Well, hello folks and welcome once again to Mystic Saiyan! This marks one of the chapters that I'll have to really edit because you all don't want a bunch of fillers, do you? Hahahaha… So, I'll introduce, Chapter 21!

Disclaimer(Everyone should read this for current news!): Once again, because I believe the black-suit, nondescript, …baka lawyers are getting impatient, I will say once again and for the very LAST time that I do not own DBZ in any way, shape or form. I do however, own Sakidra, Alexis, Charakka, Sukara, Serena, Planet Kamorae, Kane, the Halorians and all associated with them, the Kalastrians and all associated with them, Kagari, Planet Takara, the Mystics, the Chaos and all associated with it, and everything else that I have made up in this story. If any of you for any reason want to borrow any of these nouns for your own story, especially the Mystic Saiyan thing, Ask Me First! I do not take well to plagiarism, especially if it is a completely cheap rip-off of my story or ideas! If you do decide to use an idea without my permission and I find out about it, I will immediately flame and discredit you in a review.

Sorry to those of you innocent readers who have no idea what this is about, but I have come across at least one story that has become a cheap rip-off of this one with a few plot changes… You can see why I'm pissed, right? Moonsayian, I'm not talking about you either, I already cleared that up…

Note: I will be writing in third person when it comes to Alexis and the others, but Sakidra's and Vegeta's point of view will be in first person. I'm just saying this to avoid confusion…

Mystic Saiyan-Ch21-The Week of Waiting-Part 1

Monday-Alexis and Others

Alexis was sitting on the edge of the lookout, watching the sunrise as the first day of Sakidra's and Vegeta's training began. He found staring at the sunrise to be a morning ritual of sorts, the silence of the early morning taking him into a peaceful tranquillity. This was a surprisingly welcome change from his usual pugnacious personality that called for fights everywhere he went. His peaceful silence was shattered, however, when he heard footsteps behind him.

Whether this specific person was trying to intentionally sneak up on him or not, his peace of the sunrise was broken. Soon enough, the figure revealed himself to be Goku by taking a seat by Alexis on the edge of the platform.

"Morning, Goku. I wasn't expecting you to be up this early." Alexis started quietly.

"Neither was I. I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep… So what are we going to do while Sakidra and Vegeta are in the chamber? Train?" Goku asked. Alexis heard the hopeful tone in his voice and shook his head.

"Do what you wish, but I'm not going to. I have no reason to; I can't get any stronger than I am now." He explained.

"What do you mean? Anyone can get stronger…" Goku replied, confused.

"You don't get it. Mystics are able to destroy complete civilizations simply by transforming. However, there is a downside to this. When Mystics are able to reach their final form, they cannot get any stronger. It's a bar as well as an even trade. I've already become as powerful as I'm going to get, energy-wise." Alexis explained. Goku sighed a little.

"You can transform too? You mean like I can transform into a Super Saiyan?" He asked.

"They're similar, but Mystic transformations are much more destructive. While we can transform, we only use it as a last resort. There are a total of three forms that a Mystic can take on, in addition to their natural selves." Alexis explained.

"What kind of transformations?" Goku asked with a newfound curiosity.

"Well, the first is a sort of dragon-hybrid form that take after the silver dragons that we help create. The second form is…well, the closest thing I could compare it to be is a phoenix. It's another hybrid form that centers around the Chaosfire that I think Sakidra has used once. The last is a complete dragon transformation. Much like Saiyans' transformations into their ape forms on the full moon. Except ours can come by will alone." Alexis said and stood. The sun was much higher in the sky than when they started talking.

"Considering that most everything has returned to normal since Cell's destruction, what do you want to do?" Alexis asked.

"I don't know. Go eat?" Goku asked, hopeful.

"Typical…" Alexis said, slapping his forehead.

That night, Alexis was standing in the exact same spot he had sat in that morning. After analyzing the anxious pit in his stomach, he determined that Kane was moving ever closer. Minutes later, he went inside the lookout, taking full advantage of the hospitality Dende had offered while waiting for Sakidra.

Monday--Sakidra and Vegeta


"You're going too slow! Have you completely forgotten everything I taught you the first time we were here?" I asked, phasing out of range of yet another one of his attacks. Vegeta seemed to considerably slow down since the last time we fought, probably because I wasn't holding back my speed anymore.

Watching Vegeta try to catch me reminded me of my brother's training so long ago. He went way too hard on me then, but now, I have no choice. If I don't go as hard on him as I possibly can, he'll never be ready in time for Kane's arrival.

After hitting the ground again, Vegeta jumped up and rushed me yet again. I easily dodged his straightforward attempt and teleported to some random area away from him. I could understand his frustration though. I let him get close to me and I just avoided every one of his attacks.

