JJ: Okie dokey karaoke teriyaki sauce!
Oh, and T-H-E-W-R-I-T-E-R-190, I didn't forget him, he's just not DOING anything right now. He'll be in it eventually, don't worry.
BM: Alrighty then, the new chapter begins now
Disclaimer: Survey says, the likelihood of me owning DragonballZ is…Zero to forget about it!
Chapter 8 Free-For-All and Three on Three
Darkseid stared angrily at the distraught alien females in front of him. Frost and Frigid. He was beginning to regret ever laying eyes on them.
"What's this I hear about new aliens?" Frigid asked "Some fools have landed on the planet recently. The women defeated the Furies, and the children defeated Brother Blood" he said simply. They seemed to freeze (no pun intended.
"How could children defeat Brother Blood?" she asked "I'm not sure, but I intend to find out" he replied "You don't seem to understand the situation" Frost said "If they are who I think they are, we may have more than a mere situation on our hands. We may have an crisis" "What do you know?" he asked, his eyes narrowing menacingly "I believe we may be dealing with the ones who destroyed my son and husband" He growled.
"You bring me such news now! Why did you not tell me before that they were here?" "We didn't know, and we're not certain now!" the queen snapped. He glared menacingly "You would do well to control yourself. Now, if they truly are who you believe them to be, you will tell us any weaknesses you know of that can be exploited and anything we can do to prepare ourselves for their attack" "I wouldn't know, I only fought them briefly" Frost said "The information may be gathered from our surviving warriors" "Then send them to be questioned" he growled before pushing his way passed them. He didn't feel like speaking to them any more. Anyway, he had a meeting to attend
If Apokolips was what hell looked like, the General was certainly one of its denizens. His given name had long since been forgotten in favor of calling him The General, one of the last of the dominators. He had a dream. His dream was to conquer the Earth, subjugate its people, and harvest the metagene to turn them into a vast army. The thought gave him chills. However, the very thing he planned to use had been fighting against him for years, causing him much more trouble than he dreamed. And now, he was lowered to working with others to accomplish his dreams. The things one had to go through to achieve ultimate and unquestioned domination. (In case you haven't guessed, if the dominators couldn't conquer, they'd destroy.
At the moment, he was overseeing the mobilization of the troops. He finally decided to drop into the meeting for a moment and listen to any new developments, if there were any. There probably weren't. After all he'd seen, he'd had to change his label of the Earth, harmless, very little. It was now mostly harmless.
Superman was astonished. It seemed like only moments ago they were eating prodigious amounts of food, and now they were training like men possessed. He, of course, was also training, taking full advantage of their strength. Goku had happily agreed to his proposal, and he was now lifting an incredibly large set of weights. More than he had in a LONG time. Very few people could keep up with his strength, and now that they were here he was pushing himself to his limit. Bulma watched through the window of the gravity chamber in the base on the planet they were using. She shook her head. It was very interesting to watch. With a happy sigh, content that they were enjoying themselves, she quickly took off. She had her own training session to get to.
In the tower, Bulma quickly zipped through, heading for the training room. Inside one, she watched as Eighteen encouraged Robin in his flight lesson. He seemed to be just barely hovering above the ground. Marron had also joined in, as an exampled she assumed, and was greatly enjoying her role in helping Robin. It was more progress than most people had made on the first day, she observed lightly. She quickly flew passed that room and into another, where she found the rest of the female Z Senshi as well as Hawk Girl, Wonder Woman, and a very large woman she hadn't seen before. Bulma looked at her in shock for a split second. She was incredibly tall, very strong, and yet still had the supermodel body. She shook her head. The women of this planet were insane.
"Hello" she said. They all turned to her.
"Bulma!" Chi Chi exclaimed "Did you see! Eighteen is TEACHING!" Videl exclaimed. Bulma nodded.
"I know!" she said "It's great!" "I guess Robin was persuasive" Punch stated. They nodded.
