Kakkhan: Giendonese Saiyan Warrior

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball/Z/GT, but I do own Janden, the Laniins, the other races not including Human, the planet Giendon, a few techniques, the unfamiliar languages, and a handful of other things that are my creation alone.

A/n: I can only say school. I was going to update this two days ago, when I started school, but I was, unfortunately, assigned homework, and this homework was more than I could handle even without updating, so I'm doing this on Friday, when I can take a bit of a breather and not drown. Yeah.

We're about two chapters away from the end, or one chapter away from the last chapter. Bottom line is, this is the third-to-last chapter of Kakkhan: Giendonese Saiyan Warrior, before we move on to the next ficcy. What's the name of the next one? I don't know. /Readers face-fault/ No! I meant to say that I don't know if I'm going to tell you or not. You guys know how I love suspense. Hehehe...

My muse has also disappeared, but that's probably because of the onslaught of school. Blame that evil thing. Fortunately for me, I have pre-written chapters, so those will come in handy, buut, I just have to find the time to update them, aand to write the new pre-written chaps, so I am going to run out of those things after a while, and that time is already near. Cry for me.

Anyway, it's time for me to let you go, and for you to forget all of these bad news I have just related to you, and blah, blah, blah. Why am I still writing these lame goodbyes?

Enjoy!

Blah: Laniin, untranslated

Blah: Laniin, translated

Previously on Kakkhan: Giendonese Saiyan Warrior,

The counterparts looked at each other, and burst into laughter. Gohan was laughing outright, while Kakkhan was laughing inwardly, as per his style. Suddenly two enormous growls of impatience erupted from a certain region of the abdomen. Kakkhan and Gohan looked down at their rumbling stomachs, and at each other, and said simultaneously, "Raiding time."

This sent them into another fit of laughter. Finally they calmed down when Kakkhan extracted his capsule refill refrigerator and uncapsized it. They each got their food and started feasting at top Saiyan speed, Gohan eating with no hesitations this time. This meal would go on for hours, Gohan and Kakkhan creating their mind link as they went. For the rest of the day, they did nothing but plan, lounge, eat, or get prepared for the imminent trip to the future. It was tomorrow that the events of Fate would start, but today was not tomorrow. Not just yet.

Chapter Twenty-Two: To the Future, and Beyond

The next day dawned bright and clear on the world. At least for those on Earth. On Kami's Lookout, there had been activity for two whole hours before the sun even thought about waking up on this side of the world. There always was activity before the sun on the Lookout. But this time it was by two people who didn't belong there.

Kakkhan tossed an empty capsule to Gohan, who filled it with miscellaneous items they would need in the future. Kakkhan rechecked his refill refrigerator and money capsules, as well as the capsule house that Gohan had retrieved from the ruins of Capsule Corps. Clothes were shaken out and stuffed into capsules, again rescued from Capsule Corps, and books and other remains of Gohan's life were being taken with them. One such thing was his father's infamous Power Pole, the one important item that Goku had left him while on his deathbed. Gohan affectionately fondled the Pole before he put it into the capsule with other miscellaneous items. Kakkhan eyed him impartially while Gohan did this, but made no comment. He never did.

Seven minutes and half after that, the packing was done. Finished. Consummated. Nothing more to do in that area. Gohan put his hands on his hips and looked around at their handiwork, while Kakkhan just lolled on one of the couches in the room. He watched Gohan examine the not-so-many capsules on the round table, the things inspected and discarded, and the morning's pile of dirty plates pleading to be washed. It was with distaste that the both of them looked at the plates, and sighs as Gohan enlisted Kakkhan's help for drying.

Four minutes later, the god of Time saw Kakkhan speeding around the room, stacking up all the discarded things into one corner. Gohan was collecting all the capsules into their separate boxes, relabeling them for the contents they really contained. It was in this order that everything was done at last, two hours, eighteen minutes, and thirty-six seconds after the Paradoxes had woken up and realized that tomorrow had come at last.

Kakkhan led Gohan to the outside of the Lookout, the plaza where the Z-senshi of both timelines normally gathered. He strode to a specific spot in the tiles and halted, already concentrating on the Warphole. Gohan stood by, ready to help Kakkhan if he needed it. Somehow, Gohan didn't think so, but one never knew.

