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Hey readers, welcome to the third chapter, today we're going to be seeing how our favorite saiyan Prince is doing his thing in his natural environment, and how he's going to make a man kneel.
Young Justice Watchtower
"We've discovered two new vigilantes operating in New York. Last night they managed to subdue Bane and Poison Ivy. Along with other criminals, they seem to have powers such as flight, energy blasts, super strength, speed, and durability. They go by the name Crane and Horizon," Batman informed the Team.
Batman had spent the entirety of last night gathering all his data to inform the League, his discussion… was divided. Half of the League seemed adamant on bringing these two new vigilantes and making them a part of the Justice League, while the other half wanted to be more cautious of these new arrivals.
One of the former being most prominent was Wonder Woman, who saw these two as new allies taking up the fight against injustice, "These two have stopped Bane and Poison Ivy, along with several other criminals," she defended
Batman himself remained on his cautious mentality, "We have to make sure they're not a threat, if they managed to take out Bane and Ivy they may be one, they may be on our side, but why have they not contacted the League and allied with us. Not to mention they appeared days after the strange energy reading Green Lantern scanned. For all we know they could be villains posing as heroes, it's happened before. That's why I'm going to have Young Justice monitor the vigilantes when I find their location."
"The Team just finished their mission in investigating the Tornado family in YellowStone Park. They've long since proven that they're ready for the challenges ahead," stated Batman.
The League looked at each other, and in the end they agreed.
Superman gave the last words, "Fine, we can send the team to monitor them. After we've gained more information, we can take further action later down the line."
The Leaguers nodded in agreement. They stood up leaving the meeting room, but Superman walked up to Batman, who was looking down at the earth from the windows outside the meeting room.
Offering a smile while the Dark Knight offered nothing more than a short nod of acknowledgement. Even though the meeting was over Superman still gave his thoughts on this again, not to Batman's surprise, "You know Bruce, these two vigilantes may be new allies," Superman said.
However, Batman's thoughts on the matter were as strong as the Man of Steel's skin, "I know Clark, but we have to stay cautious, we don't know what they're capable of, or their motives."
Superman chuckled, putting a hand on his friend's shoulder, "You know, you said the same thing about me when we first met. Give them a chance, Bruce."
"I'm cross referencing the locations these two vigilantes seem to come and go and may soon have their location. When I find them, I'll inform the League," Superman nodded.
The Dark Knight walked off to the teleporter, leaving Superman to his thoughts as he looked down at the earth. The teleporter flashed, "Recognized Batman 02."
War World
"VEGETA! VEGETA! VEGETA!" the crowd roared. Numerous alien species screamed in the seats of the arena as they witnessed one of the prince's victories of the day. The ground shook from their praise as the prince rose above his opponent, his white torn gloves caked in blood from his battle. He stood up with conviction and pride. The clothes on his body disheveled from his days on War World. This entire world reminded him of his life before he came to his version of Earth.
The cheering of the crowd drove his Saiyan blood wild, reminding him of his childhood as he slaughtered the fighters he faced, just as he did on all those planets he conquered long ago. The battle he fought had been easy, but the weapon his opponents used had been made of a strange material called Nth metal.
This metal had numerous abilities, such as being able to cut his skin no matter how high he raised his ki, it could also block his blasts and if he heard the rumors right it had many other abilities. Though it only could hurt him if it touched him, and because of his speed he easily evaded most of his opponents' reach. Today had been no different, his opponent only had strength, but no speed, a true warrior had both.
His injuries from Majin Buu had healed some time ago, but before he could escape this planet, he was going to make Mongul kneel before him. He had tried to escape like so many others, but Mongul still kept a collar on him that was able to suppress his power while simultaneously sending an untold number of volts into his body whenever he pleased.
The arena the fighters fought in was a wide circular area that had a sandy floor and numerous broken structures around that fighters with great strength could use to throw at their opponents or hide as they strategized, but they couldn't hide from him when he used his senses.
Mongul looked at him from the top of the arena, sitting on a throne of unknown material. He raised an arm silencing the crowd, "This has been a magnificent battle, but our dear champion, Vegeta, must be tired, let him rest with the others, go along Vegeta," he said.
Vegeta glared at Mongul for a moment before walking onto a platform going down to the pit with the other fighters.
During his stay Vegeta had become stronger from his injuries, the zenkais of the Saiyan race came in handy, especially when Mongul liked to electrocute him after he won some of his fights. Walking into his region of the pit he was greeted by a… friendly associate, Draaga. He was an alien with gray skin, a scared right face, and minimal amounts of golden armor, featuring gauntlets, grieves and boots, a helmet, and his signature battle ax. He was the previous champion of the War World arena before Vegeta. He had been brought to War World to fight for the survival of his planet, so that Mongul would not use War World's weapons to destroy his home.