"Probably. Still, I wonder what teaching methods she's using" Chi Chi said "Heh, I hope she doesn't take him and drop him off a building" Punch mused "I think I'd be tempted. It'd be fly or die. At least, I'd let him think that" she grinned "What?" the large woman's eyes widened "What kind of people are these!" she asked "The strong kind" Hawk Girl replied "Now, what will the rules of our battle be?" Chi Chi asked "Three against three, last team with a member standing wins?" Hawk Girl offered "Sure! I guess your team is obvious. Let's see…who wants to fight?" she asked "I do!" Videl shouted "Alright, how about Teal?" she asked. Videl grinned at Teal, elbowing her "Umm, I guess" the woman replied sheepishly "And then" "You!" Bulma exclaimed. Before she could object, Bulma turned.
"Our team will be Chi Chi, Videl, and Teal" she said "Ooh, you're in for a treat" Wonder Woman said to the other woman "I've seen all three of them fight. Oh, and this is Big Barda" she said "Hi!" Chi Chi exclaimed. Barda nodded.
"Hello" Videl said politely "Hey" Teal waved slightly "Alright then, this three on three match will now commence. Ready? Fight!"
Goten, Trunks, and Goku zipped around the circular cafeteria, avoiding the grasping hands of Superboy, Beast Boy, Cyborg, Wonder Girl, Impulse, and Kid Flash. Gohan, M. Trunks, Starfire, and Raven watched in amusement, and Starfire in slight fear.
"Hey, why aren't you out there?" Gohan asked Starfire "Yeah, I thought you'd jump at the chance to play 'catch the chibi'" M. Trunks said. Starfire shook her head.
"I am afraid they may be hurt" She said. Gohan and Trunks shrugged.
"I doubt it, they're pretty strong" Gohan said. Trunks nodded. She shook her head.
"Yes, but so am I" "Hey, look! Kid Flash almost has em" Gohan said. Starfire's attention snapped to the chibis "Oh, do be careful!" she called. Goten ran up the wall and across the ceiling then out the door, Superboy close behind.
"Hey, let's go watch where they go!" Gohan said as the others followed Goten. Trunks nodded and Starfire agreed reluctantly. They followed the group as they ran into the training room, where the chibis began running around and leaving the ground briefly. Starfire watched as Goten flew up into the air, just out of Superboy's grasp, then suddenly turned back and fell into the middle of him in a flailing ball of fists. Superboy landed roughly, and Goten grinned mockingly.
"Oh, it's like THAT is it?" Superboy asked. Goten merely giggled and flew off, Superboy following close behind. Goten fended off Superboy's blows and ran into Trunks. Trunks turned and gave a sigh of relief, which quickly turned into a loss of breath as Goten's fist met his stomach and flew into the wall. Starfire gasped, but he quickly recovered and turned on both Goten and Superboy. And thus, it quickly turned into a free-for-all. Trunks hit Goku, Goku threw Cyborg, Cyborg chucked Beast Boy at Kid Flash, Kid Flash caught Impulse and Beast Boy in a tornado. Wonder Girl tossed Trunks. Gohan and M. Trunks grinned and joined the fray, followed by a Starfire whose goal was to help the chibis. Until they threw ki blasts at her. Then, she merely focused on toasting them with star bolts and eye beams. Raven sighed.
"You should-" Suddenly a ki blast flew at her. She dodged and raised an eyebrow as a grinning Goten giggled at her and tossed another one. She blocked it and shook her head.
"I'm not joining your, yah!" she ducked a Kamehameha, and then blocked a kick with her magic, using it to throw him into the wall, only to dodge a flying Goku. She sighed before mischievously picking him up and tossing him at Gohan. She knew there was no getting out of it now.
"He's doing it mama!" Marron exclaimed as Robin hovered several feet in the air.
"Try not to go to high" she said "I don't want you to fall on your head" "Okay" he said in wonder as he looked down at them with a grin. Which turned questioning.
"How do I move around?" he asked "Use your ki to move yourself, the same way you got into the air" she replied. Robin looked thoughtful, then focused. He slowly began to move. He grinned excitedly, and then his concentration faltered and he began to fall. He was quickly caught by the cape by Eighteen.
"How'd you?" "Practice" she said, setting him down "Let's take a break, we'll pick up tomorrow after breakfast" "Alright then" "Go take a nap" she said "You're exhausted" "Alright" he said "Hey, do you think you could teach me the ki sensing thing? And how to throw ki?" "Maybe" she said doubtfully "Though, I'd ask Goku, he has good ki control. I'll teach you the ki sensing though" "Thanks!" he exclaimed "I just wanna do a few quick exercises before my nap" he headed. Towards the training room and she shrugged before heading to the cafeteria. Maybe she'd get in some training later. She sensed someone in there now anyway. Marron floated along beside her.
