AN: Hello everyone! Sorry for the wait. The computers are still on the
fritz so I have to type a little at a time. That's also why the chapter is
so short. I think you'd rather have a short chapter than wait for another
two or three weeks. (I hate it when the computer guys here try to update
things. Everything was fine before they started messing with things.) Oh,
and does anyone know how to get Microsoft Word to show the bold when it's
uploaded to ff.net? It will help if someone can let me know.
Arthain: I know the bit about ki was obvious, but I've seen several fanfic authors have to explain that to people for some reason (newbies I guess) so I thought it would be better to just put it in there instead of having to deal with several people asking me an obvious question.
Others who reviewed: I only mention people who had specific questions that I didn't answer via e-mail, seeing as I have only a few chances to type before the computer acts up. If I didn't answer you please e-mail me again as a lot of my mail was deleted by a glitch on aol... But thanks everyone for your reviews!
Narrator's POV
For the first day everyone is asleep thanks to the sleeping gas that is automatically released once launch is initiated. On the second day, they awake. After their initial grogginess, the team begins to question Gohan.
Bardock is the first to speak. "So Gohan. What is our objective?"
It takes a minute for Gohan to answer since he isn't used to the gas yet and so he's still groggy unlike everyone else. "Purge. Velcomm is supposed to try and launch an attack against Corman-sei. The king has just created an alliance with them. They are to give us technology for protection. We are to destroy each and every Velconian on the planet. Then we are to retrieve their information from the computers and take it back to Vegeta-sei, so that others can eliminate any Velconians currently in space.
Bardock lifts his eyebrows in surprise. "A purge eh? The rarest and most dangerous type of mission. (Remember, Frieza hasn't taken over yet. They don't just go around purging people for no reason. That also means that since they haven't been fighting all over the universe, they aren't as strong as they were during the Bardock special. That's why I said that everyone was over 500 and not 750 or 1000.) Why would the king have assigned this particular mission to us?"
Gohan chuckles to himself. "He wants to see my potential. We sparred but sparring isn't the same as a real situation. Normally he would put me in the easiest first and work his way up seeing that I wasn't raised by Saiyans, but purging missions come up rarely so he figured that it would be best for me to do it now instead of waiting a few years."
"So Gohan. You said you were leaving me in charge regardless of you class. Therefore I'm going to need to know what type skills you have." Bardock says.
Nodding Gohan begins to tell them what he can do. "I have several abilities. I'm telepathic and telekinetic, I'm a skilled scout and/or messenger, I can read minds (like Goku did to Krillen on Namek with the hand on the head), and I have the ability to sense power-levels without a scouter. I have to use a scouter for a while though until I can put numbers to what I'm sensing. Otherwise I'll just be able to say this person is three times stronger than that person, or this person is stronger or weaker than the other person. An actual number however, would be much more useful. I'm also excellent with technology. My best use however is as a warrior."
Bardock raises his eyebrow in surprise at the amount of abilities Gohan has but does not revel his surprise to the other. (Remember, they are in separate pods and even though they are close, a commander should never show surprise otherwise his soldiers might panic. While they obviously wouldn't panic in this situation, it is automatic to him to hide emotions like that by now.) "Alright. When we land Gohan and Vasha are to take the sun side of the planet, and Torna will take the moon side with me. Remember, we want their technology as well as the knowledge of who their contact was. Their technology is not sufficient to come up with a biological weapon capable of damaging us. They must've gotten it from someone else. Be prepared for artificial ki beams from the major cities. Also, there is one formidable warrior on the planet. He has a power-level of 15,000. They said you are 20,000 so you will be handling him Gohan. Vasha, once Gohan intercepts the warrior, I want you to stand back and let him fight. The only aid you are to give is to keep the weaklings off his back so he can't be distracted. Understood everyone?" Everyone gives their consent and they brace themselves for impact.
Moments after they land. The attack begins. As agreed, Gohan and Vasha form one team, while Bardock and Torna form the other. The Velconians are blue, covered with scales and have a football shaped head. (Picture a blue and scaly Pui-Pui. He's the guy Vegeta fried in Babidi's ship.)
