Dragon ball WW (by DS Wynne)
Disclaimer: The story is mine, but the characters aren't.
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"Wonder Woman v. Android 18"
Back at the headquarters of the Justice League of America…
"So, we figure out Diana's 'frequency', and then pull her out?" asked Superman.
"Yes," replied The Atom. "In theory, each pattern of a life form is unique to any-given dimension. Princess Diana, no matter where she is, would stand out like a sore thumb."
"And with this machine," began Steel, "We should be able to retrieve her. At the very least, we'll be able to track her."
"Good. Let me know if you need help."
Diana, Clark thought to himself, be safe…
Meanwhile…
BAM!
Wonder Woman immediately careened through solid rock, as her opponent smirked.
"Really," Android 18 began. "Is this the best thing you can do?"
"Actually," Diana said, as she picked herself up, "I was just warming up."
"What? How can you withstand my blows, when that Say-jin couldn't?"
"Vegeta didn't take your fight with him seriously. He, like you, was pompous, and all such creatures are prone to failure."
"Heh. Well then, I guess I'll have to do better."
That's when the two collided; their impact created a shock wave that shook the valley. As Wonder Woman and Android 18 exchanged a flurry of fists and kicks, Diana thought back at how she ended up in this battle…
FLASHBACK
As predicted, the two androids, Androids 19 and 20 came upon the scene. As predicted, the two began the rein of terror by destroying property and killing people. Since Diana and the Z Warriors knew of their impending arrival, they had already been up and about. As a safety precaution, Diana gave her friend Bulma basic self-defense instruction, since her husband Vegeta didn't want to. Diana also gave Bulma her Sandals of Hermes and Guantlets of Atlas. The Sandals allowed the wearer to fly and run at great speeds, while each gauntlet magnified the wearer's natural strength by a factor of ten. Thus, Bulma was both faster and stronger with these items, especially since Bulma's strength had increased by a factor of 100. Thanks to Diana's Amazon training, her friend could now defend herself, in case she and little Trunks ran into the android invaders.
When confronted, Android 20 turned out to be the Red-Ribbon Army's Dr. Gero, a scientist bent on revenge against Goku. He was surprised to learn of Diana's involvement, as well as of her mystical abilities, but he wasn't surprised of her origins.
"I had thought that there weren't any pure female Say-jins in existence," commented Dr. Gero."
"'Saya-jin?" asked Krillian. "Diana isn't a Saya-jin."
"I may be mad as a hatter, but I'm a good scientist. Your friend is a Say-jin. In fact, from my scans, she is genetically linked with Goku and Vegeta!"
"That's impossible. I'm from another dimension."
However, even without using the lasso, Diana could tell that the demented scientist was telling the truth.
"It doesn't matter if she is a Say-jin or not," began Goku. "She and everyone here will stop you!"
"You are correct. It really doesn't matter. Shall we begin our battle?"
At Goku's suggestion, the battle was taken to a different location, while Yamcha is taken to safety. Diana and the others looked on, as Goku battle Android 19. Unfortunately, as predicted, Goku had gotten sick. Thankfully, someone was around to prevent his demise: Vegeta.
"Is this the best you can do, Kakkarot?" chided the Sayjin Prince. "You are an embarrassment to all Sayjins!"
"That's enough, Vegeta!" yelled Piccolo, who was concerned for his friend Goku. "We don't have time for your inflated ego!"
"Yeah, I agree!" said Tien.
"What are we going to do, guys?" asked Krillian.
"We better do something fast!" said Gohan. "Daddy doesn't look so good!"
"We take Goku to safety," interjected Diana, who was attending to Goku's needs, while observing the situation. One of the things that Diana observed was that her friends tend to overly-rely on Goku. She will have to change that. "Krillan, we have to attend to Goku's needs immediately
"Um, yeah," replied the monk. "If we hurry, we can make it to Roshi's place quickly. It's the closest, you know."
"You better stay, Krillin," said Yamcha. "You are more ready to deal with the android than I am."
"You are still woozy?" asked the monk.
"A little." Yamcha, is truth is to be told, was still shaken by his near death experience. Dying once was once too many.