Robin opened the door and saw an enormous brawl. He dodged a stray ki blast.
"Okay" he turned around and walked out. On another day he might be inclined to find out what's going on, and maybe join in. Now, he just wanted a nap. He could exercise later.
Batman and Piccolo sat in the control room. Well, Batman sat, Piccolo floated a few feet off the ground in meditation. Batman carefully checked over the various different processes in the watchtower. He was getting unusual readings from the training rooms, but he assumed it was merely their guests training. Had he checked, he may have been shocked for nearly two seconds before his seen-it-all identity kicked in. But he didn't, he wasn't, and it didn't. He sighed. Normally he thrived on silence, but right now he was seriously tempted to initiate conversation. At least this guest seemed mellow, so he may get a conversation without five-sentences per second, extreme boasting, growling stomachs, or various inserted hints about marrying people.
"So" he began "What exactly were you doing in the time stream?" he asked. There was silence, and he began to think Piccolo was in a trance. Then, the voice came to him.
"It's a long story, do you have time to listen without asking questions?" "I've heard plenty of long stories, and I never ask questions until the end" Batman replied. Piccolo floated to the ground and opened his eyes, and Batman turned his chair to face him.
"I'm going to use my telepathy to help tell the stories, don't be alarmed" he said simply. Batman nodded and closed his eyes, opening his mind. The pictures entered his head.
"It started with a visit from a large robot"
"So" Flash leaned against the wall of the training room as he watched Yamcha sparring with Tien. Green Lantern floated boredly in the air while J'onn J'onnz merely stood and watched.
"Man, I saw that coming a mile away!" Yamcha exclaimed. Tien growled in frustration as he easily blocked Yamcha's kick.
"Maybe if you weren't looking so far ahead, you'd think of something new" Tien replied. They suddenly stopped, and Krillin sighed. Seventeen watched with little interest.
"Man, we need someone new to spar with!" He said "Yeah, someone we haven't sparred with since we were teenagers" Yamcha agreed.
"Hey! We'll spar with ya!" Flash exclaimed. Green Lantern fell from the sky in surprise, and Martian Manhunter looked at him indistinguishably.
"Are you nuts! You know what they can do!" He yelled "Yeah, but not all of it" Flash replied "Besides, I'm bored!" "I believe if they restrain a portion of their power, it will be a fair match" J'onn said "I too am curious what they are capable of" "Well, we already hold back most of our power" Krillin said "A little more wouldn't hurt!" "Yeah, we'll fight you!" Yamcha exclaimed "Hey, there's one too many of us" Krillin said "I'll-" "I'll sit out!" Tien volunteered quickly "Okay then!" Yamcha agreed. Seventeen opened his mouth to protest, but was cut off by the start of the match.
"Begin!"
Eighteen walked the halls with little interest in her surroundings. Marron, however, looked at each thing as if she'd never seen anything so interesting in the world. They walked passed the control room, and Eighteen saw Piccolo and Batman inside, Piccolo talking to Batman. She passed by without stopping. They quickly approached a training room and Eighteen walked in without looking. She heard the door shut behind her and looked around in mild interest. It was a massive, free for all brawl. A green star bolt shot straight toward her, and she dodged it easily.
"Come, join us friend!" Starfire called gleefully.
"I don't think so" Eighteen replied, turning to leave. She saw Marron pointing excitedly through the window and turned. A black haired blur. Suddenly, she was being thrown and hurtled straight into Gohan, whom she knocked out of the air to land in a tangle of arms and legs on the floor. With a growl, she blasted him off of her and flew straight at whoever had thrown her, a grinning Superboy. She grabbed him in a spinning toss and threw him back in the direction Gohan had landed, then turned to block a punch. She was in it now, and she knew it. And strangely, she enjoyed it.
BM: Well, that's all for that
JJ: Oh COME ON!
BM: In the next chapter, we'll finish off the three on threes, do a couple more things, and then move the story along
JJ: Booyaka!
BM: Alright, later!