Chapter 7: The Calm Before The Storm
A dim red light filled the sky above the lookout as the sun was just beginning to appear in the East. Dawn was finally here, the dawn of the eighth day, the day Bulma had predicted the arrival of Prism. Trunks sat at the edge of the lookout looking up at the sky in the West a final few stars still shined lightly, but somewhere among them lurked an enemy the likes of which they had never faced before. Trunks had tried to sleep but had found it nearly impossible knowing what was coming in the morning.
Yamcha walked out from the main building and walked across the lookout with two cups of hot coffee in his hands. He had had the same problem sleeping that Trunks had, and the two of them had been up most of the night talking. Trunks could see that Yamcha had made incredible progress in his two years training in the time chamber. He and Tien had just come out two days ago, and Cabago and Glacier were on their second day inside. Trunks power had nearly doubled, but he could sense that both Tien and Yamchas powers had multiplied by nearly five times, an amazing increase.
Yamcha sat down a few feet from Trunks handing him one of the cups, which he quickly took a sip from. Yamcha did the same then turned his head slightly to wards Trunks. "So...how good do you think our chances are?"
Trunks looked back up at the sky with a slightly worried expression on his face. "We'll have to be able to hold this guy off without Cabago and Glacier for a while...hopefully they're almost done with their training though. Right now the strongest one of us is my father, but I think the two of them may be even more powerful than him once they've finished. All in all, things could be a lot worse."
Yamcha grinned slightly at that. "Yeah...we've all gotten a lot stronger from our training up here, but still..."
Trunks looked over at him. "Hm?"
"Every time we've been in a situation like this Goku has been here to help us, this will be our first real battle without him...I'd feel a lot better about this whole thing if he were still here..."
They heard the sound of someone laughing lightly behind them and turned to see Vegeta leaning against a nearby tree looking at the two of them with a smirk on his face. "I wouldn't be too worried if I were you, if everything goes as I expect it to this entire thing will be over before Cabago and the Changeling are even out of the chamber...Kakkarots help would not be required even if he were here..."
Vegeta walked up behind the other two with his arms crossed still smirking and looked out the same as the other two were doing. By this point the entire sky was beginning to turn blue, the sun nearly fully risen. Everyone else would be waking up soon, then they would have a few hours of relaxation before the fight began. Over the course of the next twenty minutes the rest of the group began to join the three originals outside the building. The first to show up was Tien, followed a few minutes later by Gohan, Goten, Pan, Videl, Hercule, and Chi-Chi, all of them having been woken up by Goten accidentally knocking some stuff over loudly when he got up. Master Roshi, 18, Krillin, and Marron was the next group to come out and shortly after that Bulma showed up in one of her planes. Uub was the last person to show up, and by the time he did the rest of the group was eating a breakfast that had been prepared by Dende and Popo.
Vegeta was still somewhat upset with Dende seeing as he had made him and Cabago repair the damage they had done to the lookout in their fight, saying they couldn't use the time chamber until it was fixed perfectly. It was obvious that everyone had taken huge boosts in power, except for Pan that is. Everyone knew she had to be a lot stronger, but ever since coming out she had kept her power lowered as much as she could and refused to spar with anyone. Everyone could tell that she was hiding something.
Vegeta was the first to finish eating and stood up looking across everyone else. "If anyone wants to try out their power against the strongest person here...I'll take the challenge..."
After everyone else had finished eating, Yamcha stood up and walked up to Vegeta grinning at him. Vegeta looked at him with an odd expression, wondering what the hell he was up to. It was a surprise to everyone when Yamcha assumed his fighting stance and said. "Alright Vegeta...let's do this..."
Gohan looked over at the two of them from the table raising an eyebrow. /What does Yamcha think he's doing...he knows he doesn't stand a chance against Vegeta.../
Vegeta chuckled lightly and started to open his mouth to make a sarcastic remark when Yamcha lunged forward at him grinning, Vegeta barely moved in time to dodge a fist to the jaw. The prince jumped into the air assuming his fighting stance and looked back down at Yamcha...or rather where Yamcha had been. A hard kick to the spine caught Vegeta off guard knocking him forward, but he quickly regained control and spun around facing Yamcha. "Interesting...you've gotten a lot stronger than I would have expected..."
Yamchas grin widened even more as he looked at Vegeta. "Are you kidding Vegeta? I'm not even trying yet."
