This is a rewrite of Dragon Ball GT, based on the Manga and using mostly Japanese names (with the exception of Son Goku, Son Gohan, Son Goten, etc., they take too long to type...)
I've rewritten each of GT's four sagas. The Bebi and Dragon sagas are somewhat similar, but the Black Star Ball saga and the Super 17 saga are basically stripped down to one episode each and rewritten from scratch.
Anyway, I'll post a new part everyday until I catch up with myself; I'm over about three quarters done. Each saga will have four parts, so sorry if it's a bit long...
Spence's Dragon Ball GT Rewrite
Saga One: Domination Saga
Episode 1: The Mechanical Invasion
The sun rose over the pristine village. The villagers, skins darkened from decades of hard outdoors work, began to shuffle out of their small straw huts and began to plow their field. Even Uub's family, now insanely rich from their monthly donations from the richest man on Earth, Mr. Satan, still plowed their land every day, just as early as they always had. Or at least they should have. But today, Uub's village was eerily empty of all villagers. Except for one, although he wasn't exactly a villager.
Uub's family, as indicated by their continued farming, had kept their small town lifestyle despite their piles of cash. So it was on a straw mat that Goku, the one remaining "villager", slept every night as he trained Uub to bring out the full power of the magical being he was reincarnated from, Majin Buu. This particular morning Goku got up, chose a blue training shirt out of his closet of blue and orange clothing, and walked into the kitchen. Uub's mother should have made breakfast by now, Goku thought. And we all know how Goku loves to eat. Goku rubbed the sleep from his eyes and sat down at the table. Nothing was there. Goku shot to his feet and, with his incredible speed, searched the entire house. All of Uub's family was missing, even Uub himself. As Goku tried to figure out what was going on (maybe an April Fool's joke?) he heard a familiar voice come out of no where.
"Goku!" The voice bellowed. "If you want to see the boy again, come outside!"
"Why!" Goku asked.
"Just do it!" The voice commanded. Goku walked outside, his thoughts now shifted to the mysterious voice. He know he recognized it from long ago. It was a voice he knew was an integral part of his past, but it's origin was still unknown to him. And then, Goku had no more time to think of the matter.
"I lied! You will never see the boy again, because you are going to be dead!" the voice yelled. Out of nowhere, a humanoid shaped robot barreled towards Goku. The voice was being projected from a speaker inside the robot. Goku's aura sparked to life as he flipped over the robot and shot a blast of his energy at it. He didn't know if destroying the thing was the right thing to do, but thinking had never been Goku's strong point and now wasn't the time to think anyway. The robot, however, deflected the blast, and shot his own at Goku. Goku braced the attack, then used his Instant Transmission to teleport behind the thing. He threw several martial arts combinations at the robot, who countered the assaults perfectly. A compartment on the robots chest opened, and a big claw came out, grabbing Goku. Electricity streamed out of it. Goku screamed.
The robot slammed Goku into the ground, and it's arm converted into a big drill. "This is the end!" The voice laughed maniacally.
"I don't think so!" Goku yelled. Goku ascended to Super Saiyan, and his golden aura alone destroyed the claw. "I haven't even begun to tap into my full power!" Goku launched a KameHameHa into the robot, launching it into the sky. Uub appeared behind it, kicking through it. Uub then landed next to Goku, who had reverted to his original form.
"Uub!" Goku exclaimed. "What happened to you? And what was that!"
"I don't know what that contraption was," Uub started, "But a whole army of them invaded my house this morning, and kidnapped us all. I tried to fight them off, but there were too many for me. They knocked me unconscious and when I woke up, I teleported back here." Goku smiled. He was happy he had taught Uub how to use Instant Transmission. As Uub pulled Goku to his feet, they heard a close humming sound. The sound got louder, and Uub and Goku watched in horror as a whole army of robots, similar to the one Goku had fought, streamed over the horizon.
"Theirs no way we can fight them all!" Goku exclaimed. "At least not without putting your village at risk, anyway. Come on!" Goku put two fingers to his forehead and used Instant Transmission to teleport him and Uub away. The robots stopped and looked around, trying to figure out where they had gone. The whole village had been evacuated just for this fight, after all.
Uub and Goku appeared on a grand platform, in front of a large castle fit for a god. "Where are we?" Uub muttered in awe.
