Saiyan Sun A Rising
Chapter 4
Fusion RevisitedA cloaked figure made its way across the face of Namek. In the old days, she would never have bothered to keep her power down so low. Her enemies have since demonstrated the uncanny ability to sense ki from great distances, and her ki was familiar to them. She had remembered reading something that Frieza had written in his personal journal, something about wishing for immorality with something called "Dragonballs".
It was the last entry Frieza made before he and his father failed to return from what everyone thought was a routine purge.
She avoided confronting the Namekians; she didn't want to start a fight, at least not for the time being. The Namekians were weaklings, but not so weak that she wouldn't have to raise her ki, and risk being detected. So she took the Dragonballs by stealth, waiting until they were tending their fields, or asleep for the night before moving and after five days, she had them all.
They didn't appear as she had pictured them. They were blackened and cracked, not at all what she would have expected sacred artifacts to look.
She sat them all together on the top of a mountain, the furthest away from any Namekian settlement and called the dragon to come forth.
Nothing happened.
"What am I doing wrong?" She thought. "Is there some sort of special password?"
"Damned it all! Now I have to go and capture one of the stupid lizards and try to beat the information I need from him!" She cursed under her breath. Then a slow smile appeared on her face. "No, I have a better way! I almost forgot a technique my father taught me a long time ago. I can just rip the information from his head!"
She took off at a full run, keeping her ki as low as possible. She marveled at why the Icejins had not thought of this simple technique before. Dampening one's ki was not that difficult. Perhaps her people just never had to worry about it in the past; they were, after all, the strongest in the Universe. Then the accursed Saiyans somehow surpassed them. Not only surpassed them but dwarfed them in power. She would have her revenge for what the Saiyans have done to her, and her family. She would wish for immortality, and then she would destroy them right down to the last monkey!
The early morning light suddenly framed her as she removed her cloak. She was mostly mechanical now, both of her legs, her left arm, and half of her torso was biomechanical replacements. She represented the very pinnacle of technological advancement that they had stolen from their victim races. She had met the Saiyans before.
"There! In that field!" She sneered as she spied a Namekian who had gotten an early start on his chores.
She was moving so fast that the Namekian didn't even have a chance to blink. Her hand went through his chest and ripped out his heart. She grabbed his dying body and headed back toward the place where she had left the Dragonballs.
It had taken her a better part of a decade to find the Nameks. Everyone thought they had perished along with their planet, and so had she. If it weren't for the bit of blind luck that a scouting party discovered the Namekians here, her plan would never have taken shape.
She reached her mountaintop and settled down laying the now dead body across her legs. She pulled his head toward her and ripped off the top of his skull.
She hurriedly consumed his brain.
After she finished with her morbid meal, she casually tossed the body over the side of the mountain. A look of intense concentration crossed her features. Then an evil smile crept across her lips.
"That's it! What a stroke of luck! The Namek I killed was Azeal, a healer and a dragon type!" She gloated. "I now know all that he knew!"
Running back to the still glowing Dragonballs, she stretched out her arms and in perfect Namekian cried. "Come forth Porunga, and grant my wish!"
Still nothing happened.
"What? What's going on? I said come forth Porunga!" She yelled again.
What happened next was rather anti-climatic. She expected some sort of impressive display, lightening, or fireworks, or something. All that happened was that the Dragonballs began to billow an inky black smoke. Eventually that smoke formed a shadow dragon over her head.
"What do you want asshole?" The dragon said.
"Umm... I want you to grant me a wish." She said momentarily taken aback.
"Yeah, that's what they all want. You just want a wish? Why not three wishes?" The Shadow Dragon said, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"I can have three wishes?" She said.
"No! You can't have any wishes you stupid twit!" The Shadow Dragon exclaimed. "Now shut up for a moment!"
"Now see here I'll..." She started.
The Shadow Dragon looked annoyed, and his eyes glowed red. Suddenly, metal devices bound her hands and feet, and a similar device clamped tight over her mouth. She couldn't move, she tried to struggle free, but the bindings held. She raised her ki to destroy them, but they simply absorbed her ki and left her weaker than before.
"There now, that should shut you up while I decide what I want to do." The Shadow Dragon said while stroking his chin.
