Black Dawn: Part 4

Powers of the old Universe

Author's Note: To those who are reading this off Fanfiction.net, sorry for the shaky start in poasting. This is the first fanfic I've tried to put up here, and my computer's terrible! I promice there'll be no more weird chapter titles or broken links.

The Home for Infinite Losers had been invaded by someone who was not dead. Villains from all over the universe stopped and stared as Sugakoo walked casually by. Sometimes the students of the Kais came along to take care of mass uprisings, but for someone from the physical plane to come here, some great calamity must have befallen the organization system of this dimension.

It wasn't long before Sugakoo found someone who might know where he could find what he was looking for. A long-haired Saiyan worrier stood on a cliff, sending beams of energy down into the lava below him, and watching it bubble and boil as the beams hit. He remembered Freeza viewing pictures of this saiyan. He was one of the three Freeza had allowed to survive the destruction of Planet Vegeta, and his name was Raditz. "Good afternoon Raditz," Sugakoo said, "I am Sugakoo, and you are going to tell me where Freeza is."

Raditz turned, stepping gracefully into a fighting stance, still holding one of the energy beams he had been about to direct into the lava. "What makes you so certain?" he asked, "why do you want to know anyway?"

Sugakoo summoned a small, brightly glowing energy ball into his hand. "I am certain because I am the new King of the dead, and the living, and I can, and will do what ever I see fit to you if you do not obey my command. As for the reason I am searching for Freeza, he has made my plan difficult to complete, so I am going to punish him. Now, will you help me, or shall I do to you what I will do to your changeling master?"

"No master of mine," Raditz scoffed, "he lives over the other side of that mountain, with his father and brother, and some of his thugs."

"Thank you," Sugakoo replied, lifting off into the air, "I will be sure to give you a high place in my kingdom." He flew away, to find Freeza, and Raditz went to find the other Saiyans.

***

Saicho and Kamawa stood outside the Colmnopax, both of them in fighting stances. Saicho had found a referee, who would also be included in the task force, since he possessed a power level of around 1100. Several people had followed them out to see the fight, and were standing back, watching excitedly as the two fighters powered up. The referee wore Saicho's scouter, and cried out the power levels as they quickly increased. Both Saicho and Kamawa had been in the highest class in their respective armies, and Saicho had been in Cold's special force, so it was surely going to be a spectacle like no other. Once the two had finished powering up, the referee cried, "Let the match begin!", and they leapt at each other, fists clenched. Saicho slammed his hands forward towards Kamawa's stomach, but Kamawa sidestepped, leaving Saicho slightly off balance, and launched an energy ball at his face. Saicho barely had time to dodge, and responded with a flurry of small attacks that Kamawa had to block with his hands. He then took advantage of his situation by charging forward, grabbing Kamawa by the shoulders and slamming him into the ground. He returned to his original fighting stance, and waited for his opponent to get up. After Kamawa showed no sign of moving for at least ten seconds, Saicho, feeling rather puzzled, looked back down at him. The members of the audience were also getting restless, and complaining about how short an uneventful fight it had been, when Saicho suddenly realized that Kamawa wasn't breathing. He had seen fighters perform this move before. They could move so fast that they left an image of themselves where they were before they moved. He spun around, fists raised, but he was too late. Kamawa ran at him from the side, tackling him to the ground and delivering a volley of powerful blows that left Saicho in considerable pain. The audience began to cheer Kamawa on, as he started to pound his opponent into the ground. Then, Saicho released an energy ball directly at Kamawa's chest, which sent him flying back into the audience, with his shirt in tatters, and in need of a few hours in a healing tank. "Saicho is the winner of the match!" the referee yelled, and the audience cheered enthusiastically, as Saicho went over to Kamawa. "Good fight," he said, "you're a general in my army. Meat me back here tomorrow." Then he walked off to the next casino on his list, to search for more men to help Sugakoo conquer the universe.

***

Kibitokai awoke slowly. He was lying on the hard floor of the Kai palace, and his muscles were stiff and saw, as if he had been through some great trauma and was utterly exhausted. He rolled onto his back, and the action produced a dull pain in his chest, bringing him back to reality. "Sugakoo!" he moaned, "Oh no!" All the other Kais had been killed by Sugakoo, and then he must have lost consciousness, but why hadn't Sugakoo killed him too? It was unlikely that he would have been forgotten, so Sugakoo must want something from him. Whatever it was, he decided that no matter what Sugakoo threatened him with, or did to him, he would never do it. "I have to find the others," he said, and promptly disappeared.

******

Goten, Trunks and Android 16 flew over the glaciers of Rhyontou, the two boys shivering in their wet underwear. "What are we looking for here anyway?" Goten asked.

"We are looking for The Book of Sugakoo," Android 16 answered. "That is the name of our enemy, and the book was written by the gods of the old universe, and added to by some of these people, in the time when Sugakoo was born, many hundreds of years ago."

 "The old universe?" Trunks questioned.

"Yes," 16 replied. "That universe was destroyed by its own guardians so that the great power that was ruling over it would finally die, and a new universe, free of that power could be born. Unfortunately, a part of that power survived, and was eventually reborn in this universe. One of the guardians of the old universe stayed on when the new universe was made, to take care of just that eventuality, and he defeated Sugakoo when he first awoke, but he has once again returned, and this time, it is up to us to stop him."

"Why doesn't that god just stop him again?" Goten wondered.

"Because he is no longer allowed to directly become involved in our universe. It has been decided that beings from the old universe should not be able to affect us any more. Only Sugakoo does not follow this rule, because he is bound by no rules, and that is why he was once so powerful."

"Then why didn't you just go get it yourself?" Trunks asked.

"The book must be opened by two children, one royal of blood, one pure of heart. You are prince of the Saiyans, and Goten has a pure heart, so you are the children who will open the book."

They flew on for another half-hour or so, until they came to a huge tower made only of ice. "Wow!" Goten and Trunks breathed in unison.

"This is where the book of Sugakoo is kept," Android 16 said. "It will be guarded.

As if in response to the androids words, two creatures moved out from behind the ice tower. They were huge, shaggy, wolf-like animals, with teeth that glinted in the darkness, and their movements were synchronized exactly, as if they were two different bodies with the same mind. "We are the guardians of the book of Sugakoo!" they snarled. "If you wish to take our treasure, you must defeat us in battle!"

The two Saiyan children smiled. "This is gunna be an easy fight," Trunks said quietly, "let's go."

They landed, and stepped in to their fighting stances. "Come and get us!" Goten yelled. The Rhyontou worriers chose their opponents, and charged.