. "Vegeta... I may doubt my ways of defeating you... but I CAN distract you long enough for Android #19 to get a hit in on you!" Vegeta gasped, and before Vegeta could whirl around, he had a fist in his stomach. He was knocked on his back from the force of the blow, and when the android came in to body- slam him he kicked it into to sky. "You'd better watch yourself, fool." Vegeta said. He instinctivly raised his hand for a ki blast, but then he remembered the android's absorbtion techniques. So, he simply flew up and kicked him up farther in the sky. He then grabbed the android's leg and threw him into the crater he had created when he'd transformed into a Super Saiyan.
Android #19 was in the crater, buried in rubble and rocks. Vegeta landed a couple yards away from it and then walked forward to where he was just a little bit in front of it. "Pitiful. And these are supposed to be the all powerful androids? This is child's play! I came here wanting a fight!" He said as he stared down the tub of lard. While Vegeta was just standing there studiying him, Android #19 all the sudden launched up and grabbed both of Vegeta's wrists. Vegeta had been so surprised that he hadn't had the time to move before the android had ahold of him.
Vegeta felt a wave of dizzyness and weakness as the android began to suck him dry of his life force. Vegeta clenched his teeth and began to instinctivly tug at his wrists and stomp his feet, trying to free himself before he was sucked dry of all of his life. Android #19 laughed at him with mocking laughter,a laughter that just made Vegeta's fury even worse. He yanked at his wrists even harder to try to stop that laughter.
"Hahahaha. . . There's no use kicking now. You'll never get free! I'm going to suck you dry! I'm going to suck your life until you're just a limp body." The android mocked him. Vegeta could hear Android #20 laughing at his fate behind him. *I'm so stupid. This mistake is going to cause me my life... unless...* Vegeta smirked. "Don't let go, now." He said, and brought his body up. He placed his feet on the android's face, so now he was in kind of a stretching position. Vegeta's body shook and quivered with the difficulty and strength the task took. He looked down over his chest and saw that the android's laughter had ceased and he now wore a look of irritation. "What's wrong? I thought you said you'd never let go. So you shouldn't be having so much difficulty hanging onto me!" He said. The android's face broke out into a smile. "You're going to die. I can feel you starting." He said. Then it was Vegeta's turn to smile.
"NEVER SAY DIE!"
Then, with one huge effort, he pulled back and ripped both the androids hands off with lots of blood and gore. Then he flipped back on his feet and pulled the hands off his wrists. He smirked. "Looks like that absorbing thing is all over now, isn't it?" He asked, throwing the android's hands back on the ground. The android looked at him for a second, then screamed and began to run. "AAHHHH!!" It screamed. Vegeta smiled and flew up into the air, stretching his hand before him.
"SUPER VEGETA BIG BANG ATTACK!!"
The huge blast flew from Vegeta's hands and claimed Android #19's life.
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Did you like the first chapter of the android saga? I will try to change the story more as it progresses, I HAD to make that part mostly accurate though. Next chapter comes Androids 17 and 18! I can't wait! And Trunks comes, too, and Vegeta finds out Trunks is his son and then tries to kill him! And what happens when Bulma shows up and tries to kiss our Prince in front of God and everybody? Find out in the next chapter!!
-luv, luvssaintbernards
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z or any other trademarked materials in this fanfiction.
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Two months later, it was the day before the androids were to arrive. Vegeta still had not become a Super Saiyan yet, though, and it was eating at his mind and body. Right now he was cursing at himself, and didn't know that a rather violent electrical storm was going to hit in about five minutes. "I'm a discrace. I should have known that I couldn't become a Super Saiyan." He told himself. He was sitting on the ground and watching the sky, tired. As he was watching it he saw a lightning bolt soar across the dark clouds. He smirked. "Oh great. Now a stupid thunderstorm." He growled. A lightning bolt hit the ground a few feet away from him and made his hair stand on end. He stood up. "My ship! If a lightning bolt strikes my ship than I can never get back to Earth to fight the androids!" He wasn't barely even thinking about Bulma anymore. Some times he would daydream about her, but not very often. He flew up on top of his ship and sat on it so that he could guard it from the electrical storm. The storm seemed to remind him of the storm raging inside of him, between Kakarott and his failure to become a Super Saiyan. He welcomed the storm and watched it go. But, he wasn't expecting the next thing that happened.