"You might want to go Super Saiyan sometime… You know, it's only a suggestion." I said sarcastically as I noticed that he was still in his natural form. He transformed and continued his nonexistent onslaught. After ten minutes of my pointed yawning and continuous dodging, he had an idea. I ducked under his jab, jumped over his sweep kick and turned it into a backward dive to the ground. The fight had turned into a game of tag as he followed my movements.

I bounced off my hands and jumped over him completely. I went in for a kick, but realized a second too late that he wasn't there anymore. I felt him behind me before his kick came at my back. I did a quick backflip and grabbed his shoulders, kicking with both feet into the small of his back and forcing him forward.

"Damn you, Sakidra!" He yelled before jumping up and rushing at me again. I pulled an Alexis and teleported behind him before he got to me and landed a roundhouse kick to his left side, knocking him sideways. He looked at me with an angry look in his eyes. I just returned his gaze with a stony expression of my own, not showing any emotion at all…

Tuesday—Alexis and Others

Alexis walked into the overly large dining room of Capsule Corp., their arranged meeting place and looked forward to breakfast.

"What's up all?" Alexis asked, taking the chair next to Goku and grabbing the solitary apple off his plate before Goku could bite into it.

"H-Hey! Give that back!" Goku yelled, trying to take it from Alexis. Alexis jumped out of the chair and took a large bite out of it, taunting Goku with it.

"And what, exactly, are you going to do about it?" He asked as he took the final bite out of the apple and threw the core away before sitting down again, waiting for the real breakfast.

"But that was the last one…" Goku whined.

"Oh, stop it. Now what are we going to do today?" Alexis asked.

"Let's go visit Chi-Chi! She's probably worried sick with all the wandering Goku has had to do lately." Krillin pointed out.

"Interesting point…" Goku said solemnly.

"What's wrong, Goku?" Alexis asked.

"I'm afraid of Chi-Chi's big scary frying pan…" He said. Alexis stood there, mouth agape; seconds later, he started laughing hysterically.

"What's so funny? She's really scary when she's mad." Krillin stood up for Goku. Alexis straightened, looking at the serious expressions spread throughout the table. That made it funnier.

"How can you…save…the world…only to be…brought to…fear your wife…with a frying pan?" Alexis asked between laughs, struggling to stop.

"I don't know." Goku said, scratching behind his head. "Needles do the same thing." Alexis exploded then.

"You've faced people that can kill you and you're afraid of needles?" Alexis asked.

"Well, let's get going then." Krillin said once they were finished eating. Alexis clapped Goku around the shoulders.

"Don't worry buddy. I'll save you…from a frying pan…" And with that, Alexis started laughing as he lifted off into the air again.

"What did I get myself into?" Goku asked himself before following suit.

Upon arrival, the group immediately heard a shrill voice.

"Goku!" And out came Chi-Chi with her trademark frying pan. Goku hid behind Alexis.

"Hide me, please." Goku said. Alexis hovered higher, revealing Goku to Chi-Chi…

Tuesday--Sakidra and Vegeta

"I swear, when I get out of this, I will kill you." Vegeta struggled to say as he was fighting to even stand within my own barrier.

I used a dimension of my creation to further Vegeta's training once I upped his agility a bit. Using this, I can set up my own parameters within the barrier I create so I can initially do whatever I wish. At the moment, Vegeta was struggling to stand under extremely intense gravity that I had placed. It was only about 20 times Kamorae gravity, but considering Kamorae has about 100 times the gravity of Earth, that would translate into levels that would kill any other inhabitant of Earth at 2000 times Earth gravity. Sorry for the math, but it is essential…

I had originally started with a time-stop which completely kept him from moving until he found the energy to break it. He did it surprisingly fast for a Saiyan and I just moved on to intense gravity. I started with his usual level of 500 times Earth gravity and increased from there.

I walked up to Vegeta's struggling form with a grace that I don't think he could master even in natural gravity.

"Oh, come on, Vegeta. I was constantly in three times this amount of gravity for my training at younger than half your age! This is only 20 times the gravity of Kamorae!"

"What does that translate to in Earth terms, or even Saiyan terms?" He growled out.

"Well, this is easily 40 times the gravity of the late planet Vegeta, and about 100 times the gravity of Earth… Come on, you're always the one in that gravity machine that Bulma made you! What's the highest setting on that?" I asked.

"The highest setting is 500 times Earth gravity…" He growled.

"Oh… So this is easily four times what you're used to, huh?" I asked smugly, kneeling in front of Vegeta's form. He was struggling, but he couldn't get past his knees. I started snickering.

"What's so damn funny!" He yelled, looking sharply with whatever movement he could get out of his head.

