Chapter 12 - Rejoicing
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Vegeta slammed the door to his room down. He didn't have any time! The battle with Frieza was already happening! The prince dashed to the opposite side of the room, and opened up one of the metal tiles from the floor. "Here it is..." Vegeta pulled it up from the floor and looked at the different capsules labeled. He noticed the one with a red cross on it, and he gave a small smirk. 'Found it.'
The prince paused, and he looked up in awe. He could feel a very powerful force! On this ship, and it must have been Gohan! Vegeta shook his head, 'Incredible...' He gave a gulp as he closed the case, with the medical capsule in his hand, and turned the case into a small capsule. Since he had no pockets on his armor to keep this capsule safe, the capsule came with a chain.
The prince slid the chain over his head, and wore it as a necklace as he pushed the button to the medical capsule and tossed it on one of the bunks.
A war cry was heard thru the halls, and Vegeta's sensitive hearing could pick it up. That was when another rush of power could be felt by the prince's newly developed ki sensing ability. He was amazed to find that Goku and his son, along with many of the warriors on the planet Earth didn't need a scouter to read power levels. It was more useful than a scouter, and it was very helpful to sense if an enemy was trying a sneak attack. 'I need to thank Kakarot later,' he thought as he saw the medical case form. He opened it up and looked thru the different departments.
There was any type of medicine, bandage, and vaccine in the case that was from earth, but he was looking for something else. It was something more affective than your average medicine. He gave a smirk when he noticed a small pouch. Sensu Beans.
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Gohan rammed his foot into Frieza's skull at remarkable speeds, and the tyrant's head snapped back. He could have sworn that the cracking of bone was heard! This made the hybrid saiyan smirk in satisfaction. And as quickly as the kick was made, Gohan grabbed the tyrant's tail and jerked it back in a violent manner. Only his rage controlling him at the moment Gohan lightly 'tossed' the ice-jin away into a wall. Frieza's tail remained in Gohan's possession as the rest of the tyrant's body slammed into the metal wall. The blood that Frieza was losing was twice as fast. He would be dead in a matter of minutes. The teen tossed the tail to the side.
Gohan, still in Super, crept up to the tyrant with folded arms. "How does it feel? Tell me, how does it feel to be defeated by a Super Saiyan?" He continued to walk closer to Frieza, but paused to turn on his heal and give a fatal punch. Dodoria was dead before he hit the ground.
Gohan looked around, his menacing look causing everyone around to tremble in fear. He looked down at the pink blob's corpse and shook his head with a mocking smile. "Now I must say that wasn't nice. Trying to attack little ol' me..." He looked up to everyone else before he turned on his heal again to face the tyrant, "Let this be a warning to you all."
Vegeta slipped into the mess hall once more but to gasp inwardly when Dodoria was killed by Gohan's hand. The prince walked in the back of the room to get to where Raditz was watching. As he walked behind everyone, he so happened to look on the floor at something wiggling. His eye began to twitch as it widened ever so slightly. It was Frieza's tail. He noticed the trail of blood, and he couldn't believe his eyes. The tyrant was dying! He looked up and gave silent thanks as he continued on his way to the saiyans.
Gohan noticed the prince sneaking to where his uncle was. Vegeta also seemed to peer at the teen, and he held up a small brown, leather bag before he continued on his way. He shrugged. He gave a conclusion that one of the other saiyan warriors had gotten wounded... But, he remembered that only Frieza attacked his father. Unless he didn't examine all the damage done thoroughly, then he was... "Alive..." muttered Gohan as all rage seemed to be leaving the teen. His power aurora died, but he was still in the Super Saiyan transformation.
The coughing of Frieza had brought Gohan back to realizing what he was finishing before. He looked down to the tyrant; a cold gaze was what the hybrid gave him before he cupped his hands bringing his arms back. "Be happy that I'm ending your miserable life now... and not letting you suffer as you should." A soft blue glow came forth from the teen's palms.
"Ka... Me..." Gohan's aurora came back as the ball of light began to increase. Almost everyone began to run out of the mess hall fearing that this attack would bring them all to their death. Only they saiyans and a few braver soldiers that were stronger, Zarbon included, watched.
"Ha... Me..." The attack's power tripled. The power began to crackle in the teen's grasp.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" exclaimed the teen as he released the attack, and it headed strait for Frieza. The tyrant's eyes widened the size of saucers as the blue light rushed toward him. And the power exploded as it made contact.
All, but Gohan, had to close their eyes at the awesome power created.
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Bulma wiped away some sweat from her forehead as she continued to work underneath the gravity simulator. She gave a small sigh knowing it was very close to being completed. She gave a smile; the scientist knew the prince would be pleased when he returns... that's IF he returns...
"Now... that wire goes there... and that one there..." her smile grew wider as she put that piece of the wall together, and welded it on. She climbed from under the machine and gave a small smile.
"At last... finished." All she had to do was try it out to make sure it worked, but she was nervous of the option if it began to malfunction. All of this stuff never fazed her until she became more cautious due to the pregnancy. She wasn't showing, yet, but her appetite was increasing like crazy! She was surprised that she could eat as much food as Goku or the other saiyans!
Bulma grabbed a rag and began to clean off her hands as she looked over the machine for any flaws that she might have missed. She smirked when she didn't find any. She walked inside of the machine and looked around. The control panels were just wired up, so there shouldn't have been any trouble that was unless she connected something to the wrong wire...
