DragonBall Z and Superman: Vegeta's Mistake

Written by: Nathan Merrill

Please READ AND REVIEW! I won't know what I'm doing wrong and what I'm doing right if you don't.

Inspired by: Paige Darke

Chapter One

Clark Kent sat at his desk like he always did on Tuesday. Looking through papers and shuffling them about like they were of some importance. But what Clark didn't let anyone else realize is that he was waiting for a "Hot Tip" to come in over the phone. What he always did was have his Dad and Mom call in when they heard something over their shortwave radio about anything overseas. And today seemed like they wouldn't hear a single thing, but as soon as he turned around to place his blank papers back into his desk, the phone rang.

"Clark, this is your mother," said the hurriedly voice on the other end.

"What is it, mother?" Clark didn't like her theatrics.

"There have been several explosions near a plant in Tokyo, and there also seems to be two people responsible." She sounded a little bit like she was worried.

"What's the matter, Mom? Is everything all right?" Clark was starting to get worried.

"Well it's just that these men, well, they were flying Clark. And the explosions are from some sort

of energy they are releasing from their hands." Martha wasn't going to be calm today.

"Son, just make sure that you are careful. These people mean business and I don't need to be taking care of your battle wounds when I got farm work to do." Good old Dad, always in for a laugh.

"I'll be careful you guys, but give the Justice League a call and tell them I'm handling this one personally. The number is in the safe. I figured you guys would need the number some day." Clark also put the number there in case there was an emergency, and both his parents needed to be relocated.

"Clark, your usual call is taking way too long," said a female voice from behind him, "And a little bit too emotional if I read your face right."

It was Lois Lane, the best field reporter the Daily Planet had to offer. And she was sniffing pretty close to Clark today.

"Well thank you sir, and I will get right on that. Did you say 7th and Bleaker? Well, thanks again. Bye." Clark's parents knew that meant get off the phone so they hung up.

"And why do you say that, Lois?" Clark gave her a joyful yet menacing stare. "I mean after all, there is no way I could upstage a wonderful reporter like you." Clark prepared to get hit by something.

Lois and Clark had been at odds for quite a while since he turned down her proposal for marriage 3 years ago and they have grown very far apart relationship-wise. But Clark still loved her, and she still kept his secret that he was still Superman.

"I suppose that I'm not gonna be able to steal this story from you, am I, Lois?" Clark winked and gave a general head nod to a Superman poster on the office wall.

"Well, I suppose Clark, as long as you keep your eyes sharp, and stay out of trouble, I could let you keep it." She looked at him, smiled, and then wrote down on a piece of paper: TAKE CARE TIGER.

Clark got up and made a mad dash for the elevator, almost forgetting his briefcase that held his cape and extra clothes. Then Clark stopped the elevator in mid-floor transit, and changed his clothes in blur. He then put the suitcase full of his clothes on top of the elevator, flew up the elevator shaft, breaking the venting for the 28th time this month, and then started to head for Tokyo.

"Why is it that whenever there is a lull in crime in the city, I always have to turn in my frequent flyer miles for somewhere else?" Clark chuckled, as he realized he had picked up Flash's sense of humor.

Meanwhile in Tokyo, an image of a man flying up high in a blue spandex outfit with black hair was literally fighting with another man who also had black hair and almost the exact same outfit but it was darker blue, but this one had an M tattooed to his forehead. The man in the lighter blue spandex was Vegeta. An alien from another planet called Planet Vegeta. He was named after his father, and their race was called the Saiyans. Before this impostor showed up Vegeta was the Prince of all the Saiyans, and one of the last of their pure blooded race. The other was another low-ranking Saiyan, in his mind anyways, Kakarot. Kakarot was sent to earth to wipe out the humans, but bumped his head and became what Vegeta considered soft. The earthlings called him Goku, but Vegeta still preferred to call him by his Saiyan name.