"What's funny? What's funny is that I taught you how to do this. Use that head of yours, Vegeta. This is my own dimension, shadows all around. Now what did I teach you how to do?" I asked, standing again and walking back to my former post. Sure, I hadn't taught him specifically how to do this, but I could only hope he had an imagination in that thick skull of his…

She taught me how to do this? Sure, she taught me the Chaos, but what does she want me to do? What the hell does she want? I heard Vegeta's thoughts on the subject.

"Use your head. I know you have a brain under all that muscle…" I told him.

He contemplated it for a few seconds before realizing what exactly I wanted. Soon enough, he used a bit of his own energy mixed with the Chaos to have an energy spark above him before creating a barrier around him. When it dissipated, he was standing upright, even though it looked like he would fall if a feather landed on him. Before I tested the idea, I got to my point.

"There you go. That's the easy way to get up if you fall down here. Try and walk." I said. He tried to lift up his leg, but it wouldn't come up and it looked as if he would trip and fall again. I lowered the gravity, knowing I was being too hard and decided to build him up for this. When it was at an even 1500 G's I looked to Vegeta, who easily noticed the drop.

"Okay. Run as fast as you can." I said and he started his slow-motion jog that could only be expected from a gravity level this high. As he ran and I increased the gravity until it was at its original point of 2000 G's, I thought of the only six months remaining in here…

Wednesday—Alexis

Alexis woke up the next morning to discover various knots and kinks in his neck and back. When he tried to straighten himself out, he found it extremely painful due to the awkward position he fell asleep in the previous night.

"What in the world?" He asked himself as he painfully stood up. He looked to see that he had collapsed on Goku's living room couch the night before, sleeping the entire night in an uncomfortable situation.

As he noticed the lack of activity in the Son household, he decided to take this time to visit Bulma, who has been too overloaded with lab work to keep up with the current events flying around. He landed near the front door to Capsule Corp. where one wide awake Bulma was cooking breakfast. Alexis knocked and waited for Bulma to answer.

When Bulma opened the door and saw Alexis, one could say that she was a bit surprised.

"Come on in, Alexis." She said as she motioned for him to enter. "Where's everyone else?" She asked.

"I woke up earlier than anyone else and my sis and Vegeta are still training. Would you happen to be cooking? I can smell it from here." Alexis pointed out as he took a seat in the kitchen.

"Yeah. It's turned into a habit for me to get up early and cook breakfast even if I'm not hungry. Do you want some? I made too much for just me. Usually Vegeta or Goku are here so they would eat it. Come to think of it, wouldn't you be training with Goku right now?" She said.

"There's no real point in it really. Goku would naturally find Piccolo or someone else, but I can't get any stronger than I am now, call it a Mystic limit. All we can wait for is Sakidra to finish with Vegeta, but I'm still a bit skeptical…" He broke off. He looked to Bulma to see a slightly confused expression.

"What do you mean, if you don't mind me asking?" She asked as she placed the food on the table and sat down, loading her own plate.

"Well, Saiyans were considered a very weak race by us for a very good reason; most of them were. Most of them had no control over their abilities whatsoever and were worse candidates for Chaos manipulation because they would all die if they tried. Somehow, Sakidra saw Vegeta's and Goku's potential and started teaching them the Chaos. They ended up excelling in it, don't ask me why. Probably because they're all Super Saiyans… Without their potential, we would have to flee here and draw Kane away before he got too close." Alexis finished.

"Oh." She replied. "I do have another question though. Do all Mystics have grudges against Saiyans for exiling them?" She asked. Alexis was a bit thrown off by the question, but answered.

"So you remember that little fact, hm? Well, not exactly. Most that were alive during that generation are either dead, very old, or were too young to understand it in the first place. Sakidra and I were the only of our age group to really get it because we were directly in line for the throne and were most affected by it." He explained.

"You both were? I don't understand." She said, puzzled.

"Oh. Before Serena's death, Sakidra was named for the throne, but she was too young to take it at that time; 15 was the minimum age. I took it first because I was of age. I had to rule while in the process of training Sakidra. I do have to tell you that not many people liked the idea of a "half-blood monkey" as they called her, taking the throne of the Mystics." Alexis answered.

"How could they say that?" Bulma asked, shocked.

"Quite easily. When Serena broke the news that they were leaving the Saiyan planet, you can understand that they all wondered why. When Serena explained the details of the exile, Mystics started hating the Saiyans outright, myself included. I just couldn't understand Sakidra's need to protect them. She may have been half-Saiyan, but she was raised as a Mystic." Alexis said, thinking of the distant past. After a while, he slid back and stood up.

"Thanks for Breakfast, but I must be going. Vegeta and Sakidra should be out of the chamber any time now. About another hour and they'll be out. See you later." He said, walking out the front door and flying to the Lookout where everyone else already was.

"Where've you been?" Goku asked as Alexis landed.