She pressed the button to turn on the simulator, and it began to hum. She gave a smile. "Well, at least I know that part works..." she muttered as she entered the number 2 into the machine. As if immediately, the pull was felt, and Bulma gritted her teeth as she tried to pull herself up from the increased gravity. She gave a laugh after she turned the machine off, and the normal gravity came back on.
"It works..." Her grin grew as she looked over the interior of the machine. All this hard work, and the design worked perfectly. All the research, and all the material, "I must truly be a genius to have figured out something this complicated..." It was indeed a tougher job than helping her dad create the capsule.
She walked out of the gravity simulator and gave another sigh as she sat on a chair in the lab. She pulled up bottled water and began to drink moistening her dry tongue.
Now she had completed this project, and she was home free to rest for a while. Her dad had taken up her work so she could be less stressed due to the baby she was now carrying. Since she had been off of her normal work for about three weeks, her dad had to higher a few more scientist and inventors. Five new employees had to be hired to take over Bulma's place! She didn't realize how important, and how much work she put into her dad's company!
Taking a trip to her personal computer lab, she turned the lights on to the room, and went over to the master computer. She gasped when she noticed a message, and used her mouse to click on it. It was voice mail from Gohan.
"Bulma... I don't have much time... but I had wanted to inform you that I, and the other saiyans might be close to leaving the station. Everyone is safe, and I think they all will come back with me and dad to earth when this whole mess is completed."
Bulma gulped when she heard that message. 'So... he's coming back...' She absently placed a hand on her flat stomach and bit her lip as the rest of the message.
"I have actually met someone here who hates Frieza as much as I and the saiyans do. For the past few weeks, I have grown to trust him and he's agreed to help me in the death of the tyrant. None of the saiyans, or my dad knows about this yet. But if things go smoothly as I hope, we might be back within one to two weeks..."
There was a pause in the message, and Bulma continued to hold her breath.
"... I can feel the other saiyans coming back from their training secession... so I have to go. Miss you all! And wish me luck!"
The connection broke and Bulma released the breath. The burden of thinking her friends were dead was released from her heart as she looked to the computer screen. "They're still safe..." She also noticed the date and time the message was received. It was received a few hours before. The scientist sighed as she went to a different computer and clicked open the files to creating the gravity room. Right now, the gravity simulator could go up 100 times earth's gravity, but she knew it might need to be upgraded soon, so why not start working on it now?
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Gohan dropped out of Super Saiyan mode just as the Kamehameha Wave was released. He had fainted from loss of power.
Goku was the first of the warriors to notice the damage done. He gave a small sigh of relief noticing the energy didn't go thru the ship, or they would all be dead in a matter of minutes. He used his ki sensing ability, and gave a small smile. Frieza's energy wasn't felt anywhere. Gohan had completely done away with him.
The young full, blooded saiyan touched the spot where the tyrant had attacked him. It was gone, completely healed... He looked to Vegeta who slowly opened his eyes. A smile was being noticed on his face, a true genuine smile. Goku stood, and walked over to his son. He nudged his shoulder, "Gohan... Gohan, you need to get up!"
Vegeta walked up to Goku and placed a hand on the younger saiyans shoulder. Goku slowly turned his head up, and gave Vegeta a smile. "He did it." A few tears came down Goku's eyes as he picked up his unconscious son, "He freed us..." The father brought the teen's hair up to his face, and he cried in it. He began to hug his son tightly. "We're free..."
Vegeta nodded at the younger saiyan's truths. "This nightmare has ended..." he kneeled down to Gohan and handed Goku a sensu. "And a fine saiyan warrior he is." Vegeta looked down at the young teen and gave a nod before he looked back to Goku, "You should be proud Kakarot."
Goku gave a smile as he fed the sensu to Gohan, and the teen began to subconsciously chew it. "I am proud. I am very proud."
Gohan began to twitch as the bean began to do its work and completely reenergize the exhausted saiyan warrior. He lazily opened his eye as he looked up to his father with a smile.
"Hey son," was the first things stated. Gohan looked up to his dad questioningly.
"I-is Frieza gone?" asked the teen as his dad gave him a tighter hug. The older man let his son go and backed away from him with a smile. Tears of joy came from his eyes and he gave a nod.
"Yes, Frieza has been destroyed," answered a voice from behind all of the warriors. The saiyans turned around as Zarbon walked up to them with a small smile. Gohan looked up to Zarbon with a grin.
"Thanks for the help, and the tips too Zarbon," stated Gohan as he stood up and held out his hand. The green skinned warrior gave a nod as he shook Gohan's hand.
"It was my pleasure, Gohan." The two released hands and Zarbon cleared his throat to speak once more. "Since... you have destroyed the dark lord, who was also the emperor of this empire, that entitles you to be the new ruler over these galaxies." Gohan blinked up at the taller warrior, his jaw dropped.
The other warriors who stayed in the room had dropped jaws. This boy, who was younger than them all, was the new ruler?!
Gohan stood there frozen as those few words were spoken to him. "E- emperor?! Me?!"
"B-but I can't be emperor! I'm only fourteen!" exclaimed Gohan as he shook his head, "I'm too young to be taking on responsibilities like this! I still have to finish my schooling!"
Zarbon gave a chuckle as he placed a hand on the teen's shoulder. "You are the one to take over Frieza's empire. You are the strongest."
