Ch1: Exile – New Friends
Outer space, near Planet Earth. Age 733
Riddic looked out the window of his space pod, he focused on an ever drawing near planet. This was where he was heading, the planet known as Earth, it was a beautiful blue world. Unlike most planets he had seen.
'No wonder this planet is in the PTO's data banks. It would fetch a high price on the planetary market.'
"Computer, are there any live forms on the planet?"
"Affirmative. Intelligent life numbering in the billions, many grouped together. Dominate species name: Humans, a tier 2 race."
Riddic placed his hand on his chin. "Computer, land near an isolated area. I don't want to draw any unwanted attention."
"Yes, sir." The pod shifted a little, changing its course of entry.
Riddic laid back against the seat of his pod. He smiled as the pod broke thought the planet's atmosphere.
Riddic's Attack Pod busted through the atmosphere like a meteor, only instead of breaking up, it continued down toward the planet's surface. The pod headed toward a vast array of islands, seemingly burning the sky as it approached. In a flash, the pod was gone and a thunderous crash echoed on one island in particular.
The island was uninhabited by humans, all the wild life that lived on the island fled from the pod before it impacted on their home. Now, only the bravest of animals crept close to the metal object, curious and scared of what the pod was and what it could contain. Riddic's pod hissed open, some of the nearby animals ran, scared by the sudden noise and movement.
One animal, a saber-toothed tiger, lend over the edge of the crater that the pod made.
Riddic jumped out of the crater, the tiger fell backwards, startled by Riddic's sudden movement. All of the remaining animals froze, they waited for what would transpire. The tiger stood up, looked Riddic up and down, and started to growl. Riddic, ignoring the wild animal in front of him, looked around the island. He saw a vast jungle before him and noticed several of the animals staring at him, each so unique and new to him.
"Sure is an interesting planet," He spoke. "This place is beautiful, and the life forms here are so different from each other. So many species...It'll be a shame if and when the PTO decides to target this planet."
The tiger growled, louder than before. Riddic acknowledged it this time, he stared into the beast's eyes. "Hello there."
The tiger continued to growl, it crouched down preparing to pounce. Riddic held he ground as he continued to stare at the beast before him.
Suddenly, the saber-toothed tiger ran into the jungle and with it the other animals that stayed up to that point.
Riddic laughed. "Well, at least the wild life on this planet are smart enough to recognize a threat." He looked up at the sky and took in the sight for a few moments.
'Blue sky eh? That's a first...Well for me anyway.' He looked down, clenched his fist yet still had a smile on his face. 'Its a shame you two can't be here to see this.'
After a few silent moments, Riddic sighed. "Now then," He looked up again, he started to rise off of the ground. "Time for some sightseeing."
A few hours later...
Riddic flew high in Earth's blue sky, enjoying himself as he went. He casually flew around the planet twice, taking in all the landscape as he went.
"Wow, these humans are pretty far along tech wise." Riddic said as he flew over East City, he was particularly eyeing what he would later know were called skycars.
"I wonder why they haven't become a space fairing race yet." He scratched the back of his head as he wondered this for a few moments, then gave up when he realized it wasn't his place to judge.
He changed course as he passed over the city. Heading south, he soon reached the coast line and traveled above the sea once again. He past several islands before thinking of what he should do next. Sure he could continue cycling the planet, looking at every detail he could from the sky, but that would prove to be boring soon enough.
'Hm...Perhaps I'll approach some locals, but I should start out small. Best not to start a panic without seeing how a small group responds to...an alien.'
Riddic looked around, nothing but the vast sea welcomed him. He continued to fly for several minutes, looking for any small settlements.
Finally, he noticed a pink house with a red roof on a small island. The house had some writing on one side that Riddic couldn't understand, for it was in human writing: KAME HOUSE...Mysterious.
He turned toward the house, a smile on his face, as he imagined several different scenarios of how these humans would react to him.
Riddic landed on the beach of the small island. He quickly looked around for any humans, nothing. 'They must be inside.' He thought as he moved towards the door.
He knocked on the door, no one came. He knocked several more times, still no one came.
"Hello! Is anyone home? This is the language you humans use right? If not-" Riddic cut himself short and punched himself on his forehead. "Stupid Riddic." He muttered. "That'll just encourage whoever lives here NOT to open the door."
He stood facing the door for several more minutes before reaching for the doorknob. "Hey! If anyone can hear me, I entering the house now!"
He pulled the door, only to see that there where two doors, one thinner and can be seen through. Riddic held the thinner door with his left hand and reached for the other doorknob with his right. He pushed it open, revealing the inside of the house. He quickly looked around, no one was inside.
Riddic stepped in, he closed the door behind him. 'Looks like no one's home.' He took a few steps forward and looked around again, slowly this time. 'So this is what the inside of one of these buildings looks like.'
He eyed the tv, sofa, oven, and several other particular items of interest. 'These humans have several strange objects that I'm not familiar with. Nothing like what the PTO gave my people.'
He continued to look around the house until he heard a strange noise coming from outside. Riddic rushed to the nearby window, he looked outside and saw something spinning towards the island. Upon further examination the spinning object appeared to be an old man riding on some dark green creature.
'I guess that who lives here, this is bad. He might panic if he sees me in his house, I better hide.' Riddic turned around, quickly scanning the room for any place to hide.
There wasn't any, he cursed. 'There's got to be something.' He continued to scan the room until he saw his answer: Stairs and when there are stairs, there is another floor. 'It'll at least by me some time.'
He climbed up the stairs and looked around the second floor, there was a hallway with two doors, one on each side. Riddic rushed to the first door and pulled it open. It was a closet, too small for him to hide in. He closed the door and rushed to the other, he opened it. Inside laid a single bed in the middle of the floor.