"We are at Kami's lookout, home of Earth's guardian, Dende." Goku said. "He's a friend of mine, and he should be able to help us out here." As if on cue, Goku heard two voices yelling out his name. He turned around as Mr. Popo and Dende ran towards Goku. They finally ran up besides him. Dende leaned upon him, catching his breath, and then looked up at Goku. The look on his face was one of utter despair.
"Some guy," Dende muttered, "Has claimed he has taken over the Earth. He has already covered the Earth with his robot minions, and is taking away everybody that
opposes him!"
Goku gasped. "Who is it?" He asked.
"We don't know!" Popo interjected. "He hasn't shown his face yet. I think he said something about wanting to surprise...you, Goku." Popo finished his statement with a tone of sobriety. This whole domination was planned as revenge towards Goku.
"How many are there, and how much of the Earth have they covered?" Goku asked. Dende began to answer, but was cut off by a deep, gravely voice.
"All of it. Your village was the last place left to invade." The voice said. Goku pivoted around to see his old friend Piccolo floating towards the edge of the lookout. He had a rip in his cape, meaning he was likely in a fight. Piccolo saw Goku staring at it. "The robots aren't strong, but their numbers are so great that they can do a lot of damage." He looked sort of embarrassed that he had taken so much damage at the hands of such weak enemies.
"It's okay Piccolo. They took me by surprise too." Goku conceded. Then a look of seriousness covered his face. "But we have to make a plan. And to do that, we need to know who we have to work with!"
"I can't tell who's still around and who isn't." Dende moaned, staring over the edge of the lookout. "The robots are emitting some jamming effect that is blocking me from sensing their chi!"
Uub walked to Dende and stared over the edge of the lookout. All he could see was clouds. "You can really see the world through this?" Uub asked Dende.
"You bet." Dende responded. "It's part of being a guardian." He then turned to Goku again. "I felt the Dragonballs being used." Dende told him. "Whoever is doing this has the backing of the Eternal Dragon!" Goku's face flushed white.
"I have to see who we have left! I don't care how bad it is down there!" Goku yelled, ready to leap over the edge. Just then, a titanic power rushed towards them. Even through the garble, Goku could feel it. He knew this power.
Goku's eldest son, Gohan, landed in front of his father. Goku and Piccolo both breathed a sigh of relief. "Your plan has arrived." Gohan said. That statement was rather cocky for Gohan, even if he was the strongest fighter out of all of them. Just when Goku was about to ask what he meant, he felt several more energies moving towards them.
Goku's younger son, Goten, now arrived, carrying Goku's wife, Chi-Chi. It had been four years since Goku had left Chi-Chi to train Uub, and Goku was proud of how she was holding up. He thought she would have had a heart attack by now. Goku was also proud of Goten, but for a different reason. Since the last time he had saw him, almost a month ago, Goten had finally cut his long hair. It was now spiked, similar to Gohan's, although it still was fairly long.
Finally, two female figures landed on the lookout. One was Gohan's gorgeous wife, Videl. She was the daughter of Mr. Satan, although she shared none of his cockiness. She was strong, sensitive, and intelligent. Perfect for Gohan. The other figure was Goku's granddaughter, Gohan's daughter, Pan. Goku had known that Gohan could take care of himself, but he had been worried about little Pan.
Goku had always had a special relationship with Pan. While Goku loved the rest of his family with all his heart, he couldn't especially relate to them. Chi-Chi was too devoted to academics, something Goku couldn't care less about. Gohan was too interested in academics as well, but he was also tired of fighting. Gohan viewed fighting as a means to an end, and Goku could never figure this out. Fighting was his life! Goten, meanwhile, had loved fighting as a child, but had grown out of it as an adult. He was more interested in chasing girls. This confused Goku, who never really got the "girl" thing and had originally married Chi-Chi out of coincidence. But Pan was a fighter, just like Goku. They had so much in common it wasn't funny. And they were incredibly close because of it.
"Grandpa!" Pan exclaimed, running into her Grandfather's arms. Chi-Chi had made sure that, after Goku went away to train Uub, he visited his family once a month and got together with his friends once a year. But even in this short absence, Pan missed her Grandfather immensely. Tears spilled from her eyes as her grandfather lifted her off the ground and into the air.