"Goku must be dead, I can't feel him at all. No one on this puny planet could pose a challenge to even the weakest of my Shadow Dragons. There's no fun to be had here, so there's no sense in releasing all of the Shadow Dragons. It's a shame about Goku; I would have loved to have been the one that killed him." The Shadow Dragon mused.
"I guess we'll go straight to Omega Porunga then!" The Shadow Dragon's eyes glowed an intense red as his form started to become less distinct. The Dragonballs lifted off the ground and entered his form, spinning more rapidly every second. The Shadow Dragon began to glow, brighter and brighter until it was impossible to look without risking damage to your eyes.
She lay helpless and unable to move, wondering what had gone wrong with her plan. She diverted her stinging eyes away from the spectacle until an explosion of ki; she was tossed her along the ridge of the mountain like a rag doll, finally coming to rest just before she would have plummeted 1,500 feet to the ground below. Not that the fall would have killed her, or done her any serious injury, but bound as she was, with no ki to protect her, it would have hurt like hell.
The glow was gone and she tried to squirm around to see what was happening. As she finally got into an appropriate position, her blood ran even colder than normal.
There before her was a creature unlike any she had ever seen before. It was easily 30 feet tall; with large razor-sharp spikes protruding from its back. It had natural body plating with smaller spikes at regular intervals all over its skin, even its face. Two larger spikes protruded from its chin. It was a darkish green in color, with mottled in black. Its eyes glowed like fire. Embedded in its enormous chest were the Dragonballs. A heavy brow-ridge ringed its head, with spikes protruding from it, giving it the appearance of a crown. Two large horns exited its head and curved upward in a manner reminiscent of a second form Icejin. It had a long, whip like, tail that ended with a spiked ball.
Her eyes widened as she looked at this horror she had conjured up.
"I am Omega Porunga." The creature said looking himself over. "The Universe is mine!"
Omega Porunga noticed her for the first time. "Ah, and what have we here? So, it is you who brought me to the living world, eh? I suppose I should thank you for sealing the fate of those that created me, not to mention the entire universe. What? Nothing to say? Here, let me help you with that."
Omega Porunga's eyes glowed crimson and her restraints disappeared.
"What are you?" She jumped to her feet in a defensive stance.
"I am what happens when fools over-use the Dragonballs." Porunga answered simply. "My destiny is to destroy the universe and everyone in it. Do you see the sky? Do you see how it is darkening? That is the negative energy my mere presence is releasing. Soon this planet will die, and explode. The negative energy will be spread from planet to planet until all of the planets are gone."
"Stop it! That's not what I wanted!" She screamed.
"What part of 'I don't give a crap' don't you understand?" Porunga smiled. "My mission in life is to destroy all who helped to create me. Since everyone in the universe has benefited from wishes I have granted, then they all must die."
Porunga's eyes narrowed menacingly. "Starting with you."
A sudden jolt and the sound of breaking bone filled her ears.
Icia looked down to see Porunga's tail extending out from a gaping hole in her chest, a mixture of blood, wire and circuitry dangling from the spiked ball that marked the end of the tail. Porunga's tail had whipped around behind her, crashing through her back.
Porunga lifted Icia up to his eye level. "Pathetic thing."
Porunga grabbed Icia's head in one massive hand and in a shower of blood ripped her head from her body.
Porunga whipped his tail violently to the side and catapulted Icia's broken corpse to join Azeal's at the bottom of the cliff.
Casually chucking Icia's head over his shoulder, Porunga started taking in the universe around him. He was now free from the dragon statue that Guru had fashioned so long ago, and that pitiful Mouri couldn't affect him in any way.
"In three days this mud-ball will explode and take these annoying toads with it. Then it will be the Saiyan's turn." Porunga smiled evilly.
"Fusion? What's that?" Goku Jr. asked.
"I know!" Shi-Chi exclaimed. "Dad told us all about it! It's when two warriors merge bodies to become one really strong warrior, isn't that right Sensei?"
"That is essentially correct" Piccolo said. "Today we are going to show you what fusion is, and you will practice until you are able to fuse correctly."
"It involves some sort of dance." Bardock Jr. observed.