'This must be where he sleeps.' Riddic thought as he cautiously walked in, looking around as he moved in. He heard the weird noise coming closer and closer. He crept over to the window and looked down, the old man was about to reach the shore. Riddic crouched down, hoping that the human wouldn't see him, and continued to watch.
The old man and the creature stopped spinning as they reached the shore. After a few moments, the old man jumped off the creature, and took a few steps before collapsing on his knees. He quickly moved his hand to his mouth.
"I'll never get used to that accursed spinning." He said aloud as he tried his best not to vomit.
Riddic stared at the creature with particular interest. Most of its body was a dark green like color, its head, as well as the rest of his visible body parts, was a lighter shade of dark green. He turned to the old man, he was wearing an orange suit with blue pants, and a type of shoe that Riddic never seen before. He could just make out an outline of a beard and mustache.
The old man picked himself off of the ground and turned to the creature he rode on. "Thanks for the lift Baby Gamera."
The creature slightly raised its head. "No problem, just call when you need another ride."
Baby Gamera turned around and began to sink into the ocean. The old man watched as his (friend?) left then turned around. He took two steps forward and stopped.
Riddic noticed that the old man had some type of visor on his face that covered his eyes. The old man had a serious look on his face. He looked up, directly at Riddic, the latter snapped his head behind cover.
'Does he know I'm here?' Riddic thought. He slowly popped his head out, the old man was still looking his way. The latter briefly smiled, turned his head towards the door and moved inside.
Riddic sighed, he was relieved that the human didn't see him. That feeling was quickly diminished as he heard footsteps approaching. 'Damn, got to hide!'
Riddic looked around, there wasn't many places to hide in the room. The footsteps sounded closer, Riddic decided now wasn't the time to be picky. He rushed over to what looked like a door, he pushed and pulled but it wouldn't move. He thought for a moment and decided to pull from the right, the door slid open.
Riddic looked at what appeared to be a closet. 'Not a lot of space in here...' He noticed that the footsteps stopped, the old man was right outside this room. 'The hell with it.' Riddic tried his best to fit inside the closet and closed the door. Not one second after he closed it, the old man opened the door to his bedroom.
Riddic could hear him move inside. 'Don't look in here, please don't look in here.'
A few minutes later...
"Ahaha, not a fan of coffee?" The old man said as Riddic coughed.
"No! It taste disgusting!"
"Hehe, it is an acquired taste." The old human got up and moved to the fridge. "I'm sure I have something else you can drink."
Riddic pushed the cup containing coffee way. "Thank you."
Riddic stared into space, thinking back on the past few moments that lead up to this. He was hiding from the human so he wouldn't be surprised, when in fact Riddic was surprised at how the old man found him right away, like he knew he was there all along. After an awkward exchange of words the human invited him to drink some "coffee".
He had no idea what this coffee was since the PTO never introduced it to the Saiyans, and he didn't have a clue what human customs were in relations to declining this "coffee" so Riddic decided to accept as a gesture of...apology wasn't quite the word but as a form of...starting over?
Riddic thought it was for the best, after all he was caught uninvited in this human's house and again he didn't know how humans would react to that. Too bad this coffee stuff was horrible.
"Though the average person either would have tried to kill me or would have panicked if they found me.' Riddic thought. 'Maybe this is how all humans act? That or this human isn't quite average.'
The old man came back with some type of small cylinder. "I don't know how you handle alcohol, so I grabbed some juice."
He handed Riddic the cylinder, the latter nodded in thanks and took the object. He looked at it for a while, looking for a way to drink the continence.
"Uh..." Riddic put the cylinder on the table before him. "How do you drink from this?" He asked with a smile.
The old man laughed again. "You don't know how to drink from a can? Man, where ever you're from is missing out."
The old human reached for the cylinder, he pointed to the top of the object. "You see that oval like thing on the top? That's called a tab, you pull that upward and it opens the can."
Riddic did as the old man instructed, the can opened so simply. "Wow...don't I feel stupid." He said jokingly.
The old man waved at him. "Ah, don't feel too bad. You're an alien after all or so you say."
A few quiet moments past. Riddic broke the awkward silence. "So...What do you do out here?"
"Not a lot, sitting, reading, watching TV, usual stuff we humans do to relax."
"Only you do it all the time?"
"Well that's usually what a hermit does. Besides, there's nothing to do around here anyway."
"Ah, but that's why you go out from time to time. Might be worth the dizziness from your pet creature."
"Bady Garma? He's not my pet, just someone who owes me. He takes me out to the main land when I running low on supplies or for one of my...personal trips."
"That so?" Riddic took one last sip from the can. "Must be fun."
The old man smiled. "Hehe, if only you knew."
Riddic chuckled. "Oh yea, I forgot to introduce myself." He stretched his hand across the table. "My name's Riddic, it's nice to meet you."
The old man took his hand and shook it. "I'm known as the Turtle Hermit but most call me Roshi." They withdrew their hands.
Riddic rubbed the back of his head. "I hope you didn't mind my intrusion."
"Phewy, its no trouble in fact you're the most exciting thing that's happen to me in a long time."
Riddic smirked. "Besides what happens on your personal trips eh?"
Roshi laughed. "Ok maybe not the most exciting thing that's happened to me in a long time, but defiantly exciting!"
The two laughed for a while before Riddic spoke again. "This might not be the right time, but can I ask you something?"
"I don't see why not, shoot."
"I know this is a lot to ask but could I stay here?"
"What do I look like I run a daycare here?"