Kakkhan's coordinates on the other side of Time found, Kakkhan moved the other-side coordinates around so that they would end up in a different place than Kami's Lookout in the future timeline. Finished with the coordinates (the Warphole would end in a meadow not far away from Blue Star City), Kakkhan waved his hand through the air, his ki shimmering in his hand's wake. The ki worked through the air to create a rip in space and Time, as it was ordered to do by Kakkhan. Soon the Paradoxes faced a tunnel floating in midair, its sparkling darkness twinkling cheerfully at them. Gohan looked into the tunnel with wonder. No matter that he had seen this Warphole before, in Kakkhan's memories. There was a difference between seeing something on a screen and seeing something in person. Most definitely a difference.

Kakkhan nudged Gohan, startling the latter out of his reverie. Gohan Grinned™ sheepishly and stepped into the tunnel. Kakkhan stepped in after him and closed the Warphole securely. Now no mortal, Kami or otherwise, could open the Warphole, let alone sense it. It wouldn't be surprising for a Guardian of the Earth to sense Kakkhan's Warphole, but a mortal wouldn't know the difference. Kakkhan was immensely proud of this, for even Janden's Warpholes left a residue that a mortal could sense, whether or not they actually understood what that residue meant.

Immediately after closing the Warphole, the sparkling darkness turned brighter and different. Kakkhan raised an eyebrow at that, but didn't pay it really any mind. He supposed it had something to do with the fact that Gohan was in with him, it could not. Whatever it was, Kakkhan was merely okay with it. It didn't bother him.

Gohan, however, was staring wide-eyed beyond the Warphole. Warpholes actually allowed the user to see beyond the Warphole, it was just that Kakkhan never bothered. What was there to see? Only black space lit up by stars, galaxies, planets, and comets. So what? Kakkhan saw that everyday on Giendon. But in Time, everything was different. There were no planets here, or even darkness. No clocks reigned here in this plane of existence, nor anything that even resembled Human ideas of Time. No, Time was a dimension colored blue, a light sky-blue that reminded Gohan not of the sky but of advanced machinery instead, as if Time was actually a machine. Gohan could even see what looked like pipes running along parallel to them, over them, and below them. Gohan could see, too, that something transparent surrounded Kakkhan's Warphole, and just barely realized what it was before Kakkhan added his own two cents. He was also looking out beyond the Warphole.

"I believe that we are traveling through one of the pipes of Time as well. Thyme was so gracious to supply us with one of these, wasn't It?" (1)

Kakkhan said rather than asked. Still, Gohan nodded, his awe evident on his face. Kakkhan Giendonese smiled (2) at Gohan's face. He allowed Gohan one more second of Time-gazing before he tugged Gohan away from the sparkling walls. Gohan smiled another sheepish Grin™, to which Kakkhan simply shook his head. Gohan shrugged as he turned back to watching Time as it flew past. The pipe, which Kakkhan had not had on his first journey through Time, was the one moving the Warphole through this dimension, not Kakkhan. Kakkhan and Gohan didn't need to walk in order to advance the Warphole this time, for Thyme really wasn't used to visitors in Its own dimension, and so It was doing the dirty work for Kakkhan quite willingly.

Kakkhan had gotten to know the Force of Time quite well during his travels back and forth between his timeline and Gohan's timeline. This was the last visit through Time in this direction, Kakkhan mentally assured the Force of Time, but Kakkhan would not guarantee that he would stop traveling through the dimension. It was too fun to give up. Kakkhan heard a sigh from some direction or other in his head, and knew that Thyme had heard.

He smirked.

Soon, Thyme dropped them off at their designation on the other side. Kakkhan strode to the front of the Warphole, which did not advance now because they had reached their designation. He placed a hand on the wall before him and spread his ki, creating another rip in space. Again, Gohan went out first, Kakkhan following and closing the Warphole behind him. Kakkhan then collected his ki from the Time pipe and from the Kami's Lookout in the past timeline and pooled it into his already vast reserves. Done, Kakkhan looked with Gohan at his surroundings.

They were in a meadow.

Blinking, Kakkhan mentally kicked himself in the head. Of course they were in a meadow. He just hadn't thought it would be such a meadow. Kilometers and kilometers of wild grasses spread everywhere, with the occasional tree clumps dotted here and there. There were five trees right behind Kakkhan and Gohan, all offering their shade to the two strangers who had suddenly literally appeared out of thin air. The Paradoxes looked at the trees, beyond at the herd of wild horses migrating to another grazing area, and back out at the expanse of grass gazing back nonchalantly at them. They looked at each other, sighed, and got ready to do some more work.