Gohan was still in denial. "B-but I don't know how to rule over many people! Could I give the job to Vegeta?! He's the prince to my race! I'm sure he could do a better job than I!" Zarbon gave a chuckle as he looked to Vegeta. The prince had a surprised look on his face that Gohan even suggested that.
"Gohan, the only way how Vegeta could take over was if he could beat you. Now if the prince had the strength you do, then he could take over. But I seriously doubt that he might be able to handle a rioting crowd of powerful warriors. He might not have a chance for survival," replied Zarbon calmly.
Gohan shook his head, "I-I was just hoping t-to get home... I miss my mother." The teen lowered his head, "This is the longest I have been away from her..."
The green skinned man blinked as he unfolded his arms, "I thought you stated earlier that your home was gone, and so was everyone you cared for..." Gohan shook his head as he looked up to Zarbon.
"If things didn't go as they did, then I would have completely endangered my home, and everyone there," answered the teen as he gave a sloppy smile.
Zarbon gave a hardy laugh. He ruffled the teen's already messy locks of hair, "And a smart one you are too! I must say that you will be a great emperor." Gohan furrowed his eyebrows as he turned to his dad, and the other saiyans. They just seemed to smirk at the teen. Gohan looked to the other few random warriors who watched this issue in awe. I mean, who WOULDN'T want to be emperor of a powerful empire? Obviously Gohan didn't want to be.
He sighed, as he looked back up to Zarbon, and gulped. "So... what's required in being emperor?"
Zarbon gave a grin, "Wonderful! I'll send news out about Frieza's demise." And with that, the green skinned man walked out of the room.
Gohan slumped to the floor shaking his head. 'Me? An emperor?! This is absolutely bizarre!' "What will mother say?" questioned Gohan as he rubbed the side of his head.
"Ha ha ha! Oh man kid, you have truly lucked out on this one!" exclaimed Nappa as he looked down to Gohan with a grin.
Raditz pulled a near by chair up and sat it in as he gave a chuckle, "Who would have thought my nephew, powerless at age four, would kill the greatest evil at the age of fourteen? I guess fate has a sense of humor... a cruel sense of humor at that." Gohan looked up to his uncle, a smile gracing his face as many other warriors in the room. He stood up, and gave Raditz a hug.
The older saiyan semi-froze as he looked to his nephew. He began to hug back although he had the uncomfortable feeling of the other saiyans seeing a softer side to him. "I thank you Uncle Raditz," stated Gohan knowing the discomfort that his uncle was feeling at the moment.
The long, haired saiyan raised an eyebrow as he looked to his young nephew. Gohan released Raditz and he smiled. This confused the older saiyan even more, "What for? I took your father away from you ten years ago-"
"Uncle. I'm glad that you did do that." Gohan backed away from his uncle before he pulled up his own chair. "If you hadn't... that evil tyrant would still be here!" His eyes seemed to darken slightly, "More people and creatures would have had their homes and lives taken away from them if someone didn't do something..."The teen gave a nervous chuckle, "And I never knew I would become... an emperor! I still can't believe it!" He leaned back in his chair and folded his arms, "All I wanted was to keep my family and friends safe."
Vegeta stood up as he pulled the capsule from around his neck off, and he handed it to Gohan. The hybrid looked at it for a moment before looking to the saiyan prince. "Vegeta?"
The prince had started out the door, but paused as the new ruler of this empire called his name. "Yes?"
"Um... well..." Gohan didn't know how exactly to ask the question... his tongue seemed to be tied up.
Vegeta's expression was back to the emotionless state. "Spit it out kid." Gohan began to blush as he looked down to the floor.
"Well, you see. I don't exactly KNOW how to rule over an empire..." he looked up to the saiyan prince, "Could you help me? I know I'll need some advisors. And since you are... the prince of my father's race, it would be an honor if you could be one of the higher in command and well-"
"Sure kid," stated Vegeta with a small smirk. "But there is one thing you should know," the prince turned around to completely face the young teen, "A ruler never stutters when he is speaking to another. They don't ramble on either; you have to be completely sure of your words," he gave a light chuckle, "Even if they might not make sense."
This caused Gohan to burst out laughing as he gave a nod. "Yes sir." He bowed to the prince, "I'll keep that in mind." Vegeta crossed his arms as he eyed the teen.
"And another thing; you can't be all soft. Your subjects will walk all over you and get away with everything," informed the prince.
Gohan frowned, "But if I do rule, I want to be known as a good ruler that isn't cruel. I want to be fair."
Vegeta just gave a nod, "Do as you want, but make sure it's after your subjects know you're the new boss, and that you're not afraid of getting after them." Gohan gave a nod as he placed the capsule, with chain, around his neck for safekeeping.
Zarbon came back into the room with an emotionless expression on his face. "A riot might happen if you don't come and stop it Gohan. Come!" he grabbed the teen's arm and they rushed down a hall.
Vegeta shook his head as he and the other saiyans standing went to get a chair, and sat down. "And I practically get to rule over a large empire..." stated Vegeta shaking his head.
Nappa began to laugh, "And you get all rights of ruling an empire as you should have when Vegetasei existed! You lucked out on this one Vegeta!"
Raditz shook his head; "He's just as Kakarot was when I first met him on earth. He would always think of others before himself, a selfless person. But his saiyan side does come out in battle." He sighed, "I wonder if it's possible for us all to reach that level..."