Riddic raised his eyebrow, he was wondering what a "daycare" was. Roshi though he was taking him seriously. "I'm just kidding. You can stay, but you're gonna have to do something in return."
Riddic smiled. "That's no problem. I'll repay you in any way I can."
"Good. We'll start tomorrow. For now you can help yourself to the TV, if you need me I'll be outside catching up on my reading." Roshi sat up, went to his closet and grabbed something Riddic couldn't quite see, and walked outside.
Riddic turned to the television. "Well, let's see what human tv is like."
Back on Planet Vegeta, the Planet Trade Organization introduced the Saiyans to televisions. Riddic tried watching one once but all he found were shows based around Frieza or news about current events involving the PTO. He turned the TV on hoping this planet's shows would be different, he was surprised at what he found.
The variety of shows was almost overwhelming, he flipped through each channel looking at them with interest when he found a particular channel. This channel portrayed several weapons and vehicles that humans have developed over the years, the Military Channel he heard an announcer say.
Riddic looked in awe at these human weapons, several of which looked similar to other alien tech he'd encountered during his missions. Though he was disappointing that many of the weapons lacked destructive power he was still impressed by some of the designs.
After a few hours Roshi came back in, commented on the channel Riddic was watching, and made dinner for the two of them. Afterward, the two began to talk about the differences of their two races before turning in for the night. Roshi gave Riddic a blanket and told him to sleep on the sofa.
The next day...
"Hey Riddic, wake up!"
Riddic opened one of his eyes. "Five more minutes." He closed his eye again.
WHACK! Something hard hit Riddic's face, waking him up imminently, he sat up. "Ah! Why'd you go and do that for!"
He turned around and saw Roshi holding a frying pan, most likely the item he used. "Well, you weren't waking up and today is the day you start paying me back for staying here!"
"Yea but you didn't have to hit me!"
"Well next time get up when I ask you to! Now hurry up and get dressed, I put some cloths you can use in the bathroom over there. While you're at it take a shower, your BO could make a normal human pass out."
Riddic got up and started to walk to the bathroom. "Alright, old man."
Roshi pointed the frying pan at him. "That's Roshi to you!"
Riddic waved his hand behind his head. "Whatever Old Man Roshi."
"How do I look?" Riddic wore the cloths Roshi left out for him; a tropical themed short-sleeved shirt, white shorts and red sandals.
Roshi looked him up and down. "Good. My cloths fit you perfectly, even though I buy cloths that are several times bigger than my actual size."
Riddic smiled and rubbed the back of his head. "Well thanks, it certainty isn't my usual style."
"Well spandex isn't exactly a well liked style here. Most would think that you were into...weird things. Anyway, let's get going!"
Riddic nodded. "Right."
A few hours later...
"I can't believe that didn't work!" Roshi yelled, he rubbed the red slap mark on his left cheek. "And I though that having you with me would help!"
Roshi took Riddic to the nearest city, hoping that the young, good-looking Saiyan would help him get a girl. Unfortunately, the particular woman they were talking to caught on and slapped Roshi as hard as she could before storming off.
Riddic placed both of his hands behind his head. "It's not my fault that you're a perverted old man. If you tried that on my planet you would be dead right now."
"A phewy," Roshi crossed his arms. "Women these days have no respect for their elders."
Riddic chuckled. "Especially the perverted ones."
Roshi raised his fist at Riddic. "Why I oughta- "
"You know he speaks the truth, Roshi." An elderly voice said. Roshi and Riddic turned to the source of the voice.
"I know that voice. Could it be?"
"Well its good to see that your age has yet to affect your memory, you old coot."
Riddic and Roshi looked at the source of the voice, he was an old man looking around the same age as Roshi. He wore a green shirt with yellow selves, another one of those visors Riddic had the yet to learn was called(sunglasses*cough*cough*), black shoes, and a hat with a crane head popping out of the center. He had two whiskers at the each end of his mouth, and gray hair that curled upward on each side of his head.
Roshi stepped toward him. "Shen, I didn't expect to see you here."
"Hehe, the same can be said of you. I see you're still failing with the ladies."
Roshi laughed. "You never did any better. So why are you here Shen?"
Shen smiled. "I've been recruiting, in fact here comes my latest find."
Just as Shen finished speaking, a very large man came into view. He was taller than Riddic by a full head, he wore a white t-shirt and blue jeans. The man ignored Riddic and Roshi as he walked to Shen.
Shen laughed as the man stood next to him and turned in their direction. "What do you think? Pretty impressive no?"
"Well," Roshi stared at the man. "He's big, I'll give you that. Other than that, he's not impressive at all."
The man looked down at Roshi and smirked.
"Well, it seems that he disagrees with you." Shen chuckled. "Seeing as you're an old man and not as spry as you used to, why don't we test him out on your friend there? I'm sure that'll be fine."
Roshi thought for a moment. 'Hehe, Shen I might not be as young as I used to be, but I'm more than a match for your brute there. However, I think it'll be funnier to see the look on your face when Riddic takes him out.'
Roshi leaned by Riddic. "Hey, could you handle this? I would take care of this myself but my back's killing me." He whispered.
Riddic nodded. "Sure, beside I think he's a little out of your league anyway."
"I'll have you know that back in the day I was a martial arts master!" Roshi yelled right in Riddic's ear. The latter had to cover his ears from the noise. "If my back wasn't hurting I would take him out myself!"
"Oh? Is that right? Sorry, I didn't know." Riddic stepped forward. "I'll make this quick."
Shen started to laughed. "Oh it'll be quick alright!" He nodded at his disciple. "Turn him inside out."