A meteor shot down from the sky and hit the ground, leaving a small crater. His eyes widened. "What the-" Another meteor almost hit his ship and he had to destroy it with a ki blast. Soon more meteors started crashing down and he had to destroy them. He was now flying up and desperatly trying to destroy them before they got to his ship. It was tiring work, yet he couldn't stop because if he did, than his ship would be destroyed and he'd be stranded on that horrible planet for the rest of his life. There was barely a second when he wasn't having to destroy a meteor.
When he thought he had everything under control, a HUGE meteor came looming at him from the sky. He knew this meteor would not only destroy his ship if it was to hit-- it would also take his life along with it. He powered up with a satisfiying scream and launched his strongest ki blast at the huge thing. He was so tired from training at 450 times normal gravity and from destroying the other meteors that he just couldn't manage to destroy it no matter how much effort he forced into the ki blast. Finally, with one blast of the last of the strength he had inside of him, the meteor shattered and exploded, raining debris every which way. An unfortunate Vegeta was hit with some of the debris and hurt rather badly. He fell from the sky like a pigeon that had been hit by a stone, and landed in a pile of rocks.
He pulled himself halfway out and stared at the bloody gashes and cuts that he'd earned while he'd destroyed the meteor. His hands, his shameful, weakling hands, quivered before his eyes. His vision was blurred from sticky blood running into his eyes. He clenched his fist and squeezed so hard that the nails made bloody crescents in his palm. "Argh... I'll NEVER beat Kakarott like this! Look at me! I'm a god damned discrace!!" He pounded his fist down on the rocks, sending another fresh bout of pain throughout his body. He pulled himself to his feet and watched his clenched fists. "I... Can NEVER do this! I can't! There's no use anymore! That's it! I DON'T CARE!!" As soon as he uttered these words, the power came rushing back to him. He all of the sudden didn't CARE about beating Kakarott, didn't CARE about becoming a Super Saiyan, didn't CARE about Bulma and Trunks. As soon as he thought about this, he felt something happen, and more power came surging back to him. He then realized that he was in the middle of becoming a Super Saiyan! He was filled with unimaginiable joy as he looked at himself. His muscles were bigger, and he just felt more powerful. Even though he couldn't see that he now in fact was a dumb blonde, he still knew he had transformed. He was left speechless for a second, and then he laughed out loud with joy. "YES!! I DID IT!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!" He screamed. He flew into the air and shot a ki blast at the planet, making a huge crater. The power he now held was wonderful, and feeling it come out of him was even better. He was stronger than Kakarott! He'd NEVER felt Kakarott hold a power like this, not even in Super Saiyan! He was STRONGER!
Vegeta started destroying things, just shooting ki blasts randomly everywhere in his happiness. He soon found that he'd started several fires on the planet. "I can leave now. It'll take about until the androids come to get back to Earth." He said. He climbed into his space capsule and started it up.
Bulma kissed the picture of Vegeta hanging on the wall. "Tomorrow I get to see you!" She happily exclaimed. Trunks, who was now trying to walk, held his arms up to her. Bulma picked him up and kissed him. "Tomorrow we get to see Daddy!" She said. Her baby clapped.
Bulma walked into the living room and found her mom. "Mom, guess what! Tomorrow the androids are coming and I get to see Vegeta!" She exclaimed. Her mom smiled. "That's great! I'll bet he'll be just as happy to see you as you will to see him!" Bulma was grinning ear to ear. She ran into her room and jumped on the bed, hugging Trunks to her chest and snuggling her face into his hat. "He's coming back, he's coming back!" She exclaimed happily. "When he beats the androids, we're just going to live together as one big happy family again, Trunks! Daddy will not have to worry about becoming a Super Saiyan anymore, because he'll have us and the androids will be defeated!" Trunks just whined to get out of her hug.
It was the next day, and Vegeta was just now landing his space capsule on the island in which the androids were supposed to arrive on. But there was no body there. "What the hell? I knew it; it's just like those dumb low classes. Can't even tell a guy the right place to be. Well, I'll find them, then kill the androids, then get at Kakarott." He mumbled. He landed his space capsule and stepped out. There was an eerie silence covering the vast island, a silence that made Vegeta shudder. It felt like people had died everywhere on the island. "I guess those androids have already been here." He told himself. He walked to the edge of the cliff and closed his eyes, relaxing his mind so that he could sense Kakarott. He hadn't been trying for long when his searching mind came across it. "Good." He smirked. "I don't sense any other powers besides him and his friends. I guess the androids haven't appeared yet. Gives me time to kill Kakarott before they come." He was completly blind to the fact that the androids were IN FACT there, but because they were androids they didn't have a ki.