"It was horrible, Grandpa!" Pan said. "The robots attacked us, and Papa and Uncle Goten were fighting, and then more and more came, and finally they just grabbed me and flew away!"
"They got my father." Chi-Chi managed to say. She could barely talk because of her state of worry. Goten wrapped his arms around his mother in an effort to comfort her, but Chi-Chi pushed him away. Her worry had turned to rage. "And you better do something about it, Goku! Go stop those robots now!"
"I'll try, Chi-Chi." Goku said. "But it would be better to figure out who is sending these robots out in the first place. If we stop him, we would hopefully stop the whole army!"
"I've already tried that, Dad." Gohan said. "This invasion begun weeks ago. I'd been holding out on changing locations until the invasion reached us, and in the meantime, I had been working on who our new "Emperor" was. Although the capital was the first place he conquered, he still hadn't shown his face. His communication to the people of Earth has been delivered by local newsmen, not the emperor himself. I couldn't figure out who he was before we had to flee." Gohan looked angry at his own shortcomings, like he always had been. "I wasn't anywhere close to either." He added.
"That's okay." Goku said. "I'll just take us to the capital and we can confront the tyrant ourselves. I don't know what we can be getting ourselves into, but anything is better then just standing here. We should probably try to find Vegita and the others too. The more fighters we have, the better."
"I don't think we have time, Goku." Dende said cautiously, still peering over the edge of the lookout. Uub craned his head around to try to get a peek of whatever Dende saw. "There are five large robots coming towards the lookout. They look a lot more advanced then the other robots we've been fighting."
"Five, huh." Goku said. He looked around for a second. "Gohan, Goten, Uub, Piccolo! Come with me! We have to cut off the robots before they get near Upa's village!"
"I want to come too, Grandpa!" Pan exclaimed. She ran towards her grandfather, but tripped as a large object popped out of her backpack. It was a small, silver robot with two awkward arms and no legs. It floated around as if it was tipsy for a second, before steadying in a stable hover.
"Giru help too!" The robot exclaimed. Chi-Chi bit her lip, and Goten buried his face in his hands. As Gohan smacked himself in the face, his wife whispered something in his ear.
"I thought we left that thing behind!" Videl whispered violently.
"I did too!" Gohan whispered back. "That thing won't die!"
"Giru! Your still alive!" Pan exclaimed. She hugged her little robot. Goku took two steps backwards and grimaced. The last thing he wanted to see was Giru. In fact, Pan was the only person who liked Giru.
Giru was a little robot Bulma had made as a companion for Bra. Bra quickly grew tired of it, though, and gave it to Pan. Now it was apparent why. Giru was an obnoxious, pesky little robot whom had no useful purpose besides driving Gohan and Videl up the wall. Pan loved the little guy, though, so everybody kept their mouths closed about the matter. Except Vegita, of course, but he hates everything, so Pan didn't think twice about his Giru-bashing.
"So can we go?" Pan asked her grandfather again. Goku looked his granddaughter over. She had matured so much over the years. Now eight years old, she had traded in her orange uniform for stylish jeans, a red tanktop, and an orange bandanna covering her shoulder length hair. She had grown up so much, not just in looks and power, but also in intelligence. Goku believed she could hold her own out there. But he wasn't risking the life of his only granddaughter out there. She hadn't even gone Super Saiyan yet. Goku kneeled besides Pan.
"I'll tell you what, honey." Goku said. "Stay here. You and Giru can take care of grandma and your mother. Also, if any of our other friends show up, I need you to tell them were we went. Now, those are very important jobs, Pan. Think you can handle them?" Goku asked her. Pan and Giru both saluted him.
"You bet, Grandpa!" Pan said. Goku nodded and waved, and the five warriors disappeared over the edge of the lookout. Those left behind stared in a somber silence, wondering if they would ever see their loved ones again.
"So who's ready to kick some nasty robot butt!" Giru suddenly exclaimed.
"Giru, you are a robot!" Pan said, smacking her silly companion on the head. The others just sighed. But at least he had broken the tension.
The five warriors landed, stirring up a dust storm and stopping the large robots in their tracks. These robots were about six feet tall, and looked sort of like catholic bishops (with the big, pointy hats and all). As our heroes assumed fighting poses, that same obnoxious voice emanated from speakers on the robots.