"Fine. We'll take Goku to Roshi's. And Vegeta? Do be careful."
"I don't need your concern, woman!"
"Can I go with you?" asked Gohan. "I just want to make sure Dad is okay."
"Certainly."
With that, Diana, Yamcha and Gohan were gone.
Using their best speed, Diana and Yamcha quickly got to Master Roshi's residence. Roshi, who was watching the television with Puar and Ooolong for the day's events. Roshi, always alert for pretty women, perked his head in Diana's direction.
"Say, beautiful, why are you here? And what's wrong with Goku."
"Mr. Roshi, Goku has gotten ill," Diana replied, as he laid down her friend Goku on the sofa. "Yamcha, can you get Chi-Chi here? I doubt these three know anything other than...female undergarments."
"Hey! I didn't deserve that remark!" said Oolong.
"What did I do?" said Puar.
"Hmmph!" said Roshi.
"Okay," replied the Desert Prince. "I better make sure I have my spare capsule with me..."
"Alright. And Gohan, here." Diana said, as she pulled out a piece of Golden Wool.
"What's this?"
"This is a piece of wool from Lord Helios's flock of sheep. It is said that it can heal anyone of any illness. If the medicine that you father is to receive fails, use this."
Gohan looked into Diana's eyes, and knew that he could trust her."
"Okay."
"Take care of Goku while I'm gone."
And with that, Diana was gone.
Later...
"Is this the best thing you can do?" asked Android 18, a blond young woman with a vicious smile.
"Uggh..." said Vegeta, as he struggled to get up.
"I guess not," she replied, as she pummeled Vegeta into submission.
"18, are you done yet?" asked Android 17, a dark haired young man. "This is getting kinda boring. Right, 16?"
"Android 16", a large male with a red mohawk, said nothing.
"I guess not."
Earlier, the fight between the Z warriors and the Androids were in going well for the earth protectors. Vegeta had destroyed Android 19, who had a knack of absorbing energy while fighting its opponents, in a humiliating fashion. The Say-jin Prince went on to fight Android 20, who turned out to be a reborn Dr. Gero. The fight was a little bit more even, but Gero was forced to flee in the end. That was when "future boy" Mirai Trunks showed up, just in time to save both his younger self and his mother from harm (thanks to Vegeta's carelessness). Gero led the Z team to his lair, where he activated Androids 17 and 18, who were the ones who destroyed his world back in the future.
And that's when everything went to heck.
Androids 17 and 18 handed the Z team the behinds, who were much stronger than anyone had realized. Krillin, Piccolo, Vegeta and Trunks were beaten to unconsciousness, when Diana arrived.
"Perhaps, I can be of some entertainment?"
The Androids looked up to see a perturbed Diana, hovering over their heads.
"And who are you suppose to be?" asked 17.
"You can call me 'Wonder Woman'. I'll have to ask you to stand down from this madness. We can end this conflict peacefully."
"Why should we listen to some bimbo in a bathing suit?" asked 18 with a smirk. "I tell you what. We'll surrender if you defeat me. Fair enough?"
"If that's what you want, then fine."
"It will certainly be fine when you join your friends."
With that, 18 took to the skies.
Saya-jins are trained since infancy to fight hard and fast. Vegeta was the penacle of this philosophy. Goku, on the other hand, was trained to use skill along with power (which is why Goku could defeat Vegeta on more than one occasion). Together, these two represent the Alpha and Omega of being a Sayajin warrior.
Diana was trained to be both brutally efficient as well as skillful. This was the way of the Amazon warrior. What set her apart was her desire to promote peace and good will to everyone, which is not a Sayajin philosophy. However, when all else fails, only then would Diana return to her heritage as a warrior incarnate, and today was no different.
END FLASHBACK
"Ha!" 18 yelled, as she delivered a series of combination blows, only to then realize that Diana was countering those blows with a few of her own. In other words, for every blow 18 was trying to inflict on Diana, Diana was using her bracelets to deflect the impact (thus absorbing the hit). Frustrated, 18 backed down a bit.
Damn, she's good, 18 thought.