The large human nodded and stepped forward, he settled into a fighting stance and waited for Riddic to make to first move.
Riddic smiled, he disappeared in an instant, he reappeared in front of the human and punched him in the chest. The human spat out blood and fell with a thud.
Riddic scratched the back of his head. 'Maybe I used a little too much power...'
Shen stood shocked. "B-but? How?!"
Roshi laughed. "Maybe you should choose your students more carefully!" He stopped laughing and walked to Riddic. "Let's go home."
Riddic nodded and followed, Shen cursed at the pair as they walked away.
December 25, Age 733
"What's Christmas?" Riddic asked, rather confused.
Roshi stared at his as if he was staring at a child who just asked him why the sky was blue. "It's a holiday were people hang out with their families all day and give each other presents."
Riddic tilted his head. "That's it?"
"Basically."
"Well it's already better than our holiday."
"Oh? What is your holiday." Riddic walked over to the fridge and pulled out a juice can. "King Vegeta Appreciation Day, set on the day we won our war against a race called the Tuffles."
Riddic opened the can and took a sip. "Basically you pay tribute to King Vegeta for five or so minutes then continue on with the day."
Turtle, one of Roshi's oldest friends who Riddic met the other month, popped his head up. "That sounds dull." Turtle said.
Riddic nodded. "We also were forced to adopt another holiday when we were incorporated into the PTO. That holiday's called Frieza Day. On Frieza Day, everyone in the PTO has to give a gift to Frieza. If you forget to give Frieza a present, he kills you or blows up your planet or both. It varies on his mood."
Roshi got up, walked to the fridge and pulled out a beer. "Wow, what a brutal holiday." He opened the beer and began guzzling it down. "If you excuse me, I think I'll start my Christmas." Roshi walked towards the door leading outside, picking up some of his dirty magazines along the way.
"Merry Christmas Riddic." Riddic turned his head towards the old master.
"Merry Christmas, Old Man Roshi."
Age 734
Riddic and Roshi stood across each other on the beach surrounding Roshi's island.
Riddic wore his Saiyan battle armor and Roshi wore a red short-sleeved shirt, gray shorts, and red flip-flops.
Roshi looked his Saiyan friend in the eyes. "Riddic, I noticed that you have a problem holding back your power when you fight someone."
Riddic remembered the huge man he fought the other day, he scratched the back of his head. "Yea, I've been taught to fight without holding back."
"I've decided to help you restrain yourself. Consider this thanks, for ruining Shen's day that last time." Roshi turned around. "I'll be right back, I'm going to get something that'll help you restrain yourself."
Riddic nodded, Roshi began to walk off to gather whatever item he had in mind when Riddic remembered something he meant to ask the hermit for awhile. "Oh, before you go, I have a question." Roshi turned his head toward him.
"I've been wondering, how did you find me so easily before?" Riddic continued. "It was like you knew where I was hiding all along."
Roshi sighed. "You don't know? I'm surprised that a fighter of such power has no knowledge of detecting ki."
Riddic stared at Roshi blankly. "Ki?...Oh you mean power readings. I know about those, but I can't detect them without a devise. Is that what the visor on your face is? A device that finds sources of power?"
Roshi turned around. 'I can't believe this. Then again, I am one of the only humans who can sense ki.'
"First, the visor -as you call it- is not a device that can detect ki. Second, they are called sunglasses and all they do is cover my eyes while making me look cool."
Riddic chuckled at Roshi's last statement. Roshi continued to speak nonetheless. "Third, I can detect ki or power levels naturally. Meaning I can sense them without the aid of a device."
Riddic was shocked at this. He was lead up to believe that such a thing was impossible. "Y-you can? How?"
Roshi scratched his head. "Looks like I have much to teach you."
He turned around again, off to obtain the aforementioned item. 'For an alien who has the highest ki reading I've felt in my entire life, he is extremely clueless of what he's fully capable of.'
After a few minutes, Roshi returned with a pick turtle shell. He handed it out to Riddic. "Here, put this on."
Riddic stared at the shell for a moment before taking it, he noticed two straps along the inside of the shell and placed the shell on his back. 'It's a bit heavier than I thought.'
He stretched his arms out as he adjusted to the shell. "Ok, now what?"
"Now," Roshi stepped forward. "I want you to stand in the ocean and raise your power as high as you can."
Riddic did as the old master asked. He thought about showing Roshi that other power he had: his Super Saiyan transformation, then thought better of it.
'I still don't know much about it...and that rage. I might attack Roshi, I shouldn't risk it.' He turned around, facing his Earthling friend. "You ready?"
"Whenever you are."
Riddic spread his legs out, he raised his fists up to his stomach. He yelled as he released his power, a white aura surrounded him. The water swirled around his feet.
Roshi stared at him, unflinching. 'Not bad...'
"Ok, now try to lower that power as much as you can."
"You mean like this?" The aura around Riddic shrunk a little.
"Yes, but try to take it down further."
Riddic struggled to lower his power. 'This is hard. My father taught me to give it my all in a fight. "Holding back is for those who don't want to prove they are the best", he used to tell us.'
"Tha-that's as low as I can bring it."
Roshi stood still, assessing Riddic's power level. 'Hm...It's a little higher than half of his original ki. That's a little better than I hoped.' Roshi sighed. "Still, we have a lot of work to do."
Age 735, in the Arctic region known as the Tsumisumbri Mountains
In the arctic mountain range, Riddic practiced his energy techniques. He was blasting at mountains -which were surprisingly tough to destroy- while testing out a new trick he picked up from Old Man Roshi.