"It might," stated Goku as he yawned, "Gohan hasn't trained as long as we have. He goes by his emotions, and to keep others safe from harm." Before they could go on, two of the warriors who remained in the mess hall while the fight had gone on, fearfully made their way to the four-saiyan warriors.
One of purple skin who looked almost like a human spoke, "W-we couldn't help but o-over hear that you are the new emperor's father... is that true?" The other warrior, a close look alike to the other waited for Goku to answer.
The youngest full-blooded saiyan gave a smile as he nodded, "Yes, my son Gohan. I must say that he takes after his mother..."
"That's because you were taken here when he was four," stated Raditz as he folded his arms.
"And let's not forget, you missed over ten years of his life," added Nappa.
Goku lowered his head, "Yeah... don't remind me..." The prince remained silent as he gazed at the two warriors. There was something about them...
"I think we should find Gohan and get him to send a message to Bulma. I think we might be here longer than we thought..." Goku suggested as he stood up and stretched his arms. "Who's with me?"
None of the saiyans noticed the two-look alike warriors slip out of the room.
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"Who is it that disturbs me?" questioned a deep voice on the other line of the ice-jin communicator.
"Sire, Frieza has been destroyed! This Super Saiyan warrior has appeared, and he has taken over this empire!" exclaimed one of the purple tinted warriors in a hushed voice.
"A Super Saiyan, eh? Was it that saiyan prince... Vegtable or another?"
"Vegeta, sir."
"What ever."
"No sire," answered the warrior almost sweating, "It was a hybrid saiyan child!"
"A child you say?" asked the king back.
"Yes, sir." Low laugher was heard when the warrior made his reply back.
"That child wouldn't be able to hold the empire together! It would easily be caught into chaos! There is no need to worry," replied back the king in the communicator.
"But sire, with all due respect, the empire may hold up! He's already asked the saiyan prince, who was trained from the time of a toddler, to be a ruler-"
"Silence!" exclaimed the king. The purple warrior quieted down immediately. There was a pause, and then the king spoke up, "I'll be down there to destroy the child and all who plan to help him in this attempt to rule my late son's empire. It will take a few years since I am very far on the other side of the galaxy, but do keep an eye on them. Inform me of the kids progress."
"Yes sire."
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Gohan turned around as he felt his father's energy come into the room. His emotionless expression broke out into a smile as he waved to the older man. Walking over to his dad he noticed the other saiyans following not far behind.
"Dad!" he shook his head, his eyes were in complete shock, "I never knew how many there were on this ship! There must be millions!" His father gave a nod as he looked down to his son with folded arms.
"So, sire, what have you planned for the time being?" asked Goku jokingly. Gohan had to blush at his father's comment.
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaad. You don't have to use the formalities! And that's the same for you three too!" stated Gohan, his cheeks burning. "I think we'll be staying here a while longer. I have yet to learn the stories of these men so I could decide what needs to be done. And yes, I have informed Bulma that we will be staying here for a while, but I want it to be a surprise for them both on why were staying here longer." Gohan snapped his fingers, "Oh yeah! And Bulma also stated that she and Mom have surprises for dad, Vegeta, and I..."
"Did she say what?" asked Goku blinking. Gohan paused before he shook his head, "Nope. She didn't state anything about it... but she did want Vegeta to know she just completed the gravity simulator."
All turned to Vegeta as his eyes widened slightly. "She... completed it already?" asked the prince. Gohan nodded. Maybe he underestimated the blue haired scientist a little... just a little. He inwardly grinned. He couldn't wait to see her again.
"I don't know about any of you, but I'm bored. I'm going to the training halls," stated Vegeta as he turned to leave.
"Hey! Wait Vegeta!" exclaimed Gohan as he ran after the prince. Vegeta stopped as he looked to the teen. Gohan tilted his head in confusion as he asked the older saiyan, "Why do you still want to train? Frieza's been defeated already."
"Easy," replied Vegeta as he gave a smirk, "I need to train so I could surpass you in strength and over throw you so I could be ruler!" replied Vegeta playfully.
Gohan began to laugh as he followed the prince into the training hall. "Was that a challenge?" asked the young emperor.
"You bet your ass it is," replied the prince down the hall.
Back to where the three other saiyans stood, the uncle of the hybrid shook his head, "What have we gotten ourselves into?" He folded his arms as he frowned slightly. "They'll kill each other before they could rule this empire!"
"I doubt it," replied Goku as he gave a smile facing the way his son and the prince left. "I honestly doubt it."
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Gasp. Only two more chapters left!!! Heh... a so called 'happy ending' for this fic... I'm such a sucker for them... Anyways... Chapter 13 is the last chapter, Chapter 14- Epilogue/Prologue for the sequel. I haven't exactly figured out a title for the new fic... but I'm quiet sure I might be going by a few of the same things... like the chapter titles... instead of using 'ing' words... it'll be 'ed' endings.. or something like that... I'm hoping that I might get 100 reviews by the time this story finishes! I would be soooo excited and happy! But I really need to finish another fic I have out before I start on the sequel... but I'll read the stories that I already have and see which one are closest to being completed so I could go onto this sequel! I already have an idea of what might happen... Anyways... I want to thank all who is reading and reviewing for this fic! I am sooo glad that I almost have a finished fic here... but I'm also really sad! It's been my favorite so far! Till next time... with the last chapterish... thingy... oO;
-Takuma
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Vegeta slammed the door to his room down. He didn't have any time! The battle with Frieza was already happening! The prince dashed to the opposite side of the room, and opened up one of the metal tiles from the floor. "Here it is..." Vegeta pulled it up from the floor and looked at the different capsules labeled. He noticed the one with a red cross on it, and he gave a small smirk. 'Found it.'
