Chapter 54: Peace Time
"When are you going to learn? You can't beat me." A dark figure said.
"I'll do my best and I will beat you. I can't let everyone down." I called back. I was in SSJ2 form, with multiple minor injuries and dried blood covering my body.
"You think so? I would like to see that. Once I'm done with this planet I'll head to another, and another, and then I'll move on to the next dimension. Then the process will start over again. I have done so for many years, and no one has ever been able to stand up to me."
"I'll be the first. I was destined for this."
"So were all your predecessors." It hissed.
"What?"
"You didn't know? You're not the first one to think she was destined to stop me. And I doubt you'll be the last." I was starting to get scared. If it was right, then how could I be sure I was the real one?
"This is a dream. It has to be."
"Oh, I can assure you, this is no dream…"
I shot up in my bed, waking from another nightmare.
It seemed so real. Maybe it wasn't just a nightmare; maybe it was another form of my SG.
Never minding that, I got up and looked to the bed before I slipped out the door. Mirai was still asleep, and for that I was thankful. It had been a few months since our battle royal, and Mirai had been training extra hard ever since. I was on my training break, like I promised, but that didn't mean I could do research.
Its 2020, and its my 30th birthday today. 3 years since Buu, so I had 2 years left until my destiny would begin.
I went into our study, where I had books and papers scattered everywhere. Our little house isn't much different than Goku's capsule house, but it is bigger. We do live in the mountains, but not very close to Goku, we wanted our privacy.
I went straight to the book Doomsday Mythologies and opened it to the marked pages. Here was where I found my very first helpful clue about my enemy. This is what the section read:
One Doomsday myth is that found most often in many different cultures across the globe. Though told differently, they all give the same story. A girl from another plane of existence will come to our plane and save us and all other planes from a terrible evil. She will have amazing abilities and she will be the only one capable of defeating this evil. It is said the evil shall be a creature of immense power and many abilities. These two shall fight and it is unknown as to who will win. In the opinion of this author, I pray the girl shall win.
Closing the book I opened Sayjin Mythology, one of the few things Vegeta had managed to keep hold of all these years. I opened it to the marked page and read the SSJ myth first.
A warrior was chosen to receive a power far greater than any other living being, and from his line descended our rulers, the Vegeta family. The first Super Sayjin was Tiom; a Sayjin born with a power level much higher than other Sayjins ever reached. When he gained the Super Sayjin he went mad with power and nearly destroyed Planet Vegeta. His power consumed him and he paid the price. There has not been another Super Sayjin since, but it is told there will be one day, 1,000 years after his death.
After reading that I moved on to the next marked passage.
One day a Sayjin will surpass the legendary Super Sayjin's power. This power will be used to rid the universe of an evil far greater than any our universe has seen before. This new form of Super Sayjin shall be known as the Angel Sayjin, and with this power the evil shall fall. The evil is said to have many forms, and no one true form of its own. When it gets it's own form it shall gain its full power and challenge even the powers of Angel Sayjin.
I sat the book back down and leaned back into my seat.
I haven't seen its true form, but I know I've seen it, somewhere. But where? My dreams… that dark figure… could it be?
I got up and went to the roof. Even now I liked to sit on the roof as I did as a kid. The sun was still climbing into the air, and a warm breeze blew my hair out from my eyes.
"I knew I'd find you up here." Mirai climbed out of the bedroom window and joined me on the roof.
"Hey, you sleep okay?" I asked.
"Except for your Ki waking me up."
"Sorry. I can't help what I dream."
"Another nightmare?"
"Yeah, but I think its more of a premonition than a dream."
"Could be, you've always had strange dreams."
"You have that right." I sighed.
"Your party is today."
"Hm? Oh, yeah. My 30th birthday."
"So how long has it been?"
"What?"
"Since you got here. How long have you been here?"
"Heck, I guess it's been about fifteen years. And we've been married five years, right?"
"Yeah. So, what made you decide to come up here?"
"Thinking. I woke up from my nightmare and I just had to read more about my destiny some."
"So, Angel Sayjin, what have you decided?"
"I have to do it, but I'm scared. That dream I just had, the evil was talking to me, I think. It said many others from other dimensions had thought they were the one and they all failed."