Wave after wave of Velconians attack the Saiyans. But with an average power-level of 250, they aren't much of a threat. Suddenly all of the scouters go off. Speaking through their scouters, Bardock yells instructions to Gohan. "It's him! Go now!"
Gohan doesn't bother to reply. He zooms off to the power he senses ignoring anyone in his way. Those who refuse to move are killed by his raging aura. Bardock and Torna have finished the much less populated moon side of the planet, and head towards Vasha and Gohan to help keep the weaker Velconians from interrupting the fight Gohan will soon enter.
Gohan is flying over the city when the ground erupts from under him. This Velconian is much larger than the others, and tops Gohan by a head. Immediately Gohan punches him in the stomach, only to be kick away like he was nothing. 'I'm an idiot, I forgot to power up a little. Damn! That just lost me the first attack.' Gohan thinks to himself. Powering up to 20,000 Gohan rushes in the Velconian throws out a fist. Gohan grabs his arm, swings behind him and uses his other arm to place him in a chokehold. "Why do you want to kill the Saiyans!" he screams in universal. He Velconian curses Gohan and powers up, breaking free of the hold Gohan had on him.
'Damn. Guess they were wrong. He's around 35,000. As Torna and Vasha take out the last Velconian they look towards Gohan silently wondering if they should use the moon technique that Bardock created not long ago. Gohan shakes his head violently. 'They may not like me yet but they'll still back me up against anything not Saiyan. Hmph. Saiyan to the end.' The Velconian takes advantage of this distraction to slam Gohan into the ground a few times. Gohan gets up angry. His face twisted into a mask of rage, he powers up to 40,000. As the numbers on the others scouters start to rise rapidly, the others all look on in awe, all thinking the same question. 'Just how strong is this guy?'
Reaching 40,000, Gohan stops powering up. He doesn't want to reveal his true power just yet. At least, not to anyone but Bardock. Besides, he'll have to upgrade their scouters if he wants them to be able to go past that without exploding. (AN: Back to the fight...) At 40,000 the freaks punches are ridiculously easy to dodge. It seems that he relies more on strength and speed than skill. Too bad Gohan's faster and stronger. Grabbing him by the leg, Gohan swings him around a few times before releasing him in the direction on a few mountains. Gohan then zanzoukens in front of the freak and hits him with an uppercut to give him some altitude.
Bardock's POV
'What is he? I can barely see him!? Could he be a... Super Saiyan? Wha- ? Where'd he go? Wha-? How'd get in front of him that fast!? Just bang an uppercut, then bang a two handed fist in the back!'
Gohan's POV
After slamming him into the ground, I finish him with my trademark attack. "Masenko... ha!"
It's much weaker than I'm used to using, but it'll finish the job.
Narrator's POV
After a large explosion, the Velconian is dead. The Saiyans aren't used to explosions this powerful so the winds knock them back before they plant their feet. After the explosion Bardock has a look of shock on his face. "Kami Gohan! They said you were 20,000 where'd 40 come from!?
Gohan blushes and does a Son Grin. Well... I, uh, kinda, held back when they tested me.
Vasha immediately looks at him with renewed suspicion. "Why would you do that? It's well known that we need strong warriors. The king may consider it a secret, but everyone knows that thing with him and Frieza aren't going well. It's either war or he gives in."
Gohan is even more embarrassed by the answer he is about to give. "Well, to be honest, there are sluts in every race, even ours. I didn't want them to be all over me because of my power. I don't want to be used for status."
Torna is quick to laugh. "An elite who doesn't want to be bothered by the women! Never thought any elite would be any good though. I still can't believe it."
Gohan simply blushes at Torna's comment. "Well, I guess I'm not like the rest of them. If I find a mate, it will be the mate for me. I don't intend to go through several women before finding my life mate."
Bardock looks at Gohan in surprise. "You actually want to find your life mate? Most don't. The just can't help it when they do... Alright. We could probably convince him to keep it a secret... But he has to know."