Vegeta hid his ki the best he could and started to soar towards Kakarott, not realizing that he passed Bulma in his flight.
"VEGETA! IT'S VEGETA, DID YOU SEE THAT YAJIROBE?!" Bulma yelled, pointing. But, unfortunatly, her husband didn't see or hear her. Trunks reached up towards Vegeta and said, "Da-Da!" Bulma had burst into tears and Yajirobe just watched. "It's Vegeta! He didn't die after all, yes, YES!!" She handed Yajirobe her baby while she cried. "Oh... I thought he had died on that planet so far into space... but he's alive, he's REALLY alive..." She had followed the other Z warriors here in hopes Vegeta would be there, but the others had left to fight the androids and she had stayed, crying because Vegeta wasn't there when she came. But now, he was here, and he was ALIVE, and he wasn't an illusion. He was real. After three months her husband had returned, and her daydream of kissing him and hugging him could be fufilled just as soon as the androids were destroyed.
Vegeta landed kind of far away from them, where he saw Goku fighting what looked like a fat chinese doll. He guessed it was one of the androids, but how come he couldn't sense a ki? He just walked over and sat down to where he was blocked from the other's view and watched Goku fight. There was another android that looked like a decrepit old man, but the hat he had on said 'RR' which standed for 'Red Ribbon.' Vegeta smirked as Goku was hit by the android. *Maybe the android will get to kill him before I can! I can't let that happen. I'll just watch and see what happens.*
It seemed that Kakarott had the upper hand in the fight. He was punching the fat android around like it was some sort of a punching bag. * Maybe I should only interfere if the android starts to kill Kakarott.* He thought. He watched Goku punch the android down to the ground, then get on top of it and continue the beating. He smirked a little. All of Kakarott's friends and his son were gathered around and watching him. But what about Bulma? Vegeta's eyes widened at the name. Bulma. Wouldn't Bulma have come to see him? I mean, after all, Bulma had been totally devestated when he'd left. She should have came to watch him fight! Vegeta just turned his attention back to the fight between Goku and Android #19.
"Yajirobe, get in that flying machine! We're taking Trunks and going to see Vegeta!" Bulma bossed at Yajirobe. Yajirobe just stammered. "N-No way! Not Vegeta! He-He'll tear us up if the androids don't get to us first!" He said. Bulma smiled. "Well, Yajirobe... Vegeta IS a really nice guy once you get to know him. I even married him!" She said. Yajirobe was surprised at this, for, after all, Vegeta HAD tried to kill him too a long time ago. "No he's not! I'll bet he doesn't even love you. He's a b@st@rd with no compassion whatsoever!"
Bulma frowned. She wasn't going to let ANYONE talk about her husband that way. "Listen, dumb@$$, I've got knowledgeable proof that Vegeta's a nice guy. That baby you're holding belongs to him!!" She laughed at the look on Yajirobe's face. "So, do you want to go or not? I'll just tell Vegeta that you wouldn't take me to see him and he'd kill you!" Yajirobe climbed into the flying machine with Trunks in his arms. Trunks was smiling at Bulma as she made funny faces at him. "He's such a angry looking baby... but he's going to grow up to be handsome just like his father! Right, Trunks?" She said. Trunks laughed that squeaky little baby laugh that all babies laugh with. Bulma took her son from Yajirobe so he could fly the machine. She sat back, exited about going to see Vegeta.
Vegeta was now astounded as something began to happen. Goku had shot a Kamehameha at the android, and something on its palm was absorbing his attack inside of it. The android seemed to be happy about it... like he was gaining power! Then, with his sensitive hearing, he heard that dick Yamcha say something about it. "That's what it did to me! It put its palm on me, and then this feeling like I was running out of energy just came over me!" He had said. Even though Vegeta didn't usually listen to what Yamcha had to say, what he said right now struck him like a brick. *Androids absorbing power? It's impossible! How are we supposed to beat them if they'll just absorb our power? And if they gain strength from it... We're screwed. That was a pretty strong blast Kakarott just used.* He thought. His worst fears were recognized when he saw the android punch Goku right in his jaw, sending him flying into the side of a cliff. "Goku!" Krillin said, in despair. Vegeta just smirked at what had happened to Goku. He hoped the androids would make it to be an easy kill.