"That's right." Trunks said. "Every move and placement of the feet and hands must be precise, or the fusion won't work. Ready Goten?"
"You bet!" Goten said. "It's been a while since we've done this."
"Okay guys, watch carefully!" Trunks said.
Both men moved in a now familiar way.
"Fuuussssion... Haaa!"
The instant the fingers of the two warriors touched a brilliant light all but blinded everyone as they tried to shield their eyes.
When the light faded and everyone stopped blinking, before them stood Gotenks, in his Ultimate Saiyan form. He had twin halos over his head.
"What power!" Gotarm exclaimed.
"It's so intense! His ki is beyond anything I ever thought possible!" Goku Jr. grimaced.
Gotenks turned down his power significantly, and the glowing aura around his body faded.
"Whew! That's better." Bardock Jr. said.
Vegeta was speechless. He had never dreamed anyone could generate and control that much power.
"I am Gotenks." The figure finally said.
"W-what can you do?" Vegeta said cautiously.
"Ah, the young Saiyan wants a demonstration, shall we Piccolo?" Gotenks said in his stereo voice.
Piccolo smirked. "Sure kid, shall I lead off?"
"Of course, age always goes before beauty." Gotenks teased.
"I'd say that you will pay for that, but I'll be lucky to even touch you in that form. HERE I COME!" Piccolo yelled as he launched himself at Gotenks.
As amazing as Piccolo's speed and skill was, Gotenks dodged every single technique with absolute ease.
"I can barely keep up with Piccolo's moves!" Bardock Jr. said
It was obvious that Piccolo was going all out, and sweat started to bead on his forehead and neck. Yet, he kicked it up a notch and jumped back extending two fingers toward Gotenks.
"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" Piccolo yelled as a huge twisted beam struck Gotenks' outstretched hand.
"What?!?! He absorbed Piccolo's beam!" Shi-Chi exclaimed.
Piccolo wasn't done yet and began his attack again. This time Gotenks faded like an old picture that had been exposed to the sun too long. All of Piccolo's attacks passed through Gotenks without harm.
Piccolo was sweating heavily now, and he was breathing a little heavy. His ki had not diminished at all however.
Gotenks smiled and sank into the planet while still ethereal.
"I hate it when you do that!" Piccolo yelled toward the ground.
"Wow! Gotenks is unbelievable!" Goku Jr. said in awe.
Piccolo flew straight up in the air and powered up to his maximum.
"Umm... I think we should move back now." Vegeta Jr. said with concern in his voice.
The young Saiyans all flew back out of harms way just as Piccolo started an incredible barrage straight at the ground where Gotenks disappeared. Tons of dirt and grass blown into the air, trees vaporized and disappeared. Piccolo tossed one last powerful ki ball at the ground.
"Look out!" Vegeta Jr. exclaimed realizing they had not backed away far enough. Thinking fast, the three Vegetasei born Saiyans went Super Saiyan Level Five and threw up a ki shield with the Earth Born Saiyans protected behind them.
For a almost a minute, it was questionable whether or not the powerful trio was going to be able to block the energy wave that threatened to envelope them.
"I don't believe it!" Gotarm said. "Piccolo is stronger than any one of us! I couldn't have held that back by myself."
"I knew he had been training while he was living on Vegetasei, but I had no Idea he had progressed this far." Bardock Jr. said.
"It sounds like you don't see him much." Goku Jr. observed.
"Piccolo's always been a loner. He prefers solitude. We used to see him occasionally, but then Gohan died. After that, we have seen him maybe three times total." Shi-Chi said.
Suddenly, Piccolo hit the ground hard. Gotenks had materialized behind him and just casually slapped him to the ground.
"You forgot I could teleport, didn't you?" Gotenks smirked from above.
"Not at all." Came Piccolo's voice as he put two fingers to his head and disappeared.
"What! When did you learn that?" Gotenks seemed genuinely shocked, and then it was his turn to hit the ground.
"Let that be a lesson to you kids. This type of fusion can have the adverse affect of turning you into an arrogant slob." Piccolo smiled at his long time friends in a freshly dug crater.
"I can't deny it I guess." Gotenks picked himself up. "That concludes the demonstration, any questions?"