"Goku!" The voice proclaimed. "I knew you would make it this far! But this is the end of the line! You and your friends die now!" Piccolo's ears perked at the sound of that voice. It was familiar.
"Does anybody recognize that voice?" Piccolo asked. All but Goku nodded in disagreement.
"I know it from somewhere." Goku said. "I've been racking my head all day trying to remember it, but I just can't."
"You're stupider then even I thought." The voice taunted. "How sad to think that you will all go to your graves not knowing who I am!" His five robots then launched into a vicious assault, not even giving our heroes a chance to power up.
Gohan ripped off his glasses and suit coat. The suit coat had been concealing the same orange and blue uniform he had worn when fighting Majin Buu, and he didn't really need the glasses anyway. He threw both of them at the closest robot. It caught the glasses, but the coat wrapped around the front of the robot. Gohan took advantage of this distraction and pummeled the robot with punches and kicks.
"I thought a suit coat with orange pants was rather strange, even if you do consider Gohan's less then stellar fashion sense." Piccolo said, remembering the Great Saiyaman suit. "But they're just fighting props. Good job. I'm glad you thought ahead, Gohan."
The robot finally pulled the coat off of itself. Despite Gohan's volley of attacks, only several indentations could be seen on the face of the robot. Gohan didn't have time to figure out why, as the robot charged in for an attack. Gohan grabbed its arm and, pulling himself close, unleashed a powerful punch into the robot's "stomach". It left a large indentation. Gohan had time to throw one more punch before the robot pulled itself away. However, despite throwing an equally powerful punch, it left no mark on the robot. Gohan smirked. He had them all figured out now.
Gohan launched two chi blasts of equal power. One left damage. The second was useless. Gohan then sped around to another side of the robot, shooting two more blasts, slightly more powerful then the first. Again, the first did damage to it, while the second one did nothing. Gohan was now one hundred percent sure of how these robots worked.
The robot moved in close, engaging Gohan in hand to hand combat. It was fast, and it's sharp claws hurt a lot more then fists. Gohan finally saw the opening he was looking for several minutes later, and launched a powerful energy beam straight into the torso of the robot, which was halfway through executing a punch. The robot was smashed into a rock, while Gohan continued unleashing energy onto it. After several seconds, it was apparent that the beam was now doing nothing. The robot made funny clicking noises and shook a bit, as if it was laughing.
"Oh yeah, your laughing now." Gohan said, with an unusual air of confidence. "Let's see you laugh at this!" The small beam that Gohan was shooting burst into an immense blue blast of chi. The robot, unable to adjust to such a rapid power increase, was completely obliterated. Only smoke remained. Gohan slowly hovered to the ground.
'Amazing', Goku thought. 'I've never seen my son fight that intelligently before. Maybe all that studying actually paid off!'
"I know their weakness!" Gohan announced. "Their armor is able to resist any attacks as strong or weaker then the strongest thing they've been hit with. Whoever designed them obviously planned that we would hit them with everything we had first, thus making them invulnerable to all of our attacks. Just don't throw around too much power and everything will be fine!"
"Thanks!" Goten called out. He needed all the help he could get in this fight. Uub nodded, unable to get a word in without getting hit.
Piccolo grinned. He had already figured out this weakness long before Gohan. Piccolo never went into a fight at full force, and in this case it had paid off. Still, he was glad Gohan had discovered this, if only to keep the relatively inexperienced Goten and Uub from screwing up. He hoped that Goku had already figured this out too, but he never knew about Goku. Whatever the case, it was clear to Piccolo that Goku wasn't enjoying this fight, and that was strange.
Goku clenched his fist. He was angry. How dare these guys mess up the peace he had for so long. They threaten the world, their ways of life, and everything that had been rebuilt since Buu's destruction. Goku couldn't let anybody get away with that. Also, the mysterious monarch behind the invasion had Goku twice as angry. The fact that he couldn't remember this guy infuriated Goku. But he had had it with feeling angry. It was time to do something about it.
"Thanks Gohan. Now we can get rid of this scum twice as fast." And with that out of the way, Goku leaped into battle. It was time to end this...
Next time: A Monumental Ascension!