'I think I picked up Marcus's sense of humor.' Riddic though as he launched a wave towards a nearby canyon. 'Let's see how long I can keep this one intact.'
He moved the wave up and down, swerving it away from anything that might cause it to detonate. He managed to keep it alive for a long time, almost out of eyesight, when it finally exploded. Riddic place his hand on his head, as if he expected it to survive longer.
"Well that was a good run." He placed his hand out. "One more try." He said before launching another wave.
What Riddic didn't know, was that his energy wave blew open a hole in the side of an ice wall. The inside of the wall was hollow and very dark. A few moments after the detonation, an old man with a cane appeared in the opening.
"Finally! After so long!" The old man walked out. "Trapped in that iceberg for 20 years, its good to be free." He looked up at the sky.
"Soon, Dr. Wheelo, I, Dr. Kochin, will free you and we shall take revenge on this world!"
A few hours later...
Dr. Kochin stood on a ledge overlooking the icy tomb he spent the last 20 years in.
'Only a few more moments and you shall be free.' He turned around, his minions -known as Bio-Men- were looking all over the world for something that Dr. Kochin and Dr. Wheelo heard about 20 years ago.
Something that, if the legends were true, will break the tomb imprisoning his mentor easily. Things where starting to look good for the doctor when his minions brought him 4 of the 7 items he sought: The Dragon Balls. It was only a matter of time before they brought him the rest.
After a few minutes, the Bio-Men brought him the remaining Dragon Balls. The balls glowed in unison, it was truly a majestic site to behold, but Dr. Kochin wanted to waste no time and summoning the dragon. The sky turned dark as clouds started to gather. A lightning bolt hit the balls, causing them to fall of the ledge Dr. Kochin's minions placed them on. This concerned him for a moment as he though the balls were lost, but this concern quickly vanished as a form of light emerged in the form of a dragon. It shot upward towards the sky, after a flash of bright light, the Earth's dragon stood before him.
"YOU WHO HAVE SUMMONED ME, I SHALL GRANT ANY ONE WISH. SPEAK! WHAT IS IT YOU DESIRE?"
"Eternal Dragon! My mentor Dr. Wheelo lays frozen in this ice tomb, that not even the great sun can melt! I wish for you to melt these ice walls so I can wake him up!"
"AS YOU WISH."
The surrounding ice walls began to melt rapidly, entire ice mountains collapsed in on themselves, all falling into the waters forming bellow.
"YOUR WISH IS GRANTED, I BID YOU FAREWELL." With a glow of light, the Eternal Dragon vanished. The forms of the seven Dragon Balls scattered to the ends of the Earth.
The old man looked into the newly formed lake and smiled. In the center laid a huge building of some sort, colored blue and had a reptilian like appeal to it. "Dr. Wheelo is free! At long last our master plan can finally begin! The world will soon be ours! Ahahahahaha!"
A little while later, at KAME House...
Roshi was napping on his lawn chair, this time he didn't have one of his dirty magazines on his face.
"Are you Master Roshi?" A low sounding voice that sounds like a robotic alien said. After waiting a few moments the voice spoke louder. "Are you Master Roshi?"
Roshi slowly opened his eyes, of course one cannot tell with his sunglasses on. He sat up, looking at the source of the strange voice. In front of him where four short, blue creatures, they looked like reptilian goblin robots. "That depends, who's asking?"
"Dr. Wheelo is asking, he wants us to bring you to him."
'This might get violent.' Roshi cracked his neck. "Never heard of him. Now if you don't mind, would you mind getting off my island? I would like to go on with my day and not have some goblin robots stare at me with their beady red eyes all day."
This upset the four creatures, they started to growl at Roshi and took fighting positions.
Roshi folded his arms behind his back. "If you have a problem, then say it."
The four started to spread out, surrounding Roshi. The latter just continued to stare at the one in front of him.
The four blue creatures rushed Roshi, hoping to attack him from all sides. Roshi quickly countered the charge; he punch the closest robot, sending him flying. He turned around and kicked a second in the gut. Roshi turned to his right and delivered an uppercut upon the third and finished by hitting the fourth with a backwards high-kick.
Roshi stared at each of the goblin robots for a moment, making sure they stayed down. He sighed, about to say something when he heard a clapping coming from behind him.
"Very impressive Master Roshi. No wonder you are considered the world's strongest fighter."
Roshi turned around and saw an old man with an oddly shaped head and a cane. "I'm sorry that my Bio-Men caused you trouble, but I just had to see how well you fought. Might I say that your form is excellent."
"Enough with the flattery, who are you and why are you on my island?"
"My apologies, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Dr. Kochin, and I am here to invite you to the greatest martial arts event of a lifetime. You see, my mentor Dr. Wheelo is looking for the strongest fighter in the world and we believe that fighter is you!"
"So you guys think I'm the strongest in the world."
Dr. Kochin briefly raised his cane in the air. "Indeed! We have set up a challenge that only the strongest fighter can pass. If you manage to beat the challenge, we will reward you greatly!"
Roshi pondered the invitation for a few moments. 'Well...I have been getting back into shape due to training Riddic.'
"Sure, why not." Rochi decided.
Dr. Kochin smiled. "Excellent!" Dr. Kochin turned around, as he did a giant metal object popped out of the water. The object looked like some type of metal insect or reptile.
Kochin tuned his head toward Roshi. "Please follow me, it'll take a few hours to reach our destination."
Back in the Tsumisumbri Mountains...
Riddic flouted among the ice mountains, looking up at the sky.
'The hell is with this sky?' An hour or two earlier the sky turned black, but the horizon was still blue. Riddic wondered if it was a natural phenomenon that happens in this region of Earth. 'I'll ask Old Man Roshi once I get back, I wonder what he's doing now...'
