"All right! We got another Dragonball!" yelled Goten as he held up the six-star Dragonball-- the fourth one they'd found. Two months had passed since they had left Earth, and in that time they had managed to cover a large amount of the Galaxy. He, Goku, Trunks, and Uub were on their spaceship, flying away from planet Metamor, where the Black Star Dragonball had been found. They were celebrating completing half their quest in such a short amount of time.
"I guess my mom and I built a faster ship than we'd thought!" said Trunks, laughing and chugging some soda. It had been smart of him to install a refrigerator in the back room; canned and tubed food got boring after a while.
Uub and Goten were talking animatedly: they had become great friends throughout their adventures. Goten and Trunks had also re-established their friendship. Everyone was eating and laughing and having a great time.
Only Goku sat alone at the front of the ship. He was staring thoughtfully at the Dragon Radar. The next Dragonball was on a relatively close planet. Goku put two fingers to his temple and concentrated. He searched for a ki signal...anything that was close to--YES! He found something!
Suddenly, Goku disappeared from the ship. Trunks choked on his soda, and Goten and Uub turned around. Goku was gone! They waited, dumbfounded, until a few minutes later, Goku reappeared next to Uub, holding the three-star Dragonball.
"I got it!" he said happily.
"Um...you just got another Dragonball?" asked Goten.
"Yeah!" said Goku. "Instant Transmission, remember? I sensed a ki signal that I could focus on, and it was really near the Dragonball! Hope I didn't scare the poor guy, though."
Uub was in shock. He had only seen Goku use Instant Transmission in training, but never to actually travel somewhere. He recovered quickly, and said "Well, great! Now we have five Black Star Dragonballs! Only two to go!"
"Right," said Goku. "And...wow! The Radar says they're both on the same planet! What are the odds of that?"
"About a trillion to one, I'd say," said Trunks, a shadow crossing his face. "Someone else must be looking for them."
After another week of flying, they finally began to approach the machine planet M2. The ship edged closer to the planet's surface. As it tried to enter the atmosphere, it was repelled by an invisible force. Trunks ran to the window and looked out.
"It's some kind of force field!" he yelled. "Put the engines in Turbo!"
Goten ran to the controls and put the ship into high gear. It whined for a second, then shot through the force field, right toward the ground.
"AAAH!" yelled Trunks. "Slow it down, slow it down!" Goten was flustered; he didn't know what to do. "You idiot!" yelled Trunks. Goku ran to the door and forced it open effortlessly. He jumped out, hit the ground, threw his hands out, and caught the ship just before it hit the ground. As his body absorbed the shock, he was forced to stay still for a moment. Unfortunately, all it took was a moment for the machines to find him.
The spaceship dropped with a thud, on its side. Trunks flew up out of the door and looked around.
"Goku?" he asked warily. "What happened back there?" He looked down, only to see a swarm of robots, some humanoid, some not, climbing all over and around Goku. Goku didn't appear to be able to overcome them.
"Goten! Uub! Get up here!" called Trunks, just as an airborne squad of robots flew toward him as well. Just then, the robot gang on the ground flew in all directions as Goku emerged from under them with an explosion. He had become a Super Saiyan. This didn't stop the robots, though. Goten and Uub emerged from the ship and immediately shot balls of ki at the robots. Some exploded; some were more resilient. Eventually the four of them were surrounded on all sides.
The robots began to close in. They were above, below, to the left, right, front, and back of the adventurers. Goku cupped his hands at his sides. "Ka, Me, Ha, Me..." he said. The robots suddenly made a mad rush for him. "HAAAAAA!" A solid wall of robots was incinerated, and Goku and the others dashed through. Above the cloud of machines, all four of them now shot rapid-fire ki balls at the robots. Eventually they were almost all incapacitated. As Uub prepared the final blow, however, he was hit from behind by a bluish-gray beam of light. He went limp and fell toward the ground, and was carried off by one of the remaining robots.
The others turned, just as a second beam hit Trunks in the chest. He was carried off as well. "Hey!" shouted Goten, preparing to fly after his friends. "NO!" cried Goku as a new beam flew toward Goten's turned back. Goku seized his son's shoulder and teleported behind the person who had fired. It wasn't until now that they got a good look at him. He had blue skin and gold-plated armor, and a smug expression on his face.
"So," he said, smirking. "You can teleport. How nice for you. Unfortunately I'll be taking you and the boy here." He extended a hand and shot another incapacitating beam of light at them; they dodged in different directions.