"I had to explain everything to Bulma. Sakidra and Vegeta should be out any time now. I'm going to wait here." Alexis explained and sat on the edge, soon to be joined by Goku.

"I have a small question myself. Why do you need Vegeta to do this? Can't you two beat him alone? We could all help. We won't be left out of the fight to begin with." Goku pointed out.

"Well, the last time we tried to fuse against him, it didn't work at all. We were close to killed. It's what got her here, inches from death in the first place. We had to separate and she told me to run. She didn't give me a choice and she continued to fight him.

"Eventually, she realized that any longer in that fight and she would die, so she entered her pod, originally going for Takara. Apparently, Kane realized this and knocked her way off course in the hopes that she would die stranded somewhere. That's when she ended up here inches from death only to be found by her brother and a Namekian…" Alexis explained. He focused his energy, tempted by the sudden silence and found that Kane was on the move again.

"Damn. He's closer than I first thought. He'll be here in about three days now." Alexis said to himself. Goku glanced at him.

"One more question. Why can't I sense Kane? It seems that you're able to sense him easily. If he has as much energy as you say, I should be able to sense him if he's in this system. Why can't I?" He asked.

"It's because he's not Human, nor any typical being in this universe." A voice said from behind them.

"Huh?"

"What the—Saki?" Alexis asked, turning to see My smug face, right next to Vegeta.

"Hey Vegeta!" Goku greeted, looking at Vegeta and sensing for any changes.

"Vegeta? Mind explaining why I can't sense your power level at all? And what do you mean, he's not normal?" He asked.

"That's what I meant. Kane's a Halorian, practically invisible to ki sensors. They technically have no energy at all, but that doesn't make them any less dangerous. A Halorian's power is basically manipulating your own emotions to work against you. He's the last of a dead race, but as bloodthirsty as he is, this isn't the general description of their race." I started.

"What do you mean?" Goku asked.

"Well, the Halorians used this ability of theirs to settle conflicts. They were the mediators of the universe and most potential wars were avoided thanks to them. They allowed warring planets and civilizations to come to a compromise because of their easy ability to see what others want. They were often trusted because they were a third party and neutral. Kane is a whole different story. He has honed his abilities to manipulate emotions rather than just see them." I explained.

"Most of the time, the only way to sense a Halorian is mostly not a sense, but a sort of feeling in your gut. Like if ki sensing is your sixth sense, this feeling would be a seventh sense…" Alexis finished.

"Oh…" Goku said, not understanding a word of it. Vegeta dragged him off to spar somewhere on the platform.

"So, what happened in there?" Alexis asked, turning to me once we were alone.

"I had to raise his Vitality and stamina if he had any hopes of keeping up with the fusion. We did a test and he seemed to handle it okay. I just hope he can keep up with the real thing." I said, sensing for Kane again. The feeling I got told me he was on the move again.

"I guess you're right about Kane though. He will be here soon." I said, vaguely watching Vegeta smirking as he kicked Goku into the ground once.

"So what are we going to do for the rest of the week?" Krillin asked, walking up to us and sitting down.

"Well, Vegeta will have to keep training, but Goku's sparring matches should be enough to keep up his skills. Alexis and I will have to put some finishing touches on a plan and go into action when Kane decides to arrive." I explained.

"Interesting, I can't sense either of your power levels…" Krillin said.

"Well, it's kind of a habit. Most of our fights involved being hidden. If any of us were to reveal our location, we'd be pummeled…" I told him.

"Oh." Krillin said before walking off to be with his now-girlfriend.

"You know, we might actually need Goku for this. He's the only one strong enough to hold Kane off for the time we need to prepare the fusion." Alexis pointed out.

"I knew that. Did you just figure that out? We can't just go in there and fuse, we need time to get ready. Kane would annihilate us if we went in there without a vanguard." I said.

"True… But is Goku ready for this? Can he handle Kane for as long as we need?" He asked, obviously skeptical.

"That depends on how much time we need and how much time it takes for Vegeta to prepare. I do understand your point though." I said, looking to the ongoing fight between Goku and Vegeta that is likely to continue on into the night…

:.EoC.:

So, how'd you like that? My list-day format so you don't have to sit through seven super-short chapters of fillers with no point… I'd like feedback on this chapter if you'd be willing to give it.

As for the future, I have five stories lined up for posting after this one is finished. Don't expect them for a long time coming, but it would still be nice to know what you guys think. The summaries are in my profile. If you could look there and give me your preference as to what story you'd like to see next, it would be greatly appreciated, Please? Thanks!

Now for the Preview: As Sakidra has her own opinions as to Kane's reasoning behind his hunt for power, Vegeta asks for a final spar, discussions over fusions are held, and there's a big deal over a few songs. There's Karaoke contests, dragon transformations, and "How childish, Alexis. And you're supposed to be the older brother." Well, till next time!