Roshi stood in a dark room, the old master started to wonder when this "challenge" would present itself.
"Hey! Where is this challenge you told me about?" Roshi sighed. "If I knew it was going to take this long I would have brought something to read."
Meanwhile, Dr. Kochin stood in front of a large monitor. The monitor portrayed Master Roshi. Dr. Kochin turned away from the monitor.
"Dr. Wheelo, as you have requested I have brought you Master Roshi."
"Proceed then."
Roshi continued to stand in the dark, he was about to speak again when he felt the floor pushing him upwards. After a few moments, the floor stopped, it was still dark. Suddenly, bright light flooded in from three different points, Master Roshi placed his arm in front of his eyes, since his sunglasses weren't enough to cover the brightness from the light.
Roshi noticed something coming from the point in front of him, but couldn't make it out. The thing came closer and closer, soon enough Roshi could tell there where three things coming at him and could distinguish that some were taller than others. He couldn't see anything noticeable about the beings approaching him thanks to the blinding light, it caused his vision to blur.
All of a sudden the three beings stopped a few feet away from him. Roshi lowered his arm, he looked at the three before him. "So, is this my challenge?" Dr. Kochin' voice echoed through the chamber.
"Allow me to introduce my creations. State of the art bio-technical warriors! Kishime, Misokatsun, and Ebifurya."
The three didn't respond to their maker's introduction so Roshi did not know who was who. Nonetheless, Dr. Kochin continued.
"They are highly skilled warriors. Now we shall see if you are worthy of holding the title of the strongest fighter in the world."
Roshi spread his legs out as he assumed one of his fighting stances. "Alright then, if you want to see how tough I am, I will be happy to show you."
Dr. Kochin laughed. "It's showtime!" The bright light that filled the room vanished, and a different source of light lit up the whole room, portraying it in a purplish glow. Roshi could now clearly see the three before him, he almost wished he couldn't see them in such detail.
The one on his left was largest of the three and by far the fattest. He was yellow, had spikes on his head, around his arms and many around his fat areas, only three claw like fingers on each hand, had pointy ears and whiskers on his face. The only thing resembling clothing on that one was a dark red chest armor and a shiny circle like object in the middle of the armor.
The one in the middle was the smallest of the three, he looked like a mutated reptile. He was green, had two little horns popping out of his head, there where fin like appendages along the back of his head and purple spots covered his body. Like the other bio-android, he had pointy ears and whiskers. He was much more clothed than his counterpart, as he wore white boots and gloves, and a blue body armor that resembled Riddic's armor.
The one of his right was the most human looking one of the three, and the only one with hair. He was pink, built like a brute, and had a mohawk, pony tail combo. Like the others he had pointy ears. He wore a dark red armor with spikes along the shoulder sides, what looked like an armored loincloth, and dark blue boots.
Suddenly, Kishime charged at Roshi, he threw a right hook which Roshi easily dodged. The bio-android jumped away, as he comrade Ebifurya jumped up in the air and rushed towards Roshi with a hammer-fist. Roshi saw the attack in time and sidestepped out of the way. The pink brute followed up with a low kick, Roshi jumped to avoid the attack.
When he landed, Misokatsun appeared behind him and attempted to tackle him. Roshi dodged the attack only to be meet by Kishime. The reptilian android unleashed a barrage of kicks upon the old master, he blocked them all. Ebifurya charged at the occupied Roshi, hoping to land a blow on his backside. Roshi heard the approach, sent a punch at the bio-android currently assaulting him, forcing it to back off. Then he quickly turned around and tripped Ebifurya, causing the brute to tumble a few feet.
Kishime and Misokatsun attacked Roshi together, unleashing a barrage of punches and kicks. Roshi blocked or dodged them with ease. Ebifurya joined in the attack but cause little difference as Master Roshi continued to survive the onslaught.
"This was...unexpected." The dumbfounded Dr. Kochin said. "Master Roshi is proving that he is more capable than I originally thought." He smiled. "However, my creations have yet to show their true power. Its only a matter of time before Roshi is overwhelmed." He chuckled.
Dr. Wheelo watched from his "shell of a body" with particular interest. "Hm...Kochin, are you sure Master Roshi is the strongest in the world?"
His assistant turned around. "He's the strongest we've known of from 20 years ago."
"So in other words, you don't know for sure. Think Kochin, a lot can change in 20 years and Roshi is past his prime." He paused to let that sink into Kochin's head. "When this 'challenge' is over, I want you to explore the current martial arts world and bring me the real strongest fighter in the world."
Dr. Kochin frowned, he turned his head back towards the monitor. "What about Master Roshi?" Dr. Wheelo thought on that for a few moments.
"I suppose you can use him for your experiments. Who knows? He might make a great bio-warrior."
Roshi continued to fend off attack after attack from the three bio-warriors until he found a break in the assault. Roshi back flipped several times to put distance from his three opponents.
'I think its time for me to get serious.' He spread his legs out and placed both of his hands by his side. Energy began to charge in between them as he prepared one of his most powerful attacks.
"Ka...me...ha...me...HA!"
He unleashed his signature attack, the Kamehameha wave, at the three bio-androids.
The ones known as Kishime and Ebifurya jumped out of path of the wave, but the towering Misokatsun held his ground. The wave hit Misokatsun, pushing into the giant's fat but didn't explode. Instead, the wave stopped, seemingly eaten by the bio-warrior's fat body.
Misokatsun smiled, he sent the wave back at Master Roshi at double speed.
"What?!" Roshi yelled, he dodged just in time to avoid his own attack, it exploded behind him.