"You leave me and my son alone!" called Goku.
"Your son, huh? Funny, I don't see the family resemblance. What did you do, dye your hair?" the mysterious person laughed at Goku.
The slightest trace of a smile crept over Goten's face. "No resemblance, eh?" he said. "Well, MAYBE THIS WILL HELP YOU OUT!" A gold aura shot up around Goten as he turned Super Saiyan. "I am Son Goten, and I'm proud to be the child of Son Goku!"
"Hmph," their enemy said, frowning. "You're power's shot up. Unfortunately it can't compare with the resources I have available to me..." He disappeared and reappeared behind Goten. Goten was ready. He sent a punch flying toward his opponent, but it was caught, and Goten was flung skyward. He aimed a palm at Goten's face and shot another beam, but Goten flew to the left of it. Unfortunately, he flew right into the spot where the creature had just flown; he kneed Goten in the stomach. Goten gasped for air, but went limp immediately as he was hit at point-blank range with one of the knock-out rays. The creature caught Goten and flung him to the ground.
"Pick him up and take him to Dr. Myuu," he called to the remaining robots. He then turned to Goku. "And what about you?" he mocked. "Do you have something you want to say to General Rilldo?"
Goku smiled as his aura began to grow a fierce gold. "AAAAAAAH!" he screamed as he changed into a Super Saiyan 2. "You bet I do," he said to General Rilldo. "And it may be more than you can handle."
General Rilldo's grin didn't falter. Goku could tell he was already a little stronger than him, but still he was a bit put off. Why wasn't Rilldo concerned about fighting a Super Saiyan 2?
"So, attack me," said Rilldo calmly. "C'mon, I thought you said you were going to be more than I can handle? You're not exactly intimidating me to death." If he was nervous, he wasn't showing it. Goku decided to put him to the test.
He rushed at Rilldo with moderated speed, and Rilldo calmly sidestepped him. Goku rushed at him again with a punch, and Rilldo blocked it with a kick. The two of them attacked at super-speed for a few seconds, then Goku performed a flip-kick, sending Rilldo sailing into the ground.
Rilldo got up, grinning. "This will be entertaining, at least," he said. He crouched, then launched himself into the air. Goku flew downward, this time intending to hit with all his might. He connected with Rilldo's face, shooting him right back toward the ground. Goku disappeared and reappeared on the ground, and kicked Rilldo back up into the air, then did it again, this time letting Rilldo hit the ground. Goku was getting tired of this; he was clearly stronger, and he needed to find the others.
Goku shot his hands forward and yelled "HAAAA!" The beam hit Rilldo head-on and formed a huge crater. The dust cleared. To his shock, Goku found Rilldo standing there. He was no longer blue with gold armor. He was now completely silver, with a metallic shine. "Didn't anyone tell you what I was?" asked Rilldo, still smirking.
"We have brought you potential sources of power, Dr. Myuu," said a robots as it and its comrades all filed in, carrying Goten, Trunks, and Uub.
"Excellent!" cried Dr. Myuu. "Give them to me and let me scan them!"
He took the three warriors and placed them in a machine. The computer monitors above showed him the type of power they had. He was overwhelmed with joy.
"Yes, yes! You've found me greater power than all I've been able to amass before now! You machines really do your work well." He stared at Uub's reading thoughtfully. "Hmm," he said. "In fact, this one's power is greater than any I've ever seen. He will make a good host! The other two will serve as power generators. I won't even need to use those two Dragonballs! My plans are all coming together so nicely!"
"So...you're made of metal," said Goku. "Big deal. Metal doesn't heal as well as flesh."
"Oh, I don't think it's so simple," said Rilldo. "See for yourself."
Goku frowned. Then he vanished and appeared in front of Rilldo. "Fine," he said, and punched with all his might. Rilldo made no attempt to block or dodge. He was sent flying through a building, collapsing it on top of him. Goku flew over to the wreckage, just in time to see some of the metal of the building wash over Rilldo's body, completely healing it.
"Wha...?" he said. "So, now you have an idea, Son Goku. My body is connected to the metal that surrounds this planet and makes up its core. So you see, to destroy me, you'd have to destroy this planet along with your friends."
"Uh-huh," said Goku. "And what makes you think that's such a big problem?"
For the first time, Rilldo hesitated. Goku used this time to teleport behind him. "KAMEHAMEHA!" he yelled, as the Kamehameha wave burst from his hands, completely obliterating Rilldo. After a few tense seconds, nothing happened. Goku turned to leave, when something grabbed him by the ankle. Goku looked down, and realized to his horror that it was Rilldo's hand; before long, the rest of him had reformed.
