Chapter Two
AN: Well, from the number of reviews I've gotten it looks like I'll be continuing this fic. However, I must warn you that my fics go in this priority for now: Ancient History, One Last Chance, and then From Times Long Past. I do like this fic but I'm not sure what to do with it, as there is no way the scouts can logically become as powerful as the Saiyans, but I don't want to weaken the Saiyans or have the scouts just fall into the background. Any ideas you guys come up with would be appreciated.
Vegeta looks over at Goku starting to calm down a little. "Shenron?"
"Sure!" Goku says enthusiastically. After purifying the dragonballs, Shenron and me have a special link. While he will never grant wishes to people again, I had such a big part in cleansing him that a tiny part of his essence seeped into me. Not enough for any big power-up or anything, but just enough where I can still get two wishes a year.
After hearing this, Vegeta calms down enough where the tiny bolts of lightning stop flaring. "Alright. Let's get out of here, then the first thing you are going to do is talk to Shenron."
Nodding in agreement, Goku grabs Vegeta's shoulder and places two fingers to his forehead. He starts to concentrate, but cannot seem to find any of his friends.
He starts to tell Vegeta, but before he can the doctor whispers to Mrs. Tsukino. "Those kids are not normal miss. Did you see that electricity? I'm going to have to sedate them and turn them over to the proper authorities. Step back, I don't want you in the way of the needle."
At the word needle, Goku looses all control and freaks out. He instantly runs out of the building… through the nearest wall. Vegeta follows with a look of annoyance on his face, but cannot help but smirk at Goku's fear.
Mrs. Tsukino and the doctor watch in shock. The only traces left of the boys is the tiny tail hairs on the bed.
As Goku runs down the street in his hospital gown he receives many stares from the people around him. Not the least of which are the ones he receives from two negaverse generals sent by Beryl to scout out the planet before she arrives.
"Jadeite, the queen will need to prepare for this. It appears that there is a Saiyan here!" A man in black says.
"Yes, I agree. I assume you will distract them while we take over once Beryl arrives after she's finished with the Centurion galaxy?" Jadeite says.
"That won't be for a few more years, but something is definitely up. The Saiyan left this universe long ago. So long we thought they were nothing more than legend. If they are as powerful as the ancient histories say…" The man trails off.
"But how could something, anything, be that powerful?" Jadeite asks.
"If you knew what they were, the reason why they were so powerful would be no surprise to you. Hopefully the tales are merely exaggerations. I have access to records that you've never even dreamed of, but even in those the Saiyan merely played a sideline role, never anything direct. Only the queen would be able to access records verifying anything definite. Saiyan are classified after all." The man replies.
"I still don't understand why you don't take control. You are far more powerful than she." Jadeite says.
"I have various reasons, the least of which being that as a subordinate, I am confided in by my fellows. We all have many secrets we hide from the queen. Don't we Jadeite? I'm sure you understand that the one in charge needs to know everything don't you?" Jadeite pales at the man's hints.
"Besides, I don't like the hassle. I prefer to maneuver her into doing what I want and letting her handle all the problems. Haven't you noticed that I always do exactly what I want? I'll take over once the universe has been put under control. Let her deal with the uprisings and revolutions. Once things settle down, I'll be in power soon enough." Jadeite nods thoughtfully seeing the wisdom in the man's methods. Unfortunately for them, they are so engrossed in their conversation that they don't notice another Saiyan walk by. A fact that will change their planned future.
Back with our two favorite Saiyans, Vegeta is no longer amused at Goku's fear. "Quit running around you fool! You left the needle behind long ago. I'm sick of following you around like an idiot."
Once Goku realizes that Vegeta is right, he stops, blinks, and scratches his head while performing the Son grin. "Heh, sorry Vegeta, I didn't notice how far I went."
Rolling his eyes the Prince of all Saiyans once again cannot believe that his fellow Saiyan and best friend (though he'd never admit that aloud) is such an idiot. "Whatever Kakarott, just call the damn dragon or whatever it is you do. Get us home and back to our proper ages. But whatever you do make sure that I keep my tail! You can get rid of yours if you want. I'd personally prefer not to have to go SSJ4 to get it back. And since I'll have my tail "naturally" and not from that damn machine, once I go SSJ4 again, I won't need that damn ray.1
Goku simply shrugs and concentrates on the remnants of Shenlong's energy in his body.
At the Time Gates
Pluto is desperately trying to find out where the two came from, but she can't even get a fix on their location. Every time she gets close, when the image is just starting to clear, it wavers, then flickers and goes out. Whoever brought them here is desperately trying to hide them and thus, keep them here. And they're getting better at hiding them with each attempt she makes to find them. She is just about to give up and just scan the planet manually and so hope to catch them indirectly, when the gates go crazy. Something is coming through, and it's breaking the gates to do it.
On Earth with Vegeta and Kakarott
Goku is physically straining, when he just gives out all of a sudden. "I can't do it." Goku says.
"What?!" Vegeta yells.
"I don't know what's wrong Vegeta. It's like there's a barrier. I almost got through, but then it got more power all of a sudden from somewhere. I'll have to try again later. Only problem is, even though he didn't get to us he was still summoned from his domain, so I'll have to wait a year." Goku says.
"WHAT?!" Vegeta roars.
1 I know most of you are probably saying "huh"? But here's how I see it. On the episode where Vegeta first went SSJ4, Bulma used the ray on him. So people say that he needs it to go SSJ4. But, what most people don't think about is the fact that the machine grew his tail back, made him go oozaru without the moon, then the machine turned off. Then since he wasn't used to controlling the oozaru form's rage anymore, he went crazy and knocked the machine on Hercule. He went ogun oozaru (Golden Ape or Golden Monkey not sure which) and then SSJ4 on his own without the ray. Now we know from an episode of DragonBall when Goku was in the tournament fighting some wannabe gangsta bird guy (I believe it was him anyway) that they are a lot stronger with their tails. Goku said, and I quote "I feel twice as strong when I have my tail." (Either that or "I feel twice as strong with my tail." Which is the same thing anyway.) He had been wrapped with some kind of pink gooey Majin Buu like substance and couldn't break it, when his tail suddenly grew back and he all of a sudden had the strength to break free, causing his opponent to surrender. Therefore, I believe that with his tail back, Vegeta is powerful enough to go SSJ4 on his own, and that's how it will stand in my fics. If you disagree, you can always e-mail me at LunasMeow yahoo .com (without the saces of course but won't use hyperlinks) and we can debate it. If you prove me wrong I'll admit it and just chalk his extra power up to the alternate universe deal that we use so often. But for now, I haven't been proven wrong by anyone, so here it stands. Also I put naturally in quotes because the way he got his tails isn't natural, but his body doesn't know that.