He showed honor to his opponents by giving them a warrior's death, something Vegeta respected, and was the only opponent that could hold a candle to Vegeta's power. He was about as strong as Vegeta in his base with advanced hand to hand combat skills. Vegeta had been set against in his first days in the arena, while surprised by his combat prowess at first, he defeated him using ki blasts for distance and wearing him down before engaging in hand to hand. He wanted to save Super Saiyan for Mongul.
The other fighters were barely a challenge for Vegeta, only being mere warmups for the day, but Draaga actually presented a challenge, especially with his axe being able to harm Vegeta.
"It's tomorrow, Vegeta, don't mess it up," Draaga responded gruffly.
"I won't, but leave Mongul to me," Vegeta said with a sinister smirk. He and Draaga have been planning to escape War World since their first battle. They had already made a plan. Tomorrow would be their second and supposedly last battle. The two most favored fighters of War World's arena in a fight to the death. It would be in the middle of the battle where they would begin the plan.
Vegeta started to rest on his side as he went to sleep, before his thought drifted to his family, 'Soon…Bulma, Trunks, I will come back to you,' were his last thoughts before his tired body drifted to sleep.
The Next Day
The next morning the intense roaring of the crowd woke both Vegeta and Draaga. They looked at each other and nodded as they stood up. This had been a day they had known of for weeks. Walking towards two different platforms they rose, being greeted with what seemed like all of War World in the stands. Once seen, the crowd cheered so loud people in War World's stratosphere would have heard it.
The fighters of the arena never knew who they were gonna fight next, it raised tension among the fighters making them restless for the next fight and sparked the spectators interest. The crowd stomped their feet in anticipation and cheered for their two most beloved fighters, some spectators placing bets on who would win.
Mongul raised his arm and the crowd silenced, "People of War World, these two warriors in their past battles have shown strength and honor beyond anything we have seen before. Though unfortunately this will be one of the warrior's last battles," Mongul said with false sadness.
"BOOOO!" the crowd complained.
"Don't worry, these two will fight in what will be one of the greatest battles fought in the arena to this day. We will see a battle of pride and conviction! Though if you don't finish off your opponent, I will finish you myself," at that, the volume of the crowd rose until it shook the two fighters to the bone.
"Now," Mogul said, delaying his next word for the crowd, "Begin!"
With that word both Vegeta and Draaga ran at each other faster than any normal human, their forearms clashed together creating a shockwave shaking the ground. The crowd hushed from the impact, before their cheers resumed.
They pushed against each other for a moment before Draaga suddenly raised his ax, taking a downward swing at Vegeta, only for Vegeta to use his speed to dodge the swipe and punch Draaga in the face, sending flying into a structure that collapsed on top of him.
Draaga exploded out of the structure with a battle cry and charged at Vegeta. Vegeta smirked and charged at him in return, Draaga threw the ax at Vegeta, and he jumped over it, where it embedded itself in a concrete structure's wall. They ran at each other again until they began an all-out brawl.
Vegeta uppercutted Draaga in the gut, raising him off the ground, but Draaga reacted quickly and clasped both his hands together in a hammer fist down on Vegeta's skull, sending his face into the ground.
Vegeta pushed his face from the ground back and pushed his body into the air sending a kick into Draaga body in midair. The blow took the air out of Draaga's lungs, but he quickly grabbed Vegeta before throwing him through several concrete structures.
Draaga got up from the blow coughing, he started to walk over to the ax before a blast of ki hit the ground in front of him, creating a smoke cloud. Draaga waved it off, but the smoke screen was just a distraction as his face showed surprise seeing Vegeta near his ax. Vegeta smirked before gripping it and easily pulling it out of the wall.
He juggled with the ax, a smile on his face, while Draaga had a mortified look, "Oh don't worry Draaga, I don't need a weapon to finish you, I'll do that with my bare hands," Vegeta said before throwing the ax at Draaga's feet, getting into a fighting stance, he raised his left arm and made a come get me motion with his hand. Draaga smiled, taking swipe after swipe at Vegeta, but he was not as fast as the Saiyan, then, Draaga suddenly pulled back his arm and punched into Vegeta's guard, causing him to slide along the ground, his feet making small trenches.
When his sliding stopped, Vegeta opened his hands and laid down a flurry of ki blasts and in response Draaga blocked some of them with his Nth metal ax. Some of them he wasn't able to block, the blasts leaving scorch marks on his skin, so he moved behind the nearest concrete walls to take cover from the assault.