As soon as he landed, Ebifurya charged at him, Roshi sidestepped and kicked the brute in the back. Ebifurya stumbled forward and collided with Kishime who unknowing to Roshi was trying to sneak up and attack him from behind. Misokatsun launched himself at Roshi, the latter turned around in time to see the attack and jumped out of the way, causing the giant to crash into his two comrades.
Roshi laughed. "If we were bowling, that would have been a strike." The three bio-androids got up and surrounded Master Roshi from all sides. Roshi breathed deeply, he settled into another fighting stance. 'This'll be tougher than I thought.'
Riddic was hovering above the Tsumisumbri Mountains, still practicing his new trick when he felt something.
'What was...' Riddic looked in the distance, trying to focus on what he felt before. 'Roshi? What the hell are you doing here?'
He turned toward the direction he sensed his friend in. 'Who are these others with him?' Riddic hovered there for a few moments, it felt like his friend was fighting these other powers.
'Each one is much stronger than him.' Riddic took off in that direction, flying as fast as he could. 'Hold on old man.'
Dr. Kochin watched as his creations continued to assault Master Roshi. 'It shouldn't be long now.' He smirked. Kochin turned to his mentor. "Don't you think it's quite remarkable that Master Roshi survived for this long?"
"I'll admit, it is impressive. However, this ha-Wait..."
Dr. Kochin raised his eyebrows. "What is it?"
"I am detecting a life form with extraordinary power!"
The monitor switched view to the outside, what looked like a male human with silver hair and wore strange armor flew over the icy valley. Wheelo pondered this latest development. According to his sensors, this man was much stronger than Master Roshi. Perhaps he was the strongest fighter in the world!
"Kochin, I want you to invite that man in. He may be the one I seek."
Kochin stared at his mentor blankly before turning to a nearby control panel. "As you wish, Dr. Wheelo."
Riddic spotted a strangely designed building floating in the middle of a lake, the lake was a mystery in itself since it wasn't frozen despite the near zero degree temperature of this frozen mountain range.
'What have you gotten yourself into Roshi?' Riddic sighed, he scratched the side of his head. "I leave that guy alone for a few weeks and he ends up in a place like this."
Riddic was about to say something else when a voiced echoed from the building in front of him, it sounded like an old man. "Hello there. Are you looking for someone?" Riddic stared at the building in surprise, he didn't think that the place had a built-in speaker system.
"Uh...Yea, I'm looking for a perverted old man who knows martial arts. His name's Roshi."
The voiced echoed once again. "Ah, you're looking for Master Roshi. He is currently undertaking a martial arts challenge inside this fortress, would you like to see him?"
Riddic raised his eyebrow. 'Old Man Roshi told me he retired from the martial arts world. Something's not right...' He decided to play along for now. "Sure, if that's ok?"
"Oh its no trouble at all! Simply fly down to the front of the fortress and I will sent someone to bring you to him."
Dr. Kochin laughed as he watched Riddic fly down toward the huge double doors separating the fortress from the outside. "I cannot believe how gullible that man is!"
"Careful Kochin." Dr. Wheelo cautioned. "That man knows more than he wants us to believe."
"Yes, Dr. Wheelo." Kochin turned back to the control panel before him. He flipped a switch, manually changing the monitor back to the battle between Master Roshi and his three creations.
He looked with interest to see how the battle developed since he last looked. Roshi was still on the defensive; blocking, dodging and countering where he could, but he was growing tired and his opponents seemed to grow stronger and stronger as they held a little less of their power back every few minutes.
Kochin turned to a mic attached to the panel. "Attention Bio-Warriors," Kochin's voice echoed through the chamber, Dr. Kochin's creations ceased their attack, giving Roshi a chance to catch his breath. "There is a being of extraordinary fighting power outside this fortress."
Roshi frown, he had a good idea who that "being" was.
"Misokatsun, engage our newly arrived 'guest'. Kishime and Ebifurya, keep attacking Master Roshi until he drops. I'd prefer if he is alive when you defeat him. Now go!"
The big one began to move towards one of the three exits in the room, Roshi guessed that one was Misokatsun. He looked at the two remaining bio-warriors, they slowly crept forward towards him.
'So its just these two now. Well at least I don't have to worry about the big one bouncing my attacks back at me anymore.' Roshi spread his legs out, placed his hands by his right side, and began to charge up his original, signature technique. 'Let's try this once more.'
Riddic stood in front of the huge double doors of this so-called fortress. He waited patiently for this "person" who would show him to Old Man Roshi. Riddic crossed his arms, he was worried.
'I hope you're ok, old man.' He closed his eyes, trying to focus on his friend's ki, when the doors to the fortress opened up. Riddic opened his eyes, uncrossed his arms, and looked inside the fortress. No one was there, though it was dark and the person he was waiting for could have been in the shadows.
Riddic tried to call out, in case the person was in the shadows, when he cut himself off. He felt a power, one of the three powers he felt with Roshi just prior to coming here, approaching fast.
'He's not coming from the hallway.' Riddic looked down at the ice. 'He's coming from down there!'
The power felt like it was almost on top of him now, he saw a flash of yellow beneath the ice. Riddic jumped forward and turned around, no sooner did he do that a giant fat yellow monster broke through the ice.
Riddic to a half-step backwards. "So...Are you the person the voice said was to show me in?"
The monster yelled something unintelligible and swung his right arm at Riddic, the monster was fast despite being fat.
Riddic brought his left arm up and blocked it, he smiled. "You know, you remind me of this other guy I know named Dadoria. He's also fast despite being fat, and you look a lot like him."