The prince paused, and he looked up in awe. He could feel a very powerful force! On this ship, and it must have been Gohan! Vegeta shook his head, 'Incredible...' He gave a gulp as he closed the case, with the medical capsule in his hand, and turned the case into a small capsule. Since he had no pockets on his armor to keep this capsule safe, the capsule came with a chain.
The prince slid the chain over his head, and wore it as a necklace as he pushed the button to the medical capsule and tossed it on one of the bunks.
A war cry was heard thru the halls, and Vegeta's sensitive hearing could pick it up. That was when another rush of power could be felt by the prince's newly developed ki sensing ability. He was amazed to find that Goku and his son, along with many of the warriors on the planet Earth didn't need a scouter to read power levels. It was more useful than a scouter, and it was very helpful to sense if an enemy was trying a sneak attack. 'I need to thank Kakarot later,' he thought as he saw the medical case form. He opened it up and looked thru the different departments.
There was any type of medicine, bandage, and vaccine in the case that was from earth, but he was looking for something else. It was something more affective than your average medicine. He gave a smirk when he noticed a small pouch. Sensu Beans.
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Gohan rammed his foot into Frieza's skull at remarkable speeds, and the tyrant's head snapped back. He could have sworn that the cracking of bone was heard! This made the hybrid saiyan smirk in satisfaction. And as quickly as the kick was made, Gohan grabbed the tyrant's tail and jerked it back in a violent manner. Only his rage controlling him at the moment Gohan lightly 'tossed' the ice-jin away into a wall. Frieza's tail remained in Gohan's possession as the rest of the tyrant's body slammed into the metal wall. The blood that Frieza was losing was twice as fast. He would be dead in a matter of minutes. The teen tossed the tail to the side.
Gohan, still in Super, crept up to the tyrant with folded arms. "How does it feel? Tell me, how does it feel to be defeated by a Super Saiyan?" He continued to walk closer to Frieza, but paused to turn on his heal and give a fatal punch. Dodoria was dead before he hit the ground.
Gohan looked around, his menacing look causing everyone around to tremble in fear. He looked down at the pink blob's corpse and shook his head with a mocking smile. "Now I must say that wasn't nice. Trying to attack little ol' me..." He looked up to everyone else before he turned on his heal again to face the tyrant, "Let this be a warning to you all."
Vegeta slipped into the mess hall once more but to gasp inwardly when Dodoria was killed by Gohan's hand. The prince walked in the back of the room to get to where Raditz was watching. As he walked behind everyone, he so happened to look on the floor at something wiggling. His eye began to twitch as it widened ever so slightly. It was Frieza's tail. He noticed the trail of blood, and he couldn't believe his eyes. The tyrant was dying! He looked up and gave silent thanks as he continued on his way to the saiyans.
Gohan noticed the prince sneaking to where his uncle was. Vegeta also seemed to peer at the teen, and he held up a small brown, leather bag before he continued on his way. He shrugged. He gave a conclusion that one of the other saiyan warriors had gotten wounded... But, he remembered that only Frieza attacked his father. Unless he didn't examine all the damage done thoroughly, then he was... "Alive..." muttered Gohan as all rage seemed to be leaving the teen. His power aurora died, but he was still in the Super Saiyan transformation.
The coughing of Frieza had brought Gohan back to realizing what he was finishing before. He looked down to the tyrant; a cold gaze was what the hybrid gave him before he cupped his hands bringing his arms back. "Be happy that I'm ending your miserable life now... and not letting you suffer as you should." A soft blue glow came forth from the teen's palms.
"Ka... Me..." Gohan's aurora came back as the ball of light began to increase. Almost everyone began to run out of the mess hall fearing that this attack would bring them all to their death. Only they saiyans and a few braver soldiers that were stronger, Zarbon included, watched.
"Ha... Me..." The attack's power tripled. The power began to crackle in the teen's grasp.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!" exclaimed the teen as he released the attack, and it headed strait for Frieza. The tyrant's eyes widened the size of saucers as the blue light rushed toward him. And the power exploded as it made contact.
All, but Gohan, had to close their eyes at the awesome power created.
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Bulma wiped away some sweat from her forehead as she continued to work underneath the gravity simulator. She gave a small sigh knowing it was very close to being completed. She gave a smile; the scientist knew the prince would be pleased when he returns... that's IF he returns...
"Now... that wire goes there... and that one there..." her smile grew wider as she put that piece of the wall together, and welded it on. She climbed from under the machine and gave a small smile.
"At last... finished." All she had to do was try it out to make sure it worked, but she was nervous of the option if it began to malfunction. All of this stuff never fazed her until she became more cautious due to the pregnancy. She wasn't showing, yet, but her appetite was increasing like crazy! She was surprised that she could eat as much food as Goku or the other saiyans!
Bulma grabbed a rag and began to clean off her hands as she looked over the machine for any flaws that she might have missed. She smirked when she didn't find any. She walked inside of the machine and looked around. The control panels were just wired up, so there shouldn't have been any trouble that was unless she connected something to the wrong wire...