Up till now, Vegeta was surpassed by Kakarot in every way. Goku achieved the transformation that Vegeta was raised to believe was his noble birthright, becoming a Super Saiyan. He had beaten Vegeta when he surpassed that and became an Ascended Saiyan, and even surpassed him again by becoming what Kakarot called Super Saiyan 3. But Vegeta had learned to accept all of this. After all, if it weren't for Vegeta, the earth would have never been wished back by the Dragon that came from the Dragonballs on New Namek. But now Vegeta was faced with an even bigger problem than Kakarot, or any of the foes that Vegeta and Kakarot had faced. This was a robotic twin of Vegeta, based on when Vegeta faced Goku, under the spell of the wizard Babidi. And this twin was beating Vegeta in every way he could possibly think.

"So Vegeta, do you really think that now you will have a chance at beating me?" the android sneered. It seemed to have Vegeta's attitude as well.

"You have yet to see my awesome power, you tin metal freak." Vegeta's anger was rising.

"Well then, Vegeta, why don't you come out with it? Show me this newfound awesome power you have." This android knew exactly how to make him mad. And it was working.

Vegeta stopped to think and try to concentrate on what Kakarot had said before he had died from the android's ruthless attack on all of the other Z Fighters.

"Vegeta, you are Earth's last hope! The earth and every other planet are counting on you. You can ascend past what you are. All you got to do is use the pain of loss. Imagine how you felt when you saw that android kill Trunks and Bulma." Goku knew how to ascend; now it was up to Vegeta to learn how.

"You can't even fathom the amount of my awesome power, Vegeta, and soon it will be your downfall," The android even seemed to have Vegeta's cockiness. It was starting to get on his nerves.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? THIS FREAK KNOWS ALL MY MOVES AND NOT TO MENTION HE HAS ALL OF MY POWERS AS WELL. HELL HE EVEN HAS MY ATTITUDE. I NEED TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING. Vegeta thought to himself.

"You want to see my power, android? Then let's see yours first. I want you at full power before I destroy you and turn you into a toaster!" Vegeta was trying to play on the android's cockiness.

"Ah, the great Vegeta wishes to view his death before he powers up?" The android straightened his body. "Well, then I guess I shouldn't keep him waiting."

The android's face turned serious and then let out a loud yell. The field of energy surrounding him started to grow in intensity and dance like a growing fire in place. The amount of energy felt by Vegeta increased dramatically. The android squatted in mid air as if he were trying to harness an enormous strength, one that he couldn't pull up on his own. And then all of a sudden a big flash and the energy field around the android grew 5 feet out from his body and shot up 4 feet above him. The cry he let out was loud and intense, as if he were in severe pain. His muscles grew double in size, and the energy that Vegeta felt from the android was like nothing he had felt before.

At his current state Vegeta's energy matched up to him like taking a 12 inch ruler and putting it up against a 9 foot pole. For a second Vegeta felt very small in the world, as if he were the mouse and the android was the lion. But Vegeta soon regained his grasp on reality and laughed at the android.

"Is that all you can muster, android? I think you have severely outsold yourself. Kakarot's kid has more power than that and he is only 17." Vegeta was trying desperately to seem calm. But the sweat from his brow wasn't helping.

"Vegeta, dear, dear Vegeta, Haven't you learned anything from any of your battles?" The android grinned in sheer delight. He could see the sweat on Vegeta's brow. And knew he had the battle well in hand.

"Any type of power you have, you never fully reveal to your opponent. Of course I'm showing just the energy that I'm capable of. But not my skills and not my strength," Vegeta knew he was right.

All of a sudden like a quick sting in the head Vegeta noticed another kind of energy in the near vicinity, and coming up fast. Was this another android? Had Dr. Gero hidden another android like the one he faced now? But it couldn't be, the energy he sensed wasn't like any Android, or Human, or Saiyans energy for that matter. It was totally different, totally alien.