He moved from behind wall to wall. His breathing slowed to focus, turning his head at times to look for Vegeta, the dusty air made it hard for him to see, the adrenaline fueling him as his eyes shifted directions numerous times in anticipation.
Vegeta lay behind his own wall some distance away. He used his ki sense to search for Draaga, it only took a moment because of his high-power level. He stood behind his cover and extended an arm in Draaga's direction from behind it. A piercing beam of ki came from his palm, going through the many walls as it closed in on Draaga at blistering speeds.
Draaga saw the blast and jumped from cover, the blast hitting just where he was before and releasing an explosion. Draaga quickly got up and turned to a building-sized collapsed wall. Running quickly towards it and with his strength Draaga picked it up then threw it where Vegeta's blast originated from.
Vegeta had already moved from the spot he shot through moments before, however, flying at high speeds Vegeta rammed into him, taking them both through wall after wall. Draaga's body took most of the damage as rubble of the collapsed surroundings washed over them.
Vegeta locked his hands around Draaga's throat and squeezed. Vegeta winked at Draaga knowing what would happen next.
"Get ready for the finishing act," Vegeta said with a wink.
Suddenly electricity raced around Vegeta's body, the collar around his neck sending volts through his body while suppressing his power. This was one of Mongul's ways to raise a dramatic tension among the crowd.
When Vegeta fought in his battles, especially against favored fighters Mongul would use his head device to activate the collar making it seem as if Vegeta was going to lose, but Vegeta always found a way to triumph, whether it was a dirty trick such as throwing sand into his opponents eyes, or simply finishing them before he was shocked, Vegeta survived.
Though, Vegeta knew Draaga was no fool. He had fought in this arena for years now and had won against fighters that tried every dirty trick in the book. He would not fall here.
"BOOOOO!'' the crowd let out, starting to see their new favorite fighter at Draaga's mercy. Many people in the stadium cringed or hollered as they knew the result of the bets on one of the two fighters. The victory looked assured as Draaga raised his ax, then… Draaga winked. He swiftly brought the ax down on Vegeta's neck, destroying the collar that was electrocuting him.
The crowd gasped and Mongul's eyes widened before he used the device on his head to call his guards to his arena, along with willing multiple platforms to rise up from the pits, filled to the brim with Mongul's warrior guards.
"I'll handle them, Vegeta, you take care of Mongul," said Draaga, raising his ax and screaming a battle cry as he rushed the other combatants. Meanwhile, Vegeta jumped onto the benches, a smirk forming on his face.
He walked up the steps and with every few steps his hair would shortly shine a radiant gold hue and his eyes would flash cyan-green. His aura began to go from a clear white to the same gold as his hair.
Then on the final step his features finally exploded with light, as did his aura, Though Vegeta decided to add an old flair. Concentrating every nerve in his body, his muscles began to swell as they were inflated by ki. Entering into the second grade of Super Saiyan.
Then on the final step his features finally exploded with light, as did his aura, leaving the Super Saiyan… Super Vegeta.
Though Mongul did not look away from the flash of power, instead looking straight into Vegeta's eyes. He stood to his full height looking down at the prince, bring his arm out wide he smiled, "Well Vegeta, now it's just you and me."
Vegeta and Mongul glared at each other, before Vegeta suddenly pulled his fist back and into Mongul's abdomen at light speeds sending the alien flying through the at re-entry speeds, breaking him through the outer arena walls and passing out of several buildings.
Mongul got up, blood coming from his mouth, civilians screamed running from the sudden destruction around them. He looked into the sky as ki blasts rained down on him from above. Vegeta smiles all the while, but Vegeta began to notice as the innocence below were screaming in fear, and his mind was reminded of his actions as a Majin.
Remembering his terrible actions and his own sacrifice to save the innocents of Earth he stopped his attacks and decided he would not hurt the innocents of this universe as well.
Instead, he flew down to Mongul and sent a flurry of blows all landing on his large body, releasing a sound like thunder with every blow he connected. Mongul managed to fight back, even drawing blood as he managed to put Vegeta on edge, but the prince managed to overcome the blows, and soon after a tough battle, Mongul was the one to fall to his knees.
Mongul raised his head and spat at Vegeta's face, where it landed on his cheek. This only made Vegeta smile broader as he wiped it off, "Impressive display, but you should have known not to underestimate me, Mongul. You could have been better if you prepared for something like this to come, you just sat on your chair as you grew complacent with your power. Now," Vegeta said, raising his hand, opening his palm in front of Mongul's face, "FACE OBLIVION! BIG BANG ATTACK!"