She pressed the button to turn on the simulator, and it began to hum. She gave a smile. "Well, at least I know that part works..." she muttered as she entered the number 2 into the machine. As if immediately, the pull was felt, and Bulma gritted her teeth as she tried to pull herself up from the increased gravity. She gave a laugh after she turned the machine off, and the normal gravity came back on.
"It works..." Her grin grew as she looked over the interior of the machine. All this hard work, and the design worked perfectly. All the research, and all the material, "I must truly be a genius to have figured out something this complicated..." It was indeed a tougher job than helping her dad create the capsule.
She walked out of the gravity simulator and gave another sigh as she sat on a chair in the lab. She pulled up bottled water and began to drink moistening her dry tongue.
Now she had completed this project, and she was home free to rest for a while. Her dad had taken up her work so she could be less stressed due to the baby she was now carrying. Since she had been off of her normal work for about three weeks, her dad had to higher a few more scientist and inventors. Five new employees had to be hired to take over Bulma's place! She didn't realize how important, and how much work she put into her dad's company!
Taking a trip to her personal computer lab, she turned the lights on to the room, and went over to the master computer. She gasped when she noticed a message, and used her mouse to click on it. It was voice mail from Gohan.
"Bulma... I don't have much time... but I had wanted to inform you that I, and the other saiyans might be close to leaving the station. Everyone is safe, and I think they all will come back with me and dad to earth when this whole mess is completed."
Bulma gulped when she heard that message. 'So... he's coming back...' She absently placed a hand on her flat stomach and bit her lip as the rest of the message.
"I have actually met someone here who hates Frieza as much as I and the saiyans do. For the past few weeks, I have grown to trust him and he's agreed to help me in the death of the tyrant. None of the saiyans, or my dad knows about this yet. But if things go smoothly as I hope, we might be back within one to two weeks..."
There was a pause in the message, and Bulma continued to hold her breath.
"... I can feel the other saiyans coming back from their training secession... so I have to go. Miss you all! And wish me luck!"
The connection broke and Bulma released the breath. The burden of thinking her friends were dead was released from her heart as she looked to the computer screen. "They're still safe..." She also noticed the date and time the message was received. It was received a few hours before. The scientist sighed as she went to a different computer and clicked open the files to creating the gravity room. Right now, the gravity simulator could go up 100 times earth's gravity, but she knew it might need to be upgraded soon, so why not start working on it now?
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Gohan dropped out of Super Saiyan mode just as the Kamehameha Wave was released. He had fainted from loss of power.
Goku was the first of the warriors to notice the damage done. He gave a small sigh of relief noticing the energy didn't go thru the ship, or they would all be dead in a matter of minutes. He used his ki sensing ability, and gave a small smile. Frieza's energy wasn't felt anywhere. Gohan had completely done away with him.
The young full, blooded saiyan touched the spot where the tyrant had attacked him. It was gone, completely healed... He looked to Vegeta who slowly opened his eyes. A smile was being noticed on his face, a true genuine smile. Goku stood, and walked over to his son. He nudged his shoulder, "Gohan... Gohan, you need to get up!"
Vegeta walked up to Goku and placed a hand on the younger saiyans shoulder. Goku slowly turned his head up, and gave Vegeta a smile. "He did it." A few tears came down Goku's eyes as he picked up his unconscious son, "He freed us..." The father brought the teen's hair up to his face, and he cried in it. He began to hug his son tightly. "We're free..."
Vegeta nodded at the younger saiyan's truths. "This nightmare has ended..." he kneeled down to Gohan and handed Goku a sensu. "And a fine saiyan warrior he is." Vegeta looked down at the young teen and gave a nod before he looked back to Goku, "You should be proud Kakarot."
Goku gave a smile as he fed the sensu to Gohan, and the teen began to subconsciously chew it. "I am proud. I am very proud."
Gohan began to twitch as the bean began to do its work and completely reenergize the exhausted saiyan warrior. He lazily opened his eye as he looked up to his father with a smile.
"Hey son," was the first things stated. Gohan looked up to his dad questioningly.
"I-is Frieza gone?" asked the teen as his dad gave him a tighter hug. The older man let his son go and backed away from him with a smile. Tears of joy came from his eyes and he gave a nod.
"Yes, Frieza has been destroyed," answered a voice from behind all of the warriors. The saiyans turned around as Zarbon walked up to them with a small smile. Gohan looked up to Zarbon with a grin.
"Thanks for the help, and the tips too Zarbon," stated Gohan as he stood up and held out his hand. The green skinned warrior gave a nod as he shook Gohan's hand.
"It was my pleasure, Gohan." The two released hands and Zarbon cleared his throat to speak once more. "Since... you have destroyed the dark lord, who was also the emperor of this empire, that entitles you to be the new ruler over these galaxies." Gohan blinked up at the taller warrior, his jaw dropped.
The other warriors who stayed in the room had dropped jaws. This boy, who was younger than them all, was the new ruler?!
Gohan stood there frozen as those few words were spoken to him. "E- emperor?! Me?!"
"B-but I can't be emperor! I'm only fourteen!" exclaimed Gohan as he shook his head, "I'm too young to be taking on responsibilities like this! I still have to finish my schooling!"
Zarbon gave a chuckle as he placed a hand on the teen's shoulder. "You are the one to take over Frieza's empire. You are the strongest."