Vegeta raised one eyebrow in interest, and Yamcha took this as his cue to show Vegeta exactly what he was talking about. A red aura flared around Yamcha as he began to raise his power, after a moment his aura turned from red to light silver. His eyes slowly shifted from black to the same silvery color as his aura, his hair making the same change in color. His muscles bulged out as his aura died down slightly. Everyone was staring at him in shock as he finished, except for Tien that is who was grinning slightly. Yamcha had changed, he had somehow managed to transform...it was obvious to everyone that he was now well over Vegetas power.
In the blink of an eye Vegeta was sailing through the air, frozen in shock that he had just been hit multiple times before he even saw Yamcha move. /Damn it! I never thought I'd have to do this to beat a Human!!!/
Vegetas hair spiked more and turned golden, transforming into a Super Saiyan. He flew at Yamcha and started swinging rapidly at him, but everyone watched in amazement as Yamcha quickly dodged each of the attacks sent at him. Trunks couldn't believe what he was seeing at all. /Wow...he's stronger than Dad is even as a Super Saiyan, he's increased a lot more than I'd even imagined possible!!/
Vegeta flew back and his hair spiked even more, blue bolts of electricity suddenly bursting to life around him as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2. The two warriors flew in at each other, but it only lasted for a few seconds before Yamcha slammed down into the floor of the lookout falling out of his transformation. Vegeta lowered himself to the ground making a grunting noise as his hair turned back to black.
The next couple hours were spent sitting around the tables they had eaten breakfast at having random conversations. Uub and then Goten had both decided to try their luck against Vegeta as well, both lost but Uub revealed that he had mastered the same transformation as Yamcha and they explained that Tien was also able to do it now.
It was about ten o'clock in the morning when Dende suddenly jerked his head toward the sky, being the first to sense it. It was only another few seconds before the rest of the group could feel hundreds of powers entering the planets atmosphere. Uub narrowed his eyes as he began to lift into the air. "They're here..."
((A/N: Sorry that I went so long without updating, but I've been having some computer issues. I'm back now though and the story is continuing. I'd also like to hear everyones opinions on the story so far, whether they be good or bad. Another thing that would be nice, if anyone has suggestions for things that they'd like to see in the story or just things that could make it a little better, I'm open to new ideas.))
A dim red light filled the sky above the lookout as the sun was just beginning to appear in the East. Dawn was finally here, the dawn of the eighth day, the day Bulma had predicted the arrival of Prism. Trunks sat at the edge of the lookout looking up at the sky in the West a final few stars still shined lightly, but somewhere among them lurked an enemy the likes of which they had never faced before. Trunks had tried to sleep but had found it nearly impossible knowing what was coming in the morning.
Yamcha walked out from the main building and walked across the lookout with two cups of hot coffee in his hands. He had had the same problem sleeping that Trunks had, and the two of them had been up most of the night talking. Trunks could see that Yamcha had made incredible progress in his two years training in the time chamber. He and Tien had just come out two days ago, and Cabago and Glacier were on their second day inside. Trunks power had nearly doubled, but he could sense that both Tien and Yamchas powers had multiplied by nearly five times, an amazing increase.
Yamcha sat down a few feet from Trunks handing him one of the cups, which he quickly took a sip from. Yamcha did the same then turned his head slightly to wards Trunks. "So...how good do you think our chances are?"
Trunks looked back up at the sky with a slightly worried expression on his face. "We'll have to be able to hold this guy off without Cabago and Glacier for a while...hopefully they're almost done with their training though. Right now the strongest one of us is my father, but I think the two of them may be even more powerful than him once they've finished. All in all, things could be a lot worse."
Yamcha grinned slightly at that. "Yeah...we've all gotten a lot stronger from our training up here, but still..."
Trunks looked over at him. "Hm?"
"Every time we've been in a situation like this Goku has been here to help us, this will be our first real battle without him...I'd feel a lot better about this whole thing if he were still here..."
They heard the sound of someone laughing lightly behind them and turned to see Vegeta leaning against a nearby tree looking at the two of them with a smirk on his face. "I wouldn't be too worried if I were you, if everything goes as I expect it to this entire thing will be over before Cabago and the Changeling are even out of the chamber...Kakkarots help would not be required even if he were here..."
