Scar of a Hero
By:War Prince Nataku
Chapter 2 : Let's See What He Can Do
Bulma was in the Atrium of Capsule Corp. preparing for her guests.It was her annual party for all of the Z fighters.She was particularly excited about this one.When she had sent Trunks up to Dende's lookout Dende had told him about the boy that Piccolo had found.Bulma wanted to meet the child and see what he looked like.Dende had said that Piccolo was training the kid so Bulma assumed that this was another Gohan thing.
Son Goku and Uub arrived first which was highly unusual.Apparently,they,too,had heard of the boy and had nothing better to do.Next to arive was Chi Chi who lived alone now that her boys had all grown up.She couldn't help screaming at Goku for not being around for the past ten years.Gohan,Videl and Pan arived just as Goku was trying to explain himself.
Just then,Dende walked through the door.Chi Chi and Bulma ran over to where he was asking when Piccolo would be there with the boy.
"I realy don't know" Dende said, "Piccolo said he was gonna come--"
The door opened,cutting Dende's sentince short.Piccolo walked in with the strange boy following closely behind.He was wearing dark blue Chinese fighting clothes and he had a sword on his back.Bulma knelt down in front of the boy so she could talk to him eye to eye.She was a little startled by his appearance but still managed to maintain her sweet smile.
"Hi, my name's Bulma.What's your name?"
The boy looked up at Bulma.
"I don't know."he said nervously.
Bulma's eye caught a glint of silver coming from around the boy's neck.She looked in the direction it was coming from and saw that just below the shackle around his neck was a silver chain.The rest was hidden underneath his shirt.
"Can I see that?"Bulma asked.The boy nodded and took the chain from his neck and handed it to Bulma.At the end of the chain was a sword that was about two inches long with a red stone at both ends of the hilt.On the blade was some writing that she could not read.
"Woah!This is some wierd writing!They look like the symbols we saw on Namek!"Bulma said loudly."You think it could be his name?"She handed the necklace to Dende."Can you read it?"
Dende took the sword and tried to read the blade."Not all of these symbols are Namekian."Dende realized."And the ones that are Namekian are so badly written, I can barely read them.But it does look like a name."Dende strained his eyes to try to read the horrably written symbols.
"I think this says... 'Gackt'...WHAT?!NO WAY!!"Dende shouted with surprise.
"What?What is it?" Chi Chi asked.
"B-but that's impossible!His name is Gackt Katatz!"Dende's shaking voice replied.
"WHAT?!!"Piccolo shouted.There was a long,uncomfortable pause.
"What are you two so surprised about?Whats so special about a name?"Pan had asked.Apparently,she and everyone else had herd the shouting and came to see what it was about.(Nosey little snots,aren't they?)
"The only way he could have that name,"Piccolo said nervously,"Is if he were my son!"
Everyones eyes practicly poped out of their heads.No one spoke for a minute or two.Then Vegeta broke the silence with his usual smart-assed comment.
"So,did the Namek have a girl-friend that he neglected to tell us about?"The Saiyan prince said with a sneer.
"N-NO!!"Piccolo shouted,compleately red with embarrassment."And even if I did,you're the last person I'd tell!!"
Everyone laughed.
Goku noticed the sword on Gackt's back.
"Hey,Piccolo.Have you been training him?"He asked.
"Yeah.Why?"
Goku smiled."Let's see what he can do."
Ultra Special Blah Blah Blah #1:
Yes, I know, I'm stealing Natsuki Takaya's idea, but I thought it would be fun,so,here we go. I'm sure all of you recognize the name of the most famous pop star in Japan, but I couldn't think of a really good Namek name for the kid.I thought,"Yeah, Gackt sounds Namek-y enough."So, now his name is Gackt.