"I don't know how you are doing this when these fools could not," 18 quipped.
"Simple. I possess the 'Eye of Artemis' and the 'Wisdom of Athena'. In other words, I can read your movements before YOU can. Of course, a blond little girl such as yourself can not hope to figure how I can use both in combination."
"Why you-! HA!" 18 yelled, as she fired off an energy blast.
Diana grunted, as she shielded the blast, but felt the knee to her stomach.
"Oof!"
"Not so hot, are you? Here, have some more!" 18 yelled, as she delivered volley after volley of blasts in Diana's direction.
Diana dodged and weaved her way around the barrage. She still felt dazed by the knee to the stomach, so she wasn't sure if she could deflect the blasts safely with her friends in the area.
Let's see if this works, Diana thought, as she took out her Golden Lasso, aimed it (while doing a barrel-roll), and made her mark..
"What's this?" 18 inquired, as she realized that she was suddenly ensnared. "I didn't know you were into kink."
"Bondage? No, but I am definitely into delivering a lot of pain."
Diana, using her Strength of Demeter, yanked hard. 18 found herself at the mercy of her foe, as Diana began to spin 18 around at terrific speeds...before being slammed into the ground hard.
"GAH-!"
BAM!
Whizzzzzzz-!
BAM!
Whizzzzzzz-!
Try as 18 might, she could not break the golden rope, as she was continually slammed into the ground.
"You know 16," began 17, "as much as this 'cat fight' amuses me, we still have an appointment to keep." Taking aim, 17 fired a shot at Diana's back....
BOOM!
Diana came tumbling out of the sky, dropping both 18 and her rope. She managed to recover before crashing into the ground.
"You."
"Yes, me. Sorry for interrupting, but we don't have all day. So you have one of two choices. Either back away from 18, or your friends 'get it'."
Diana knew that dealing with one "Class 100" villain was difficult enough, but all three? Even she wasn't that good to beat the odds.
"Fine. But this is not over yet."
"I'm sure it isn't. 18? Get up, it's time to go."
18, who managed to free herself, who livid with anger. How dare this woman humiliate her so!
"No! I will deal with this witch now!"
"No, you won't. We deal with Goku first, and then you can have your fun."
18 looked at Diana.
"This isn't over, you know!"
"I'm sure it won't be."
With that, the three Androids took to the skies.
As Diana surveyed the destruction of the land and her wounded friends, she felt her anger rise. Sure, she was skillful enough to deal with the situation, but she lacked the power to help out in this matter. There was a way to become stronger, but tapping into the spring well of Creation was not a sure thing. No, she would have to get stronger by her will...no, by her need to become stronger...
Had she was paying attention, she would have realized that the area was shaking, her "aura" was now a visible golden color...and her eyes and hair had changed color. Whether she knew it or not, her failure to protect her friends had broken the barrier to her Sayajin heritage. In other words, she had just became a Super-Sayajin.
A lot of good that does now.
Tbc.
Author's note: So, Diana became a "Super-Sayajin", based upon Goku's theory that becoming one is based upon need, not desire. Before, Diana's godly gifts allowed her to side-track this potential (being artificially induced and all). Wonder Woman has always been a caring person, so seeing her Amazon training unable to defeat her foe really put a damper on things. As to "the spring well of Creation"- well, in DC Comics, this is called "The Source", where everything comes from. Gods of the DC Universe can tap this for augmentation of their naturally abilities, and their servants, avatars, etc. can do so as well (with the permission from their gods, of course). When this happens, there is a risk of death (kind of like the danger of using the "Kaio-Ken" technique). Furthermore, up until this point in time, Diana felt that only her enhancing her own abilities (such as learning the Kamehameha Wave and other) was not Amazonian (if anything, Diana is a traditional fighter). And now, this might change. If nothing else, Diana is adaptable when she needs to be, so who knows what will happen next. She won't fail again.
Next time: Diana (along with the others) begin to reassess her situation, as new menace begins to make its presence known. Plus, Mirai Trunks begin to develop feelings for the Amazon Princess. "The Coming of Cell", next time on Dragonball Z. See you then!