A/N: I'm glad everyone seems to be enjoying the story so far. I just
thought I'd respond to a few reviews real quick before I get on with the
story.
Phantom 1: I like your idea, I haven't completely decided what Akira's going to say to Ammit yet, so I probably will incorporate some sort of Goku- esc speech about Good and Evil. I don't know if I can wait that long to have Akira start letting people know about his odd relationship to Goku, but maybe that will be how most people start putting it together. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion and for reviewing!
DarkChildOfTheNite and mystiangle21: I'm glad you're enjoying it and thanks for saying so.
Ladybugg: I'm glad that you enjoyed Pan's expedition into the realm of beating on random bad guys, it was fun to write. Thankfully she'll be getting to do a little more of that fairly soon.
Metal Dragon 1: Indeed, whatever shall they do? Probably not what your thinking, but I guess we'll find out!
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Chapter 33
"Are you ready?" King Kai asked. Akira nodded excitedly and instantly his weighted clothes were replaced by the ones he'd been wearing when he'd first arrived.
"Wow," Akira said as he threw a couple of lightening fast jabs at the air; he was amazed at how light he felt. "Do you want me to power up?" he asked.
"Actually... no. You see, personal planets are kind of hard to get and I only just got this new one a little while ago; Goku got my first one blown up! So we're going to the Grand Kai's Planet and you can power up there. Plus, I think the Supreme Kai would like to see how much you've progressed."
A few minutes later, Akira, Piccolo, Pikkon, Ulibu, King Kai, and Kabitoshin were standing on the large, grassy fields of the Grand Kai's Planet.
"All right, Akira, we're going over to that hill," the Supreme Kai pointed in the direction they'd be heading, "When we get there, power up to your max. Oh, and remember not to mask your energy." With that said everyone but Akira headed for the hill.
The young man closed his eyes and took several deep breaths; he felt his barrier fall and he began to raise power level. It went slowly at first, his golden aura growing slightly and wind began to push away from him. Then with a scream, he let it all out; his muscles flexed and grew larger, his golden hair became a darker gold and seemed to grow slightly longer. The grass under his feet peeled back, exposing the bare rock and dirt beneath it; then a large crater began to expand outward from where he was standing. Blue bolts of electricity crackled around the young man, his aura was now whipping about him like a tornado, trees at the edge of the field were being uprooted, lightening flashed in the sky, and the entire planet began to shake. After several minutes he relaxed and powered down, and then flew to the hill his friends were waiting on.
"Well, what do you think?" he asked as soon as he touched down. There was a moment or two of stunned silence during which the others looked wide eyed at each other, not believing what they had just felt.
Finally the Supreme Kai found his voice, "I'd say that your power increase is nothing short of amazing."
The young Saiyan laughed and rubbed the back of his head, "Thanks, I actually could have gone further, but I figured this was probably close enough to my max." Suddenly he stopped laughing and became very serious, "Do you think it will be enough?" he asked.
The kais exchanged quick glances then Kabitoshin said, "No one knows. Even I wasn't around when he was sealed away, but from what I was told by my predecessors...No. However, he's been locked away for a long time, so he's probably not as strong as he was before; you might be strong enough. Unfortunately he's able to elude detection, so we don't even know where he is in the universe."
Akira smiled good naturedly, "Great, thanks for the reassurance."
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With the big green planet dominating the view screen, Pan could barely contain her excitement. The Dondoro slave ship had been much faster than her own; the whole incident had added almost two weeks to her journey, but finally she had reached her destination. As soon as the ship had landed, Pan powered down from her Super Saiyan transformation for the first time since leaving the slave ship and then headed for the closest energy levels she could feel.
A few minutes later she spotted the Namekian village and dropped out of the sky, landing a short distance from a small, round, elderly-looking Namek who appeared to be practicing his putting. He put his putter back in his golf bag and smiled warmly at her.
"Hello Pan, I'm glad to see that you finally made it. We've been expecting you for the last few weeks."
"How did you know that I was coming?" Pan asked in surprise.
"Dende and I go way back. He and King Kai let me know about the situation on earth, though we've been able to sense the growing evil for a several months now." The Namek frowned with concern, he face becoming creased with wrinkles, then he shook his head and smiled apologetically at Pan, "Forgive me, I have forgotten my manners. I am Mouri, the leader of the Nameks. We have, of course, assembled all of the dragonballs for you already." He looked over his shoulder at the village huts and called out in a loud voice, "Come on out my friends, our guest is anxious to get going."
At his words, dozens of Nameks of all shapes and sizes poured out of the simple huts, bringing the seven large dragonballs with them. The balls were set together on the grass and then everyone stepped back.
"Takara Popora Punga Teepeedy Paro!" shouted Mouri. The balls began to glow brightly, the sky grew dark, and then a blinding orange light shot into the air. Everyone shaded their eyes as the light swirled in the sky and finally formed into the mighty dragon Porunga.
"YOU HAVE COLLECTED ALL SEVEN DRAGONBALLS; AND NOW, AS IT IS WRITTEN, THINK WISELY AND I WILL GRANT YOU THREE WISHES WITHIN MY POWER," the gigantic dragon said in his deep voice.