"Katie, I know you're the one. You fit the descriptions to the letter."
"There's more to destiny than fitting the description. Look at Vegeta. He thought he was destined to be the next Super Sayjin. But if you read the passage carefully it doesn't say anything about who the next Super Sayjin would be."
"You are the one, I believe it. There is no you are not the Angel Sayjin."
"Thanks. Mirai, can we just sit here for a while, together?"
"Sure, I'd like that." So we sat for a while together, right next to each other, and as we did I rested my head on his shoulder. He held my hand and we just sat there in silence, loving our time together.
"Trunks, I want you to promise me something."
"Anything. Just name it."
"If I beat this evil-"
"Don't you mean when?"
"Alright, when I beat this evil, and the circumstances fit, let's have a baby. A real family."
"Seriously?"
"Yes!"
"Alright. But what did you mean by 'circumstances'?"
"If we're still together. If I'm sent back to my dimension, that'll be the end of us." I turned away, looking back toward the still rising sun.
"No, it won't. My final wish to the dragon all those years ago was to be able to stay with you no matter where you were. If you're sent to your home dimension, I'll be there, too. Together forever."
"Really! Great!" I reached over and we kissed as the sun climbed higher into the sky.
So we got to the party at Capsule Corporation and everyone was there, even Tien and Choazu showed up for the party. It was a cookout, so that meant Krillen and Yamcha were talking by the grill. Goku was already stuffing his face, and little Pan and Bora were running around with Icarus and Bee, who were finally showing their age but still just as playful as ever. Hercule and Buu were there, of course, and the infamous champion of earth was starting to get his receding hairline.
"Katie, would you please come with me?" it was Vegeta, with a scowl on as always, though not so menacing after all these years. He didn't wait for an answer as he turned to go inside.
"Sure, wait up!" I followed after him, curious to see what he wanted.
He lead me down halls I'd never been down before and when we finally got to the door of the room we were heading for I was completely lost. He opened the door to reveal a room full of Sayjin things I hadn't seen before.
"What's all this?"
"A menagerie of items from our home world."
He went to an old trunk and started looking for something. I looked at all the things in the room. Paintings of Sayjin warriors fighting and books were all about, and as Vegeta searched for whatever he was looking for I examined the paintings.
"How did you keep up with all this?" I asked, astonished that he had so much, though if you think about it it's only about the same amount of stuff as the Little Mermaid had in her cavern, and I had about as much knowledge.
"I have my ways." He said with a smirk. He continued digging into the trunk as I looked some more. There were books and charts, and something that looked like a large model spaceship.
"Here it is." I turned to face Vegeta and he held out a black box, "Your gift is inside." I took the box and looked it over. It had carvings all over it, and it looked like it was hand carved. I opened the box, and it revealed a simple silver bracelet with a gold, triangular stone. I removed the bracelet and carefully sat the box down on a nearby table.
"Vegeta, I don't know what to say…" he helped me put it on.
"It was my mother's bracelet, and tradition states only a true Sayjin warrior may wear it. It was said to be a good luck charm of sorts. And it was also said this bracelet belonged to Tiom's own daughter. The stone is a type of diamond from Planet Vegeta, and it was very rare. The diamond was called the Karma stone."
"Vegeta, I can't possibly take this. If you have had it this long it must have been important to you." I tried to take it off to give it back, but he stopped me. When I looked at him he was dead serious.
"I want you to have it. You have done so much good for all of us, and at the risk of your own happiness. And you showed me the light, as the humans say. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't have given a damn about this planet, but because of you I have a family."
"Getting a little personal there, aren't we?" he was making me feel awkward, and I wanted to change the subject. But he continued anyway.
"Katie, I'll be there with you until the very end. I swear to you my allegiance as a Sayjin, I will fight with you against this new evil."
"Vegeta…" there was a Sayjin tradition known as Allegiance, a Sayjin who swears allegiance would fight with the other until death, no matter what. And if the other were dead he would continue until the offender was dead or until he died. It was a very serious manner.
"Well, come on. We're going to miss your party." Vegeta, turning to leave. I was still shocked. This wasn't something Vegeta normally would do.
"Alright." I shrugged, following him out.
Earth changed him… I changed him…