Ten kilometers of flying later, Kakkhan and Gohan could finally see the outskirts of the nearest town. Kakkhan kept it quiet that it was Blue Star City, so as not to traumatize Gohan too much before they arrived. He also kept quiet the fact that Blue Star City was also the city closest to the site of the Cell Games. He did this because he wanted Gohan to see the city as it was, full of life, without any of the scars it had in the past timeline. He wanted Gohan to see how different the future truly was, all because Mirai Kakkhan had visited.

They landed on the far outskirts of the city, out of sight of the roads and highways leading towards it. Gohan was looking around, trying to sense something familiar about where they were. This was the same broad area in which Gohan had lived in the past timeline; Kakkhan had assured him of that. Gohan had had some misgivings about that, but Kakkhan had just pushed on and Gohan hadn't mentioned his doubts.

From their place, the Paradoxes walked the rest of the journey to the city. Once in the city, they looked around at all the sites. Kakkhan pointed out to Gohan the various eating places where they could go if they didn't feel like eating at home. They toured the other shops, agreed on general hangout places, and also visited landmark places. They also took looks at the apartment places, condominiums, and small houses for a place to live. After all, the capsule house was only going to be temporary, and they did need a place to live. Gohan had grown accustomed to living in the city after so long in the Dark Gemini's shadows, and Kakkhan preferred the bustling city to the quiet countryside, even though he did like nature. The two were in agreement on this plan, like they were on many other aspects. It was spooky the things they both agreed on, like they really were twins. It all resulted from the little heart-to-heart Kakkhan had started, and it was going well. Spookily well.

Gohan was looking around at his surroundings from their momentary seats on a fountain when he started. He had recognized something in the city from the past timeline, and he turned to Kakkhan with huge questioning eyes.

"Hey Kakkhan? What city is this?" he asked. Kakkhan raised his eyebrows and said in return,

"Don't you recognize it? It's Blue Star City. I would have thought that distinctive clock tower over there would have tipped you off right away."

Gohan gaped at how alive the place was. He jerked his head back to Kakkhan, replayed his last statement, and told him, "Oh, the clock tower was the thing that tipped me off. It just looked so different, so happy, that I had to double-check." Kakkhan nodded agreement as Gohan returned to the city, this time in an entirely different light. He found that he liked this version better, and Kakkhan knew it.

After gazing around some more, Kakkhan stood up and stretched. Gohan looked at him, not knowing what he was doing. He asked, "What are you doing? It's not the end of the day yet."

Kakkhan looked at him and wondered where Gohan's brain had gone. "Gohan, we have to get started on looking for our jobs. I mean, we're going to need to support ourselves, you know."

"What about the unlimited money bags you have from Giendon? I thought we were going to live off of those." Gohan said, still confused.

"We are. We're just going to earn some extra money. You can never be too cautious when dealing with money." Kakkhan said, a wry Giendonese smile twisting his face. Gohan nodded clear understanding.

"We're also going to have to socialize. We don't want to earn the reputation of being recluses." Gohan said, smirking at Kakkhan, who he knew was famous for his love of privacy. Kakkhan scowled back, knowing equally as well that Gohan loved to get out of his room and do social things. It was actually quite weird, when you thought about how Gohan hadn't exactly had the time to socialize, he being with the Dark Androids for four years, and how Kakkhan was always in the middle of everything, social or otherwise. They were truly, as they were going to be known as, the Paradoxes, in more ways than one.

Kakkhan had to nod, however begrudgingly, to Gohan's statement. They had already spent half the day re-familiarizing themselves with Blue Star City, so they extended their break and had lunch out of their capsules. They ignored all the people that stared at them as they ate, but they did eat at a decidedly less Saiyanly pace than they usually did. They did care what society thought, just not about how much they ate. They did have to fill their stomachs, after all.

For the rest of the day, they sought out potential jobs. Blue Star City was only one city out of hundreds they could possibly live in, so there really wasn't a rush to get a job and settle in. True, Blue Star City was the city closest to West City, but they were using that for a starting point, not a true home.

By the time the sun was starting to set, Gohan had his sight set on three potential jobs. One job was as a medical examiner (preferably for Blue Star's CSI team), another was as a chemical scientist's assistant, and the third job as an aide to a scatterbrained professor at University of Blue Star. Gohan actually wanted to be either the first or third job, but he would be okay if he was the chemical scientist's assistant. He really didn't care. All the jobs would require that Gohan go to school and get qualification, even the professor one, but Gohan was fine with that. He did want to go to school, even if he breezed through the courses easily enough. It would be worth the boredom for the liveliness of the jobs.