"Something's not right! Goku was doing fine, but now it seems like something's slowing him down!" Piccolo exclaimed. Gohan, Krillin, Yamcha and Tien glanced at him. "What do you mean something's not right?" Krillin asked. "He just got punched, but doesn't everyone? How come you look so god damned concerned about it?" Piccolo stared at the fight with his stony glare that looks so much like Vegeta's. "It seems like... something's draining his energy, and not just the energy from the ki blast. It's like he's losing power or something! In case you didn't notice, he did have the upper hand earlier in the fight. Now it seems like the android is gaining it! And, his ki is being sapped..." Piccolo pointed out.
Gohan looked closely at what was happening, observing his father. He noticed that Goku had one of his hands clasped over his heart as if he were having a heart attack... and maybe he was! Then what the kid from the future had said flashed brightly in his mind-- Goku was to get a deadly heart virus! It was a little late, but... everything the kid had said was coming true! "Guys! I know what's wrong! I know why Dad's losing all of the sudden!" Krillin, Piccolo, Tien and Yamcha looked at him despretly. "What?" They all said together.
"See how Dad's holding his heart like that? Remember how the kid said he'd get a heart virus? It's that virus!!"
Reality hit Vegeta in the face. He had been wondering why Kakarott had started acting so sluggish, and now he had his answer. The heart virus, of course! Turning into a Super Saiyan had egged it on! Vegeta cackled. "Moron." He breathed, and continued listening in on the others.
Krillin looked at Goku, who was losing, with desperation. "I know what I can do. Maybe a senzu bean." He said. He grabbed a senzu bean out of the little bag and brandished it. "Hey Goku! Want a senzu bean? Catch!" He shouted. Vegeta watched in amazement as Goku missed the senzu bean that Krillin threw at him. "What an idiot! How could he have missed that catch?" Vegeta asked himself. He watched the android quickly destroy the senzu bean with a ki blast, and then race at Goku and start to batter him some more. Vegeta stood up. He could tell that he'd have to interfere very soon now... Maybe in about five minutes.
The android now had Goku on the ground, reversed back to a normal Saiyan. With one last crunch to the balls Goku was unconcious. "DAD!" Vegeta heard Gohan scream. He flew out of the crowd of his friends to try and place a foot in Android #19's fat @$$. Vegeta saw Android #20, as quick as lightning, come up and punch the child to the ground, injuring him badly. Vegeta growled and turned his attention back to the fight. Android #19 now had clasped a hand around Goku's throat and was taking his energy. The unconcious Goku couldn't knock the android off because he wasn't aware of his actions; he would probably die in his sleep at this rate. Something told Vegeta that it was time for him to step in.
He flew in and planted one foot in the fat android's face, knocking him off of Kakarott. Everybody looked up at Vegeta's presence. "Nobody kills Kakarott while I'm around! Destiny has reserved that pleasure for me!" He stated. He saw all the Z warriors just staring at him, not even thanking him for saving the pitiful warrior's life. "What, don't I even get a 'Thank you, Vegeta, for saving this worthless piece of pond scum?' You guys are just too rude." He said. But they could only stutter. Finally, Krillin said, "Well... hi, Vegeta!"
Vegeta scowled and turned to Kakarott. "You are SOOO stupid, Kakarott! That future boy warned you about the heart virus! You should have known that turning into a Super Saiyan would only make it worse. And look-- thanks to your carelessness your own son was almost murdered by these super market manaquins!" He guestered towards Gohan with a swing of his head. Goku, who was now on the brink of conciousness, just stared at Vegeta with hatred in his eyes. Vegeta smirked. "I'll finish these androids, but then you're next, got it?" He asked, then kicked Goku into his crowd of friends with a swift swing of his leg. Goku landed face first in a puddle. Vegeta breifly heard the conversation as Yamcha carried Goku off back to Kame house.
"Now, for you guys..." He sneered at the androids. He didn't know that Bulma was thinking about him right now.