"Okay my dear, what is your first wish?" Mouri asked as he turned from the dragon.
"I'd like Porunga to bring Akira Masako back to life."
Mouri thought for a moment about the correct translation of the wish and then looked up at the dragon. "Quan slapeban sharonta mazepan. Compro Akira dede stephane ieem aron compro laphena!" "YOUR WISH IS WITHIN MY POWER," Porunga said and then was quiet for a moment.
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Akira was talking to King Kai and Piccolo on the Great Kai Planet when he felt a slight tingle run through his spine. He looked around for a moment before noticing Piccolo's smile.
"Welcome back to the land of the living kid," the Namek said.
"That was it? All I get when I'm resurrected from the dead is a little shiver?"
"Quit complaining," King Kai chided him and then pointed to his own halo, "At least you're alive again. Sheesh, kids these days...they thing everything has to come with fireworks."
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"IT HAS BEEN DONE. THE ONE YOU CALL AKIRA IS ALIVE AGAIN. WHAT IS YOUR SECOND WISH?"
"I want Akira sent to Ear—," Pan sensed something strange. All of her attention had been on the dragon and she wasn't sure what she'd felt or where it had come from. "Uh, I want Akira brought to this village," she said after looking around for a moment.
"Carlota trantan donda Akira lev-fortuga eas grag duan nauscan cantan!" Mouri said in a loud voice.
"VERY WELL," Porunga said and suddenly Akira was standing next to Pan. "IT HAS BEEN DONE."
The two young Saiyans hugged each other in excitement and laughed in a very un-Saiyan-like manner. When they finally calmed down, Akira walk to Mouri to shake his hand and say thanks, but just as their hands touched the young man senses flared in warning. In an instant, Akira had grabbed the elder Namek and Pan and shot away from the village at full speed.
Less than a second later, they were thrown to the ground as an explosion ripped through the village, incinerating most of the Nameks in the area before they could even register what had happened. The less fortunate ones collapsed into ever growing puddles of their own blood; old and young a like slowly and painfully bled to death.
Akira closed his eyes, searching the planet, then opened them and looked at Mouri. The elder Namek shook his head sadly, as tears filled his eyes.
"There are no survivors, here or at any of the other villages on New Namek. They are all dead," he said quietly.
A/N: The dialog from Porunga and (to the best of my spelling abilities) the Namekian words used by Mouri when speaking to Purunga are taken from the Frieza saga; so all credit for those lines should go to Akira Toriyama.
Phantom 1: I like your idea, I haven't completely decided what Akira's going to say to Ammit yet, so I probably will incorporate some sort of Goku- esc speech about Good and Evil. I don't know if I can wait that long to have Akira start letting people know about his odd relationship to Goku, but maybe that will be how most people start putting it together. Anyway, thanks for the suggestion and for reviewing!
DarkChildOfTheNite and mystiangle21: I'm glad you're enjoying it and thanks for saying so.
Ladybugg: I'm glad that you enjoyed Pan's expedition into the realm of beating on random bad guys, it was fun to write. Thankfully she'll be getting to do a little more of that fairly soon.
Metal Dragon 1: Indeed, whatever shall they do? Probably not what your thinking, but I guess we'll find out!
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Chapter 33
"Are you ready?" King Kai asked. Akira nodded excitedly and instantly his weighted clothes were replaced by the ones he'd been wearing when he'd first arrived.
"Wow," Akira said as he threw a couple of lightening fast jabs at the air; he was amazed at how light he felt. "Do you want me to power up?" he asked.
"Actually... no. You see, personal planets are kind of hard to get and I only just got this new one a little while ago; Goku got my first one blown up! So we're going to the Grand Kai's Planet and you can power up there. Plus, I think the Supreme Kai would like to see how much you've progressed."
A few minutes later, Akira, Piccolo, Pikkon, Ulibu, King Kai, and Kabitoshin were standing on the large, grassy fields of the Grand Kai's Planet.
"All right, Akira, we're going over to that hill," the Supreme Kai pointed in the direction they'd be heading, "When we get there, power up to your max. Oh, and remember not to mask your energy." With that said everyone but Akira headed for the hill.
The young man closed his eyes and took several deep breaths; he felt his barrier fall and he began to raise power level. It went slowly at first, his golden aura growing slightly and wind began to push away from him. Then with a scream, he let it all out; his muscles flexed and grew larger, his golden hair became a darker gold and seemed to grow slightly longer. The grass under his feet peeled back, exposing the bare rock and dirt beneath it; then a large crater began to expand outward from where he was standing. Blue bolts of electricity crackled around the young man, his aura was now whipping about him like a tornado, trees at the edge of the field were being uprooted, lightening flashed in the sky, and the entire planet began to shake. After several minutes he relaxed and powered down, and then flew to the hill his friends were waiting on.
"Well, what do you think?" he asked as soon as he touched down. There was a moment or two of stunned silence during which the others looked wide eyed at each other, not believing what they had just felt.