Kakkhan had five jobs in mind. One, as a troubleshooter, saving companies in dire need of help or something like that, or two, as a computer scientist/mechanic. Three was as an Info Desk Intern (until he asserted himself as a very knowledgeable person at least) at one of the Internet providers, GlobalNet™, and four as an employee at the Blue Star Main Library. Five was Kakkhan's favorite besides one and two, and it was the most dangerous. He could become part of the Blue Star City Underworld, working as an invisible informant to the Blue Star Police Departments and putting away known criminals. Kakkhan actually liked the idea of working behind the scenes and being the unknown doom of many criminals walking the streets of Blue Star. Perhaps he would even be the computer scientist/mechanic and an informant. Kakkhan would keep it in mind.

Kakkhan would also have to go to college and get his Master's Degree of Science to be a computer scientist, but he could do that while being the employee for the Library. Kakkhan decided to check out the colleges around Blue Star and see which ones would help him, if this city were chosen as their place of residence.

They trooped back into the meadow, not as far away from Blue Star this time, and set up their headquarters. The capsule house ended up being placed high up in a clump of trees, where it would not be noticed by stray campers looking for shade. The house was in a tree for the fact that both Kakkhan and Gohan liked to be above ground a little too much. This was gained from restless lifestyles and forever traveling, besides being used to being in the air from so much flying, fighting, and even thinking, in Kakkhan's case. And so it was constructed.

Tyeler was still packed away in her little capsule, and it was a good thing that she was not awake while still packed. For if she had, she would have been horrified and hurt by Kakkhan's behavior. But, she wasn't, and a very severe worst-case scenario was discreetly avoided.

The next day, Kakkhan and Gohan left the capsule house in the tree and set out for Ina City. This Gohan was aware of, as it was the city in which he and the Dark Androids had had their last fight. But he wasn't disappointed in the change in Ina City either. If possible, it was even busier than Blue Star City and had more opportunities for jobs. Sadly, it was a little lacking in the quality of condos and apartments, but had several nice neighborhoods for permanent homes. The shops were not so bad either, but in comparison with Blue Star, Ina City was a little less than satisfactory.

The third day was spent touring Orange Star City. Orange Star City had originally been Quebenia City, but the governor had changed the name to the surprising approval of the citizens to Orange Star. Orange Star City was bigger and more sophisticated than Blue Star City, but Gohan found that there was a lot more posh here than he liked. Kakkhan viewed Orange Star with a critical eye, as well, even if the schools were good and obviously made for the rich. He didn't like it as much either.

Four more days were spent viewing other cities and towns, but the ultimate decision was, had always been, Blue Star City. Blue Star was a friendly community, had good condos/houses, and was pretty sophisticated on its own. It was less distinguished than Orange Star City, perhaps, but it overall fit the Paradoxes far better than any city they had seen afterwards. Especially if a person wanted to socialize. Blue Star City was not a wild city, unlike Orange Star, but it was definitely a place to go if one wanted to "just chill."

The city decided, now the Paradoxes just needed to move in.

And they did, with style.

It was only a few weeks later that Kakkhan and Gohan were settled into their brand new home, with three bedrooms, three baths, a den, a living room, several lofts, a sufficiently large kitchen, a great view of central Blue Star, and even a bit of space left over. The lofts were bonuses and planned to serve as Kakkhan's office, Gohan's office, and an entertainment center, respectively. There was even an attic, which Gohan and Kakkhan thought to convert into the portable G-dome that Kakkhan carried around. Kakkhan would have to retrieve it from Tyeler first, however, but he had an idea about that. Right now, though, Kakkhan didn't have the time. They first had to unpack and buy—gasp!—furniture.

All in all, the Paradoxes' first house was a pretty spacey one. And for a good reason. It wasn't every day that two Saiyans were living alone with each other, and both needed their space or there would be trouble. Luckily, though, the house provided the room, and all was cool. They had not bought a condo or an apartment because of this need for space, but luckily they had not had to look far for this house. It was right smack dab in the middle of Blue Star City, with a bonus of accessibility that would serve handy in the future.

Next, the jobs. Gohan landed an opening at the Blue Star University of Science and Technology while Kakkhan went the other direction and applied for the Main Library job. He got it easily, even holding back a little so as not to seem too knowledgeable, at least until he actually got there. He was holding off on actually entering the program for two months, however, just until he finished putting all of his life behind him. Kakkhan was going to take two months fixing up his home and transferring all of his Giendonese things from the capsules they were in to his share of the residence, deciding what things were going to stay and what was not.