"Hurry up, Yajirobe, I want to see my sweet Vegeta!" Bulma shouted. Trunks was putting up a fuss in her arms because he was tired of sitting still. "Go faster right now or I'll tell Vegeta to kill you when he's done fighting those androids!" But the air car didn't go any faster. Bulma just sat back, watching Trunks suck on his pacifier and shake his rattle. *Oh, Vegeta, I miss you so much. But how could you just fly past me? If you truly missed me, you would have been looking, and saw me, and heard my call...* This made her think about it. What if Vegeta had forgotten about her while he was on the planet? What if he had forgotten he even loved her? She dismissed it from her mind when Trunks started to cry. "WAAAAAAHHHH!!" He screamed, in his scratchy and annoying voice. Bulma looked down at him. "What's the goddamned problem? I swear you're just like your father-- a whiny @$$hole!" She shoved the baby's pacifier back into his mouth and he went to sleep.
"How close to the fight scene are we?" Bulma asked. "I just can't wait to see Vegeta!" Yajirobe shrugged. "I don't know. A couple of miles or so I guess." Bulma sat back and looked out the window for when she would see Vegeta standing there with the others.
"You are underestimating us, Vegeta. Do you understand how much stronger than you we are? Dr.Gero studied you very carefully." Android #19 said. Vegeta just kept the same smirk on his face, that made him look like he was all that. (Even if it IS true.) "Oh, really. Not carefully enough then I guess." He remarked. "Because you obviously don't know about my newfound power."
The android laughed, sounding like one of those little robotic thingys people use to annoy us with telemarketing scams. "Vegeta... You THINK you know all of my moves, but you know only a few. But I know all of yours." Vegeta's smirk did not fall from his face. *Dr.Gero must be an awfully big dumb@$$ if he doesn't study us in space.* He thought. But he decided to word it differently when speaking to the android. "Dr.Gero didn't study us in space." Vegeta said. "Because if he HAD, then he would have known Kakarott was a Super Saiyan. And, I'll have you know... you were very ignorant not to study me in my training on that planet!" The old decrepit android decided to speak up. "Tell me, Vegeta... Are you saying that YOU have also acheived the Super Saiyan level?" He asked in his robotic voice. Vegeta smirked. "I'm better at show then tell." He said. He clenched his fists at his sides and began to power up. He clenched his teeth so hard that the veins in his head bulged, and his fists began to ache. His hair flashed blonde and his eyes flashed green, and then returned to their normal color. Flashed again, then returned. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!" He screamed, as his body transformed into a Super Saiyan. "No! Not him too!" Android #20 said in a distressed voice. When Vegeta's transformation was complete, he stared at Goku's friends with a smirk on his face. "Surprised?" He asked. They were just stuttering at him. "Bu-uh-Duh- You look... GOOD as a blonde, Vegeta!" Krillin said. Vegeta flashed him a look of hatred. "Do you want to know HOW I became a Super Saiyan?" He asked. Piccolo scowled. "We don't have time! But do you REALLY think that you can possibly beat these androids without killing us too? Knowing your carelessness you'd just as likely kill us in the process." Vegeta smirked. "Nice observation. And Yes, I won't exactly be looking out for you when I'm fighting."
He turned his head to look at the androids. He saw #20, but not the other one. "Where is that peice of junk yard scrap metal?" He screamed. "I'm going to break him in half!" His question was answered when he felt someone sock him across the face, hitting him in the mouth and causing it to bleed. But, he didn't fall off his feet. The punch was very weak compared to what he'd felt before. He stared at Android #19. "Not bad," He said, wiping the blood from his mouth, "But, I guess it's all I can expect from you. Let me show you how I can fight."
Vegeta drew back his fist, and socked the android right in its face. The android went flying backwards and into a cliff. Vegeta flew up and shot after the android, making rubble go flying after him. He began to beat the android within an inch of its life. "Tell me... do machines feel pain?" He asked. The android growled and shot an eye beam at Vegeta. Vegeta did a back-flip over it, but the landing wasn't the greatest. He landed flat on his butt. When he looked up he saw the android zooming towards him,Vegeta wrenched himself up on his hands and booted the android with his feet in a donkey-type style. As the android was in the air from his rather hard kick, he came up and beat it back down to the ground. His instincts told him to light a ki blast and throw it.