"HAHAHA! What's wrong, Goku? You look scared. I told you, I am bound to this planet! You cannot hurt me!"
"Ungh!" exclaimed Goku.
Dr. Myuu was in the process of strapping Goten and Trunks into power-sapping machines. He had Uub trapped for the moment in a kind of cage he had built himself: resistant to attacks even stronger than General Rilldo's. Dr. Myuu hoped this boy wasn't too strong for the cage.
Thinking about Rilldo, Dr. Myuu wondered what was taking him so long. He took out his communicator and switched it on, and saw Rilldo engaged in a fierce battle with another high power source.
"Heh-heh-heh," said Rilldo to the frustrated Goku. "I've let you experience firsthand my invincibility. Now playtime is over. I will beat you into submission and give you to Dr. Myuu myself!"
He melted into the ground. Goku saw what he was doing and launched into the air to avoid it. But Rilldo didn't come up out of the ground: he flew out of a nearby building and head-butted Goku's side, hard. Goku grunted and tried to kick Rilldo, but he disappeared, reappeared above Goku, and smashed him downward.
Damn him... thought Goku. I'm stronger than him, but he uses his surroundings to hurt me! What I need is more speed! Goku got an idea.
"Fine, Rilldo!" he called. "You want more, you've got it!" He clenched his fists and yelled, as his aura intensified and his hair grew down his back. When the transformation was complete, Goku looked up. "See how you like a Super Saiyan 3!"
"Super Saiyan 3, eh?" said Rilldo in amusement. "I told you it doesn't matter what you do! Turn Super Saiyan 30 if you like!"
Goku grinned. He looked much surer of himself now. In an instant he was behind Rilldo; Rilldo hadn't even seen him disappear. As Rilldo turned, Goku was behind him again. Every time he looked, Goku was always out of his sight. Goku kept moving and punching and kicking, and Rilldo couldn't follow him. Finally Goku appeared 30 feet above Rilldo. "HAAAAAAAH!" he screamed, as he plunged downward, sending Rilldo into the ground with overwhelming force.
Dr. Myuu watched the battle in astonishment. He glanced at Uub in the cage, then at Goku on his communicator. "This creature is unbelievably powerful! More so than the one I had planned to use! That settles it! He will be the perfect host!" He spoke into the communicator. "General Rilldo! You must end this! You can still defeat him! And when you do, bring him to me!"
"No!" said Rilldo, grunting inside the crater his body had created. "This is too much! I WILL DESTROY HIM!"
Goku watched from the sky as Rilldo's body grew. He was drawing in all the metal he could find around him, making it a part of him, until his torso towered over Goku in the sky. The rest of him seemed to be joined with the ground: he moved by gliding.
"I WILL KILL YOU!" screamed Rilldo, shooting his fist forward. Goku blocked, but it made no difference; the impact sent him through a building.
"Oof!" grunted Goku, as the gigantic Rilldo glided toward him insanely fast. "AAAH!" he yelled, slamming his fist into the spot where Goku had just been. Goku shot a ki beam at Rilldo. Rilldo's head was blown off; a new one immediately formed, and he charged again.
"Damn it! He really does have unlimited resources, and I'm losing energy!" yelled Goku. There was nothing he could do...or was there?
Goku landed on the ground a considerable distance from the giant, deranged Rilldo. He raised his hand into the air. As Rilldo's upper body rushed at him, Goku yelled, "Kienzan!" As the disk grew in his hand, Rilldo closed in. "HAAAAAAA!" yelled Goku as he threw the Kienzan, which sliced through Rilldo's body horizontally.
Goku lost no time. He ran in and lifted the top of Rilldo far away from the ground: far away from any metal. Since his core was in the top half, Rilldo couldn't draw any more metal from his surroundings. Goku held on tightly to the now helpless giant torso of Rilldo. His hands began to glow. "Now, goodbye!" he yelled, throwing Rilldo away from him, and obliterating him with a ki beam before he hit the ground.
Goku waited. Nothing happened. He waited some more. Still nothing. The area was quiet. Panting, Goku reverted back to his base form.
"No!" yelled Dr. Myuu. "General Rilldo is dead! Now that hair-changing freak won't be my baby's host!" He regarded Uub, Trunks, and Goten. He regarded the small, silver creature in the test tube near them. "Unless I make one of them the temporary host..."