Gohan nods in understanding. "I know."
Bardock quickly changes the subject. "Well, our job is done. I got the information we needed while you were clearing out the regular Velconians. Lets go home." They all head to their pods, and blast off for Vegeta-sei.
Arthain: I know the bit about ki was obvious, but I've seen several fanfic authors have to explain that to people for some reason (newbies I guess) so I thought it would be better to just put it in there instead of having to deal with several people asking me an obvious question.
Others who reviewed: I only mention people who had specific questions that I didn't answer via e-mail, seeing as I have only a few chances to type before the computer acts up. If I didn't answer you please e-mail me again as a lot of my mail was deleted by a glitch on aol... But thanks everyone for your reviews!
Narrator's POV
For the first day everyone is asleep thanks to the sleeping gas that is automatically released once launch is initiated. On the second day, they awake. After their initial grogginess, the team begins to question Gohan.
Bardock is the first to speak. "So Gohan. What is our objective?"
It takes a minute for Gohan to answer since he isn't used to the gas yet and so he's still groggy unlike everyone else. "Purge. Velcomm is supposed to try and launch an attack against Corman-sei. The king has just created an alliance with them. They are to give us technology for protection. We are to destroy each and every Velconian on the planet. Then we are to retrieve their information from the computers and take it back to Vegeta-sei, so that others can eliminate any Velconians currently in space.
Bardock lifts his eyebrows in surprise. "A purge eh? The rarest and most dangerous type of mission. (Remember, Frieza hasn't taken over yet. They don't just go around purging people for no reason. That also means that since they haven't been fighting all over the universe, they aren't as strong as they were during the Bardock special. That's why I said that everyone was over 500 and not 750 or 1000.) Why would the king have assigned this particular mission to us?"
Gohan chuckles to himself. "He wants to see my potential. We sparred but sparring isn't the same as a real situation. Normally he would put me in the easiest first and work his way up seeing that I wasn't raised by Saiyans, but purging missions come up rarely so he figured that it would be best for me to do it now instead of waiting a few years."
"So Gohan. You said you were leaving me in charge regardless of you class. Therefore I'm going to need to know what type skills you have." Bardock says.
Nodding Gohan begins to tell them what he can do. "I have several abilities. I'm telepathic and telekinetic, I'm a skilled scout and/or messenger, I can read minds (like Goku did to Krillen on Namek with the hand on the head), and I have the ability to sense power-levels without a scouter. I have to use a scouter for a while though until I can put numbers to what I'm sensing. Otherwise I'll just be able to say this person is three times stronger than that person, or this person is stronger or weaker than the other person. An actual number however, would be much more useful. I'm also excellent with technology. My best use however is as a warrior."
Bardock raises his eyebrow in surprise at the amount of abilities Gohan has but does not revel his surprise to the other. (Remember, they are in separate pods and even though they are close, a commander should never show surprise otherwise his soldiers might panic. While they obviously wouldn't panic in this situation, it is automatic to him to hide emotions like that by now.) "Alright. When we land Gohan and Vasha are to take the sun side of the planet, and Torna will take the moon side with me. Remember, we want their technology as well as the knowledge of who their contact was. Their technology is not sufficient to come up with a biological weapon capable of damaging us. They must've gotten it from someone else. Be prepared for artificial ki beams from the major cities. Also, there is one formidable warrior on the planet. He has a power-level of 15,000. They said you are 20,000 so you will be handling him Gohan. Vasha, once Gohan intercepts the warrior, I want you to stand back and let him fight. The only aid you are to give is to keep the weaklings off his back so he can't be distracted. Understood everyone?" Everyone gives their consent and they brace themselves for impact.
Moments after they land. The attack begins. As agreed, Gohan and Vasha form one team, while Bardock and Torna form the other. The Velconians are blue, covered with scales and have a football shaped head. (Picture a blue and scaly Pui-Pui. He's the guy Vegeta fried in Babidi's ship.)
Wave after wave of Velconians attack the Saiyans. But with an average power-level of 250, they aren't much of a threat. Suddenly all of the scouters go off. Speaking through their scouters, Bardock yells instructions to Gohan. "It's him! Go now!"