Vegeta walked up behind the other two with his arms crossed still smirking and looked out the same as the other two were doing. By this point the entire sky was beginning to turn blue, the sun nearly fully risen. Everyone else would be waking up soon, then they would have a few hours of relaxation before the fight began. Over the course of the next twenty minutes the rest of the group began to join the three originals outside the building. The first to show up was Tien, followed a few minutes later by Gohan, Goten, Pan, Videl, Hercule, and Chi-Chi, all of them having been woken up by Goten accidentally knocking some stuff over loudly when he got up. Master Roshi, 18, Krillin, and Marron was the next group to come out and shortly after that Bulma showed up in one of her planes. Uub was the last person to show up, and by the time he did the rest of the group was eating a breakfast that had been prepared by Dende and Popo.
Vegeta was still somewhat upset with Dende seeing as he had made him and Cabago repair the damage they had done to the lookout in their fight, saying they couldn't use the time chamber until it was fixed perfectly. It was obvious that everyone had taken huge boosts in power, except for Pan that is. Everyone knew she had to be a lot stronger, but ever since coming out she had kept her power lowered as much as she could and refused to spar with anyone. Everyone could tell that she was hiding something.
Vegeta was the first to finish eating and stood up looking across everyone else. "If anyone wants to try out their power against the strongest person here...I'll take the challenge..."
After everyone else had finished eating, Yamcha stood up and walked up to Vegeta grinning at him. Vegeta looked at him with an odd expression, wondering what the hell he was up to. It was a surprise to everyone when Yamcha assumed his fighting stance and said. "Alright Vegeta...let's do this..."
Gohan looked over at the two of them from the table raising an eyebrow. /What does Yamcha think he's doing...he knows he doesn't stand a chance against Vegeta.../
Vegeta chuckled lightly and started to open his mouth to make a sarcastic remark when Yamcha lunged forward at him grinning, Vegeta barely moved in time to dodge a fist to the jaw. The prince jumped into the air assuming his fighting stance and looked back down at Yamcha...or rather where Yamcha had been. A hard kick to the spine caught Vegeta off guard knocking him forward, but he quickly regained control and spun around facing Yamcha. "Interesting...you've gotten a lot stronger than I would have expected..."
Yamchas grin widened even more as he looked at Vegeta. "Are you kidding Vegeta? I'm not even trying yet."
Vegeta raised one eyebrow in interest, and Yamcha took this as his cue to show Vegeta exactly what he was talking about. A red aura flared around Yamcha as he began to raise his power, after a moment his aura turned from red to light silver. His eyes slowly shifted from black to the same silvery color as his aura, his hair making the same change in color. His muscles bulged out as his aura died down slightly. Everyone was staring at him in shock as he finished, except for Tien that is who was grinning slightly. Yamcha had changed, he had somehow managed to transform...it was obvious to everyone that he was now well over Vegetas power.
In the blink of an eye Vegeta was sailing through the air, frozen in shock that he had just been hit multiple times before he even saw Yamcha move. /Damn it! I never thought I'd have to do this to beat a Human!!!/
Vegetas hair spiked more and turned golden, transforming into a Super Saiyan. He flew at Yamcha and started swinging rapidly at him, but everyone watched in amazement as Yamcha quickly dodged each of the attacks sent at him. Trunks couldn't believe what he was seeing at all. /Wow...he's stronger than Dad is even as a Super Saiyan, he's increased a lot more than I'd even imagined possible!!/
Vegeta flew back and his hair spiked even more, blue bolts of electricity suddenly bursting to life around him as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2. The two warriors flew in at each other, but it only lasted for a few seconds before Yamcha slammed down into the floor of the lookout falling out of his transformation. Vegeta lowered himself to the ground making a grunting noise as his hair turned back to black.
The next couple hours were spent sitting around the tables they had eaten breakfast at having random conversations. Uub and then Goten had both decided to try their luck against Vegeta as well, both lost but Uub revealed that he had mastered the same transformation as Yamcha and they explained that Tien was also able to do it now.
It was about ten o'clock in the morning when Dende suddenly jerked his head toward the sky, being the first to sense it. It was only another few seconds before the rest of the group could feel hundreds of powers entering the planets atmosphere. Uub narrowed his eyes as he began to lift into the air. "They're here..."
((A/N: Sorry that I went so long without updating, but I've been having some computer issues. I'm back now though and the story is continuing. I'd also like to hear everyones opinions on the story so far, whether they be good or bad. Another thing that would be nice, if anyone has suggestions for things that they'd like to see in the story or just things that could make it a little better, I'm open to new ideas.))