*No, stupid! If you throw a ki blast then the android will just absorb it.* His mind raved. Instead he pounded onto the ground next to it and kicked it away from him, then flew after it and punched it into the sky. All Android #19 could do was holler as Vegeta battered him to death. He couldn't get a punch in at our Prince's face, because he would just block it mockingly. "Is that blood or oil?" Vegeta asked, as he noticed that something red was eeping from Android #19's eye. The android growled at being mocked and shot a ki blast at Vegeta. "Whoa!" Vegeta said in an exaggerated tone as he did a cartwheel over the ki blast and landed perfectly back on his feet. He crossed his arms and stared at the angry android. "Come and get me, fatso. I'm right here." He mocked. When the android didn't make any moves towards him he was not surprised. "Scared of me? I'm not surprised. After all, I AM kicking your fat and sorry @$$." When he heard a 'SHUT UP!' He looked over and saw Android #20 looking at him.
"What did you just tell me, old man?" Vegeta asked. "Did you just give me an order? Well, be patient, because when I'm done with him--or it-- then I'll get to you. O.K?" Dr.Gero just looked at him maniacally. "You think you're so tough... but you just wait." He said. Vegeta smirked. "Oh, and just what can you do? You're old! You can't possibly do any better than someone who's so obese it's unhealthy." The android just kept his maniacal grin. "Vegeta... I may doubt my ways of defeating you... but I CAN distract you long enough for Android #19 to get a hit in on you!" Vegeta gasped, and before Vegeta could whirl around, he had a fist in his stomach. He was knocked on his back from the force of the blow, and when the android came in to body- slam him he kicked it into to sky. "You'd better watch yourself, fool." Vegeta said. He instinctivly raised his hand for a ki blast, but then he remembered the android's absorbtion techniques. So, he simply flew up and kicked him up farther in the sky. He then grabbed the android's leg and threw him into the crater he had created when he'd transformed into a Super Saiyan.
Android #19 was in the crater, buried in rubble and rocks. Vegeta landed a couple yards away from it and then walked forward to where he was just a little bit in front of it. "Pitiful. And these are supposed to be the all powerful androids? This is child's play! I came here wanting a fight!" He said as he stared down the tub of lard. While Vegeta was just standing there studiying him, Android #19 all the sudden launched up and grabbed both of Vegeta's wrists. Vegeta had been so surprised that he hadn't had the time to move before the android had ahold of him.
Vegeta felt a wave of dizzyness and weakness as the android began to suck him dry of his life force. Vegeta clenched his teeth and began to instinctivly tug at his wrists and stomp his feet, trying to free himself before he was sucked dry of all of his life. Android #19 laughed at him with mocking laughter,a laughter that just made Vegeta's fury even worse. He yanked at his wrists even harder to try to stop that laughter.
"Hahahaha. . . There's no use kicking now. You'll never get free! I'm going to suck you dry! I'm going to suck your life until you're just a limp body." The android mocked him. Vegeta could hear Android #20 laughing at his fate behind him. *I'm so stupid. This mistake is going to cause me my life... unless...* Vegeta smirked. "Don't let go, now." He said, and brought his body up. He placed his feet on the android's face, so now he was in kind of a stretching position. Vegeta's body shook and quivered with the difficulty and strength the task took. He looked down over his chest and saw that the android's laughter had ceased and he now wore a look of irritation. "What's wrong? I thought you said you'd never let go. So you shouldn't be having so much difficulty hanging onto me!" He said. The android's face broke out into a smile. "You're going to die. I can feel you starting." He said. Then it was Vegeta's turn to smile.
"NEVER SAY DIE!"
Then, with one huge effort, he pulled back and ripped both the androids hands off with lots of blood and gore. Then he flipped back on his feet and pulled the hands off his wrists. He smirked. "Looks like that absorbing thing is all over now, isn't it?" He asked, throwing the android's hands back on the ground. The android looked at him for a second, then screamed and began to run. "AAHHHH!!" It screamed. Vegeta smiled and flew up into the air, stretching his hand before him.
"SUPER VEGETA BIG BANG ATTACK!!"
The huge blast flew from Vegeta's hands and claimed Android #19's life.
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Did you like the first chapter of the android saga? I will try to change the story more as it progresses, I HAD to make that part mostly accurate though. Next chapter comes Androids 17 and 18! I can't wait! And Trunks comes, too, and Vegeta finds out Trunks is his son and then tries to kill him! And what happens when Bulma shows up and tries to kiss our Prince in front of God and everybody? Find out in the next chapter!!
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