Finally the Supreme Kai found his voice, "I'd say that your power increase is nothing short of amazing."
The young Saiyan laughed and rubbed the back of his head, "Thanks, I actually could have gone further, but I figured this was probably close enough to my max." Suddenly he stopped laughing and became very serious, "Do you think it will be enough?" he asked.
The kais exchanged quick glances then Kabitoshin said, "No one knows. Even I wasn't around when he was sealed away, but from what I was told by my predecessors...No. However, he's been locked away for a long time, so he's probably not as strong as he was before; you might be strong enough. Unfortunately he's able to elude detection, so we don't even know where he is in the universe."
Akira smiled good naturedly, "Great, thanks for the reassurance."
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With the big green planet dominating the view screen, Pan could barely contain her excitement. The Dondoro slave ship had been much faster than her own; the whole incident had added almost two weeks to her journey, but finally she had reached her destination. As soon as the ship had landed, Pan powered down from her Super Saiyan transformation for the first time since leaving the slave ship and then headed for the closest energy levels she could feel.
A few minutes later she spotted the Namekian village and dropped out of the sky, landing a short distance from a small, round, elderly-looking Namek who appeared to be practicing his putting. He put his putter back in his golf bag and smiled warmly at her.
"Hello Pan, I'm glad to see that you finally made it. We've been expecting you for the last few weeks."
"How did you know that I was coming?" Pan asked in surprise.
"Dende and I go way back. He and King Kai let me know about the situation on earth, though we've been able to sense the growing evil for a several months now." The Namek frowned with concern, he face becoming creased with wrinkles, then he shook his head and smiled apologetically at Pan, "Forgive me, I have forgotten my manners. I am Mouri, the leader of the Nameks. We have, of course, assembled all of the dragonballs for you already." He looked over his shoulder at the village huts and called out in a loud voice, "Come on out my friends, our guest is anxious to get going."
At his words, dozens of Nameks of all shapes and sizes poured out of the simple huts, bringing the seven large dragonballs with them. The balls were set together on the grass and then everyone stepped back.
"Takara Popora Punga Teepeedy Paro!" shouted Mouri. The balls began to glow brightly, the sky grew dark, and then a blinding orange light shot into the air. Everyone shaded their eyes as the light swirled in the sky and finally formed into the mighty dragon Porunga.
"YOU HAVE COLLECTED ALL SEVEN DRAGONBALLS; AND NOW, AS IT IS WRITTEN, THINK WISELY AND I WILL GRANT YOU THREE WISHES WITHIN MY POWER," the gigantic dragon said in his deep voice.
"Okay my dear, what is your first wish?" Mouri asked as he turned from the dragon.
"I'd like Porunga to bring Akira Masako back to life."
Mouri thought for a moment about the correct translation of the wish and then looked up at the dragon. "Quan slapeban sharonta mazepan. Compro Akira dede stephane ieem aron compro laphena!" "YOUR WISH IS WITHIN MY POWER," Porunga said and then was quiet for a moment.
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Akira was talking to King Kai and Piccolo on the Great Kai Planet when he felt a slight tingle run through his spine. He looked around for a moment before noticing Piccolo's smile.
"Welcome back to the land of the living kid," the Namek said.
"That was it? All I get when I'm resurrected from the dead is a little shiver?"
"Quit complaining," King Kai chided him and then pointed to his own halo, "At least you're alive again. Sheesh, kids these days...they thing everything has to come with fireworks."
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"IT HAS BEEN DONE. THE ONE YOU CALL AKIRA IS ALIVE AGAIN. WHAT IS YOUR SECOND WISH?"
"I want Akira sent to Ear—," Pan sensed something strange. All of her attention had been on the dragon and she wasn't sure what she'd felt or where it had come from. "Uh, I want Akira brought to this village," she said after looking around for a moment.
"Carlota trantan donda Akira lev-fortuga eas grag duan nauscan cantan!" Mouri said in a loud voice.
"VERY WELL," Porunga said and suddenly Akira was standing next to Pan. "IT HAS BEEN DONE."
The two young Saiyans hugged each other in excitement and laughed in a very un-Saiyan-like manner. When they finally calmed down, Akira walk to Mouri to shake his hand and say thanks, but just as their hands touched the young man senses flared in warning. In an instant, Akira had grabbed the elder Namek and Pan and shot away from the village at full speed.
Less than a second later, they were thrown to the ground as an explosion ripped through the village, incinerating most of the Nameks in the area before they could even register what had happened. The less fortunate ones collapsed into ever growing puddles of their own blood; old and young a like slowly and painfully bled to death.
Akira closed his eyes, searching the planet, then opened them and looked at Mouri. The elder Namek shook his head sadly, as tears filled his eyes.
"There are no survivors, here or at any of the other villages on New Namek. They are all dead," he said quietly.
A/N: The dialog from Porunga and (to the best of my spelling abilities) the Namekian words used by Mouri when speaking to Purunga are taken from the Frieza saga; so all credit for those lines should go to Akira Toriyama.