Gohan was still in denial. "B-but I don't know how to rule over many people! Could I give the job to Vegeta?! He's the prince to my race! I'm sure he could do a better job than I!" Zarbon gave a chuckle as he looked to Vegeta. The prince had a surprised look on his face that Gohan even suggested that.
"Gohan, the only way how Vegeta could take over was if he could beat you. Now if the prince had the strength you do, then he could take over. But I seriously doubt that he might be able to handle a rioting crowd of powerful warriors. He might not have a chance for survival," replied Zarbon calmly.
Gohan shook his head, "I-I was just hoping t-to get home... I miss my mother." The teen lowered his head, "This is the longest I have been away from her..."
The green skinned man blinked as he unfolded his arms, "I thought you stated earlier that your home was gone, and so was everyone you cared for..." Gohan shook his head as he looked up to Zarbon.
"If things didn't go as they did, then I would have completely endangered my home, and everyone there," answered the teen as he gave a sloppy smile.
Zarbon gave a hardy laugh. He ruffled the teen's already messy locks of hair, "And a smart one you are too! I must say that you will be a great emperor." Gohan furrowed his eyebrows as he turned to his dad, and the other saiyans. They just seemed to smirk at the teen. Gohan looked to the other few random warriors who watched this issue in awe. I mean, who WOULDN'T want to be emperor of a powerful empire? Obviously Gohan didn't want to be.
He sighed, as he looked back up to Zarbon, and gulped. "So... what's required in being emperor?"
Zarbon gave a grin, "Wonderful! I'll send news out about Frieza's demise." And with that, the green skinned man walked out of the room.
Gohan slumped to the floor shaking his head. 'Me? An emperor?! This is absolutely bizarre!' "What will mother say?" questioned Gohan as he rubbed the side of his head.
"Ha ha ha! Oh man kid, you have truly lucked out on this one!" exclaimed Nappa as he looked down to Gohan with a grin.
Raditz pulled a near by chair up and sat it in as he gave a chuckle, "Who would have thought my nephew, powerless at age four, would kill the greatest evil at the age of fourteen? I guess fate has a sense of humor... a cruel sense of humor at that." Gohan looked up to his uncle, a smile gracing his face as many other warriors in the room. He stood up, and gave Raditz a hug.
The older saiyan semi-froze as he looked to his nephew. He began to hug back although he had the uncomfortable feeling of the other saiyans seeing a softer side to him. "I thank you Uncle Raditz," stated Gohan knowing the discomfort that his uncle was feeling at the moment.
The long, haired saiyan raised an eyebrow as he looked to his young nephew. Gohan released Raditz and he smiled. This confused the older saiyan even more, "What for? I took your father away from you ten years ago-"
"Uncle. I'm glad that you did do that." Gohan backed away from his uncle before he pulled up his own chair. "If you hadn't... that evil tyrant would still be here!" His eyes seemed to darken slightly, "More people and creatures would have had their homes and lives taken away from them if someone didn't do something..."The teen gave a nervous chuckle, "And I never knew I would become... an emperor! I still can't believe it!" He leaned back in his chair and folded his arms, "All I wanted was to keep my family and friends safe."
Vegeta stood up as he pulled the capsule from around his neck off, and he handed it to Gohan. The hybrid looked at it for a moment before looking to the saiyan prince. "Vegeta?"
The prince had started out the door, but paused as the new ruler of this empire called his name. "Yes?"
"Um... well..." Gohan didn't know how exactly to ask the question... his tongue seemed to be tied up.
Vegeta's expression was back to the emotionless state. "Spit it out kid." Gohan began to blush as he looked down to the floor.
"Well, you see. I don't exactly KNOW how to rule over an empire..." he looked up to the saiyan prince, "Could you help me? I know I'll need some advisors. And since you are... the prince of my father's race, it would be an honor if you could be one of the higher in command and well-"
"Sure kid," stated Vegeta with a small smirk. "But there is one thing you should know," the prince turned around to completely face the young teen, "A ruler never stutters when he is speaking to another. They don't ramble on either; you have to be completely sure of your words," he gave a light chuckle, "Even if they might not make sense."
This caused Gohan to burst out laughing as he gave a nod. "Yes sir." He bowed to the prince, "I'll keep that in mind." Vegeta crossed his arms as he eyed the teen.
"And another thing; you can't be all soft. Your subjects will walk all over you and get away with everything," informed the prince.
Gohan frowned, "But if I do rule, I want to be known as a good ruler that isn't cruel. I want to be fair."
Vegeta just gave a nod, "Do as you want, but make sure it's after your subjects know you're the new boss, and that you're not afraid of getting after them." Gohan gave a nod as he placed the capsule, with chain, around his neck for safekeeping.
Zarbon came back into the room with an emotionless expression on his face. "A riot might happen if you don't come and stop it Gohan. Come!" he grabbed the teen's arm and they rushed down a hall.
Vegeta shook his head as he and the other saiyans standing went to get a chair, and sat down. "And I practically get to rule over a large empire..." stated Vegeta shaking his head.
Nappa began to laugh, "And you get all rights of ruling an empire as you should have when Vegetasei existed! You lucked out on this one Vegeta!"
Raditz shook his head; "He's just as Kakarot was when I first met him on earth. He would always think of others before himself, a selfless person. But his saiyan side does come out in battle." He sighed, "I wonder if it's possible for us all to reach that level..."