He was also planning to start his own nonprofit-website on the Internet, one that he hoped was going to be fairly popular in time. If not, eh. It wouldn't bother him. Kakkhan was just doing the website to be doing something at least. He would have the time. Kakkhan was planning on holding off on actually entering the college that he'd found for the computer scientist career, University of Blue Star, for a year, just until everything was settled in, at least.

Two months was also the amount of time Gohan had before his term started at BSU, and this time was going to be used to get Gohan ready for BSU and to help Kakkhan with the Giendonese business. Since prepping Gohan for BSU was quicker, they planned to do that first, then start on the Giendonese artifacts. This was done in short order, only five days. The house was also equipped with its furniture, the memoirs of the past timeline, and the closets in Gohan's bedroom filled with his clothes and other junk as Gohan saw fit.

The Paradoxes also decorated their individual rooms with their own personal stuff, one sometimes borrowing something from the other to find a new home in his room. One such incident was when Kakkhan saw Gohan's extensive book collection. He dug out his bookcase and graciously gave it to Gohan, filling the shelves with not only his now-few Giendonese studies but also Gohan's ridiculously advanced Earthling studies as well. This bookcase proudly lined the extra space, which was converted into a personal library with the addition of more bookcases bought to accompany it.

But after it was finished, Kakkhan could no longer hold it off. It was time.

(1) Thyme is a neutral Force, unlike Fate, who is female, and Destiny, who's male. Thyme is also the name of the god of Time; I just switched it around so that both you and I could distinguish the god from the dimension. Basically Thyme is the god and Time is the dimension.

(2) OK, from now on, whenever Kakkhan smiles, it's a Giendonese smile and actually a smirk. All right? Is that cool? I'm getting tired of writing "he Giendonese smiled" all the time. I will still write "a Giendonese smile", though. Be warned!

A/n: Blah, that was boring! P Necessary, yes, but boring. Hopefully the next (and second-to-last, sadly) chapter won't be as boring. Uuuugh! /Shudders/

On the other hand, I like calling Kakkhan and Gohan the Paradoxes. It's so cool, like they're some supernatural Forces that rule the Universe, or something like that. LOL I'm enjoying myself waay too much here. :D

SNEAK PREVIEW OF: The Last Step

Gohan just kept grinning. He did point out that the last row of chips was the last ones Kakkhan had just taken out, and that "you'll be able to piece together the capsule in much less time than without this 'organized chaos.'" Gohan teased. Kakkhan just shrugged the joke off, for Gohan did have a point there. It probably would have taken Kakkhan hours to put everything back together in the same order, if not in all the right places. In this crusade, Gohan was a lifesaver.

REVIEWER RESPONSES:

SS2 Megami-sama: Iz this your first review for Kakkhan? I think so... YAY!!

Yes, it was sad. Poor girl...

PMS... Yes, a fear-inducing syndrome all girls have... With me, I just get angry whenever I'm interrupted or have to do something chore-like and not get to do my own thing. I don't blow up, but I rage around in my cage of emotions inside. Not fun for my muses. Heh.

Yuki!! You're back!! YAY! Not Tobi will calm down! Hehehe...

DBZ Chick1: I updated! I'll be reading!

crazy-lil-nae-nae: Thanx very much for your review! I was getting disheartened!

I will keep up the good work if you keep reviewing! YAY!!

supersaiyaman: I'm finishing, I'm finishing! Sheesh! I'm not about 2 give up! No!! Even with school bogging me down. Yecch.

Time travel! YEAH! Hehehe... I have a wonderful imagination? Really? YAY!!

Thanx for your review and compliments! You are making me /blush!/

Who will they meet? Good question! Find out next ficcy! ;D

Thanks to SS2 Megami-sama, DBZ Chick1, crazy-lil-nae-nae, and supersaiyaman for their reviews! Thankies!

WHAT?!?! Only 4 reviewers?! What the heck?!?! Oh man, totally got to send an kick-in-the-rear email for the rest of them... Thankies, Fal-chan, Anna, nae-nae, and SSaiyaman! You're the reasons I even updated! /Bows/ Be honored!

Well, it's goodbye, from

TheShadowPanther and Allati (wait, she's not here! WHAT?!), from AASN

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Updated 09.10.04