"Yeah, why does that dance you do to fuse have to look so stupid?" Vegeta Jr. asked with a smirk.
"Just like Vegeta!" Piccolo thought to himself. Out loud he said, "That's the way it is done, we don't know any other way to do it."
"Oh." Vegeta Jr. said.
"Okay, it's time we moved on to the other reason we are out here today. It's time that we stepped up your training. We have purposefully held off making Gotarm, Shi-Chi, and Bardock Jr. any stronger and have concentrated most of our efforts on Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr. They are now very powerful Super Saiyan Level Three warriors. Piccolo said as he floated over to the young fighters. "We know, however, that they lack a certain something that will allow them to progress any further."
"They have no tails!" Gotarm said excitedly while brandishing his own appendage.
"Correct." Piccolo said as he placed his hands on top of the two boys heads.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Vegeta Jr. looked apprehensive.
"Relax kid, your tail was removed when you were born so you would fit in on Earth. You will need it to continue your training. This is something the Ultimate Kai taught me a few nights ago." Piccolo started to glow slightly as his face became a mask of concentration.
Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr. felt energy enter through Piccolo's hand and go tingling down their backs until it reach the base of their spines. The energy seemed to pool there, then they felt a great pressure that spot.
"riiiiip!" came the sound of cloth ripping as their tails sprang into view.
Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr. spent a few minutes just trying to coordinate the movement of their tails well enough to swing them around to look at them.
"This is weird!" Goku Jr. finally said. "My whole balance has changed."
"Here guys, wrap your tails around your waist... like this." Shi-Chi said as she demonstrated. "That will center your balance again until you can get used to your tails."
After a couple of attempts, the boys managed to wrap their tails around and tuck them in so they would stay in place without much effort.
"Thanks." They both said to Shi-Chi.
"You guys are real Saiyans now!" Gotarm smiled broadly.
Piccolo looked at the three Saiyans from Planet Vegeta. "You know what we have to do next, right?"
At first the trio looked confused, looking at each other with blank expressions, then it dawned on Bardock Jr. what Piccolo had meant. His eyes went wide.
"But Sensei! Shouldn't we wait? They just got their tails and they're not used to..." Bardock Jr. was cut off.
"No!" Piccolo said forcefully. "Their ancestors said it should be today."
"The sooner the better." Gotenks said as he walked up. Gotenks opened up a telepathic link. "Fathers, we are ready."
"What is it?" Goku Jr. wondered aloud.
With a rush of air and a slight noise, the boys ancestors appeared before them.
"What do you think Kakkarot? Which one will be first?" Vegeta asked telepathically.
"Vegeta Jr. should go first. He is of your bloodline, and will probably be less likely to loose control completely." Goku said.
"it is agreed then." Vegeta said as he allowed a smallbut powerful ball of ki form in his hand. "If your grand brat sees my grand brat do it, he will know what to expect. Maybe it will help him."
Vegeta Jr. and Goku Jr. didn't have a clue as to what was happening, but for some reason the other Saiyans-in-training had cast their gazes to the ground, and Chi-Shi was covering her eyes with her hands.
"Ancestor, what is happening?" Goku Jr. asked.
"Just relax. Goku, this is really important. I want you to cover your eyes and don't look up. No matter what you hear, don't look up until you are told by me, okay?" Goku said to his descendant.
"Okay." Goku Jr. said trying to understand.
"Promise?" Goku asked.
"I promise venerable ancestor." Goku Jr. smiled and lowered his head and covered his eyes.
Vegeta started to do the same.
"Not you boy." Vegeta stopped him. "You keep your eyes open and on this ball of ki, understand?"
"Yes sir." Vegeta Jr. said, curiosity getting the best of him.
With that Vegeta launched the ball of ki high into the air. Higher and higher it went until Vegeta made a motion with his hand and the ki exploded. Vegeta and Goku both immediately averted their gaze from the now glowing ki.
Vegeta Jr. stared at the glowing mass for a few seconds, wondering what he was supposed to see.
"Man! It sure is getting hot out here!" Vegeta Jr thought to himself. "Why is my heart racing so much? It's pounding in my ears!"
Then a red haze covered his field of vision.