"It might," stated Goku as he yawned, "Gohan hasn't trained as long as we have. He goes by his emotions, and to keep others safe from harm." Before they could go on, two of the warriors who remained in the mess hall while the fight had gone on, fearfully made their way to the four-saiyan warriors.
One of purple skin who looked almost like a human spoke, "W-we couldn't help but o-over hear that you are the new emperor's father... is that true?" The other warrior, a close look alike to the other waited for Goku to answer.
The youngest full-blooded saiyan gave a smile as he nodded, "Yes, my son Gohan. I must say that he takes after his mother..."
"That's because you were taken here when he was four," stated Raditz as he folded his arms.
"And let's not forget, you missed over ten years of his life," added Nappa.
Goku lowered his head, "Yeah... don't remind me..." The prince remained silent as he gazed at the two warriors. There was something about them...
"I think we should find Gohan and get him to send a message to Bulma. I think we might be here longer than we thought..." Goku suggested as he stood up and stretched his arms. "Who's with me?"
None of the saiyans noticed the two-look alike warriors slip out of the room.
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"Who is it that disturbs me?" questioned a deep voice on the other line of the ice-jin communicator.
"Sire, Frieza has been destroyed! This Super Saiyan warrior has appeared, and he has taken over this empire!" exclaimed one of the purple tinted warriors in a hushed voice.
"A Super Saiyan, eh? Was it that saiyan prince... Vegtable or another?"
"Vegeta, sir."
"What ever."
"No sire," answered the warrior almost sweating, "It was a hybrid saiyan child!"
"A child you say?" asked the king back.
"Yes, sir." Low laugher was heard when the warrior made his reply back.
"That child wouldn't be able to hold the empire together! It would easily be caught into chaos! There is no need to worry," replied back the king in the communicator.
"But sire, with all due respect, the empire may hold up! He's already asked the saiyan prince, who was trained from the time of a toddler, to be a ruler-"
"Silence!" exclaimed the king. The purple warrior quieted down immediately. There was a pause, and then the king spoke up, "I'll be down there to destroy the child and all who plan to help him in this attempt to rule my late son's empire. It will take a few years since I am very far on the other side of the galaxy, but do keep an eye on them. Inform me of the kids progress."
"Yes sire."
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Gohan turned around as he felt his father's energy come into the room. His emotionless expression broke out into a smile as he waved to the older man. Walking over to his dad he noticed the other saiyans following not far behind.
"Dad!" he shook his head, his eyes were in complete shock, "I never knew how many there were on this ship! There must be millions!" His father gave a nod as he looked down to his son with folded arms.
"So, sire, what have you planned for the time being?" asked Goku jokingly. Gohan had to blush at his father's comment.
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaad. You don't have to use the formalities! And that's the same for you three too!" stated Gohan, his cheeks burning. "I think we'll be staying here a while longer. I have yet to learn the stories of these men so I could decide what needs to be done. And yes, I have informed Bulma that we will be staying here for a while, but I want it to be a surprise for them both on why were staying here longer." Gohan snapped his fingers, "Oh yeah! And Bulma also stated that she and Mom have surprises for dad, Vegeta, and I..."
"Did she say what?" asked Goku blinking. Gohan paused before he shook his head, "Nope. She didn't state anything about it... but she did want Vegeta to know she just completed the gravity simulator."
All turned to Vegeta as his eyes widened slightly. "She... completed it already?" asked the prince. Gohan nodded. Maybe he underestimated the blue haired scientist a little... just a little. He inwardly grinned. He couldn't wait to see her again.
"I don't know about any of you, but I'm bored. I'm going to the training halls," stated Vegeta as he turned to leave.
"Hey! Wait Vegeta!" exclaimed Gohan as he ran after the prince. Vegeta stopped as he looked to the teen. Gohan tilted his head in confusion as he asked the older saiyan, "Why do you still want to train? Frieza's been defeated already."
"Easy," replied Vegeta as he gave a smirk, "I need to train so I could surpass you in strength and over throw you so I could be ruler!" replied Vegeta playfully.
Gohan began to laugh as he followed the prince into the training hall. "Was that a challenge?" asked the young emperor.
"You bet your ass it is," replied the prince down the hall.
Back to where the three other saiyans stood, the uncle of the hybrid shook his head, "What have we gotten ourselves into?" He folded his arms as he frowned slightly. "They'll kill each other before they could rule this empire!"
"I doubt it," replied Goku as he gave a smile facing the way his son and the prince left. "I honestly doubt it."
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Gasp. Only two more chapters left!!! Heh... a so called 'happy ending' for this fic... I'm such a sucker for them... Anyways... Chapter 13 is the last chapter, Chapter 14- Epilogue/Prologue for the sequel. I haven't exactly figured out a title for the new fic... but I'm quiet sure I might be going by a few of the same things... like the chapter titles... instead of using 'ing' words... it'll be 'ed' endings.. or something like that... I'm hoping that I might get 100 reviews by the time this story finishes! I would be soooo excited and happy! But I really need to finish another fic I have out before I start on the sequel... but I'll read the stories that I already have and see which one are closest to being completed so I could go onto this sequel! I already have an idea of what might happen... Anyways... I want to thank all who is reading and reviewing for this fic! I am sooo glad that I almost have a finished fic here... but I'm also really sad! It's been my favorite so far! Till next time... with the last chapterish... thingy... oO;
-Takuma