One of Vegeta's signature attacks hit Mongul directly, ending the Ruler of War World.
As the dust cleared, Vegeta looked back at the arena, willing himself out of the ascension of Super Saiyan, and Vegeta flew back to it. Quickly, Vegeta saw that Draaga had finished the guards. Some of the guard's limbs were on the ground while others laid unmoving, or unconscious. The last guard's weapon was torn apart as Draaga's ax came down on it. Before he was given a concussion, courtesy of Draaga's fist.
"Well, it seems like you had a fun time," Vegeta said.
Draaga looked up at him, "They fought with their best efforts, now let's go. You remember where I told you of the ship docks' location?"
Vegeta clicked his tongue, "Of course, I've been using my senses during my stay here to see if anyone I knew was out there in the universe, and it seems they landed on Earth, as I would recognize the feeling of a human's ki anywhere," Vegeta said, picking up Draaga and flying them to War World's spaceship dock. Quickly getting into one of the many ships while Draaga got into another. With a last wave to Vegeta, Draaga lifted off War World to see his home planet once more.
Vegeta looked on as his ally, if not a friend lifted off into space. Then, the man looked down to his own ship's controls. Luckily, he found them similar to the space craft controls of his own universe
Pressing a button and pulling a lever, the spaceship lifted into the air, before he pressed another that revealed a holographic map of the known galaxies, looking closely he designated Earth as the next destination.
Five Days Later
"Destination reached," the inside of the ship said, alerting Vegeta to his arrival of Earth. He quickly got up, moving to see this version of his home. It was strange, the lands were still of the same variety. He could see deserts, mountains, oceans, green land, but the geography of where the continents were completely different.
Coming into the Earth's atmosphere the communication of the ship came to life as a voice stated, "This is the Justice League, stand down."
Vegeta clenched his fist in annoyance, he had heard of the Justice League from the other fighters. A group of super powered individuals on Earth that had managed to even stop Darkseid years ago. Whoever that was.
Sensing how strong they were he knew his own power was not a match for all of them. Luckily, he could sense they were on the other side of the planet, and the time he arrived was at night, but they were closing in soon. Powering up to Super Saiyan he flew out of his ship before destroying a part of it with a ki blast so he could create a distraction.
He landed down on the ground thousands of feet below faster than light. He felt as they stopped at his previous position in the sky, then he felt as the League flew down to catch the ship. Stretching out his senses he felt the two earthlings, Tien and Videl, thousands of miles away.
Using his speed Vegeta ran so fast he trekked across the water of the Gulf of Mexico at hundreds of times the speed of sound. The salt water from the ocean getting rid of some of the grime on his body, but not completely washing away the smell. Just as he was about to enter the states. He felt two familiar ki signatures coming his way, causing him to hover for a time until they arrived.
He folded his hands with a smirk as they came within sight, "Yo, been awhile," Vegeta said as Tien Shinhan and Videl Satan appeared in front of him, both wearing dark clothes to hide their features.
"Vegeta, come on. The Justice League may find us any second," Tien said.
Vegeta let out a little chuckle, "Don't worry, I left them a little distraction."
"Well, let's not take the risk," Tien advised.
Tien and Videl flew to New York with Vegeta following behind. As they flew Videl waved a hand to get Vegeta's smell from her nostrils "Jeez, you smell."
"Well sorry if I wasn't able to shower as I fought in an arena for a month!" the Saiyan yelled.
"Okay, okay, don't worry though, we have a shower, and Tien can make you some new clothes," Videl said.
"Hmph," Vegeta grunted, as the rest of their flight was travelled in silence.
Young Justice Watchtower
The League had once again come together because of Batman's new information about the vigilantes. When they all sat down. After some time in their discussion, Batman gave his new info, "I have the vigilante's location," bringing up a photo of a warehouse in New York, he continued, "They seem to be operating in this warehouse near the harbor. I'm going to send in the team for recon two days from now. I'll inform the Team in the morning and oversee the mission."
The League nodded at this information.
"We'll find them and interrogate them if they resist. Hopefully, they can tell us if they have any connection to the strange rifts we saw, and how they could be connected," Batman finalized.
Hey, readers! I hope you liked seeing the Prince of all Saiyans making a comeback in this new chapter. If you guys caught my reference to the early 2000s show Justice League and TFS, then you deserve a medal. Also, this version of Mongul and War World was mostly based off the Justice League show, just to flesh out War World better. Next chapter will finally be the meeting of Young Justice and the three Z-Warriors, stay tuned on Human Ambitions!