Gohan doesn't bother to reply. He zooms off to the power he senses ignoring anyone in his way. Those who refuse to move are killed by his raging aura. Bardock and Torna have finished the much less populated moon side of the planet, and head towards Vasha and Gohan to help keep the weaker Velconians from interrupting the fight Gohan will soon enter.
Gohan is flying over the city when the ground erupts from under him. This Velconian is much larger than the others, and tops Gohan by a head. Immediately Gohan punches him in the stomach, only to be kick away like he was nothing. 'I'm an idiot, I forgot to power up a little. Damn! That just lost me the first attack.' Gohan thinks to himself. Powering up to 20,000 Gohan rushes in the Velconian throws out a fist. Gohan grabs his arm, swings behind him and uses his other arm to place him in a chokehold. "Why do you want to kill the Saiyans!" he screams in universal. He Velconian curses Gohan and powers up, breaking free of the hold Gohan had on him.
'Damn. Guess they were wrong. He's around 35,000. As Torna and Vasha take out the last Velconian they look towards Gohan silently wondering if they should use the moon technique that Bardock created not long ago. Gohan shakes his head violently. 'They may not like me yet but they'll still back me up against anything not Saiyan. Hmph. Saiyan to the end.' The Velconian takes advantage of this distraction to slam Gohan into the ground a few times. Gohan gets up angry. His face twisted into a mask of rage, he powers up to 40,000. As the numbers on the others scouters start to rise rapidly, the others all look on in awe, all thinking the same question. 'Just how strong is this guy?'
Reaching 40,000, Gohan stops powering up. He doesn't want to reveal his true power just yet. At least, not to anyone but Bardock. Besides, he'll have to upgrade their scouters if he wants them to be able to go past that without exploding. (AN: Back to the fight...) At 40,000 the freaks punches are ridiculously easy to dodge. It seems that he relies more on strength and speed than skill. Too bad Gohan's faster and stronger. Grabbing him by the leg, Gohan swings him around a few times before releasing him in the direction on a few mountains. Gohan then zanzoukens in front of the freak and hits him with an uppercut to give him some altitude.
Bardock's POV
'What is he? I can barely see him!? Could he be a... Super Saiyan? Wha- ? Where'd he go? Wha-? How'd get in front of him that fast!? Just bang an uppercut, then bang a two handed fist in the back!'
Gohan's POV
After slamming him into the ground, I finish him with my trademark attack. "Masenko... ha!"
It's much weaker than I'm used to using, but it'll finish the job.
Narrator's POV
After a large explosion, the Velconian is dead. The Saiyans aren't used to explosions this powerful so the winds knock them back before they plant their feet. After the explosion Bardock has a look of shock on his face. "Kami Gohan! They said you were 20,000 where'd 40 come from!?
Gohan blushes and does a Son Grin. Well... I, uh, kinda, held back when they tested me.
Vasha immediately looks at him with renewed suspicion. "Why would you do that? It's well known that we need strong warriors. The king may consider it a secret, but everyone knows that thing with him and Frieza aren't going well. It's either war or he gives in."
Gohan is even more embarrassed by the answer he is about to give. "Well, to be honest, there are sluts in every race, even ours. I didn't want them to be all over me because of my power. I don't want to be used for status."
Torna is quick to laugh. "An elite who doesn't want to be bothered by the women! Never thought any elite would be any good though. I still can't believe it."
Gohan simply blushes at Torna's comment. "Well, I guess I'm not like the rest of them. If I find a mate, it will be the mate for me. I don't intend to go through several women before finding my life mate."
Bardock looks at Gohan in surprise. "You actually want to find your life mate? Most don't. The just can't help it when they do... Alright. We could probably convince him to keep it a secret... But he has to know."
Gohan nods in understanding. "I know."
Bardock quickly changes the subject. "Well, our job is done. I got the information we needed while you were clearing out the regular Velconians. Lets go home." They all head to their pods, and blast off for Vegeta-sei.