Riddic bought his right fist back past his waist. "Only you're a lot uglier!"
He launched his fist forward, it hit the monster's stomach but in didn't connect with anything. It felt like the monster had no insides at all!
"What?" Riddic was shocked, he never fought an opponent with such an anatomy before. 'How the hell is this thing alive?'
The monster looked down at him an snickered. Riddic quickly kicked him in the face, causing the monster to fall backwards into the ice cold waters. He back pedaled a few feet, almost slipping on the ice as he did, and waited for the yellow monster to resurface.
Soon enough, the monster jumped out of the water. Yelling unintelligibly at Riddic, it charged at him. Riddic extended his hand towards the yellow monstrosity.
"Let's see how you handle this!" He fired an energy wave at the creature, it halted in response, spreading itself outward. The wave hit the monster, extending its stomach backwards like taffy, but it held its ground. Riddic raised his eyebrow.
'I see he handled that well.' He lowered his eyebrow, staring dead into the monster's eyes. 'How about we add some more power?'
The wave doubled in size, the creature continued to hold his ground, but began to show signs of stress.
Riddic smiled. 'A little more should do it.'
The wave grew, not as much as before but enough to cause the monster trouble.
The monster tried to hold its ground, but to no avail as he began to slip backwards bit by bit. Suddenly, the wave pierced the monster's body, causing it to fly backwards. Riddic lowered his hand, about to turn around and proceed inside the fortress when he spotted the monster flying around the sky uncontrollably.
He laughed at the creature's misfortune. "So he was full of air all along! Look at that! Hahaha!"
Inside the fortress's control room, Dr. Wheelo and Dr. Kochin stared at the monitor in shock. This man who appeared out of nowhere defeated one of their most powerful creations like nothing!
"Th-this is unexpected!" Kochin said. "Such power! He defeated Misokatsun with ease! It's unbelievable!"
Wheelo laughed. "He's the one alright, the strongest in the world. I can't wait to meet this man face to face."
Riddic sprinted through the dark hallway, looking for any side passages as he went. A few minutes passed, he saw a light at the end of the hallway and speed up towards it. He entered a large, circular room. Riddic looked up, he saw several black balls hovering in the air.
Suddenly, they sprouted long blades and begun to rapidly spin. They rushed towards him, Riddic immediately raised both of his hands and began to launch multiple energy blasts at the spinning death balls. Many of the balls crashed into the blasts, breaking into pieces.
Several of the balls maneuvered around the blasts and managed to hit Riddic from several angles. However, his armor took the blunt of the blow and caused the blade that made contact to break off.
Riddic smiled. "So this armor is good for something."
He blasted the remaining death balls, looked around to make sure there weren't any more surprises, and continued onward to find Roshi.
"He handled that well." Dr. Wheelo said as he continued to watch Riddic wonder through his fortress. "Looks like he's lost. Would you show him the way Kochin?"
Dr. Kochin turned around and placed his free hand on his chest. "It would be a pleasure, Dr. Wheelo."
Riddic raced through the vast hallways, looking for his human friend. 'Where are you old man?' He kept running until he spotted something in the corner of his eye. He stopped and turned, something was waving at him from the shadows.
Riddic stepped closer, it was a short, greenish blue goblin looking thing with beady, red eyes and a mask instead of a mouth. "You are looking for Master Roshi, correct?" It said.
Riddic held the urge to laugh at the creature's ridiculous voice. He knelt down, staring at it at eye level. "That's right. Do you know where he is?"
The creature nodded, he pointed in a particular direction. "This way."
The Bio-Men turned and began to walk in the direction it pointed in. Riddic sat up and followed, the two walked for what seemed to be an hour when they finally arrived in a large circular room. The room was illuminated in a purplish glow. The Bio-Men pointed towards the center of the room, Riddic looked over and saw Roshi laying face first on the floor.
Riddic's eyes widened. "Old Man!" He brushed pasted his guide, running as fast as he could towards his friend. He knelt down, placing both his hands on Roshi's back.
"Roshi!" He rocked the old master back and forth, trying to get him to respond. "Roshi! What happened? Who did this? Roshi?!" Riddic continued to rock his friend's body, after a few moments Roshi responded.
"Didn't anyone tell you it's rude to wake up other people?"
Riddic sighed, he was relieved. He took his hands off of Roshi's back. "You scared me, I thought someone finally took you under."
Roshi slowly got up, Riddic could now see scorch marks on his face and cloths. Roshi looked at his friend. "Who me? Hehe, don't worry about such things. I've survived worse." He placed his hand behind his back and began to gently punch his lower back area. "Not that they didn't try."
Riddic sat up, he had a serious look on his face. "Who did this? And where are they now?"
Roshi opened his mouth to speak but was interrupted by the same voice that Riddic heard outside the fortress. "Hehehe, if you wish to know. My creations were the ones who did this to your friend. As for where they are..."
Riddic felt something slam against the back of his head, the blow cause his head to bend downward.
"...We're right here!" A different voice said.
Riddic turned around, he saw a pink, brutish looking, human-like being standing where he just was and a purple spotted, green reptilian-like creature rushing at him. The green one(Kishime) jumped up and attempted to kick Riddic. The latter sidestepped, dodging the kick completely. The pink one (Ebifurya) charged at him with a left hook, Riddic brought his right arm up and blocked it, following up with a kick to the brute's chest.
Kishime charged at Riddic with a left hook. Riddic turned his head towards the bio-android and smacked him with his left fist. Kishime fell sideways, catching himself before hitting the floor. Riddic heard a roar behind him, he turned only to be meet by a cold blast. His right elbow and the surrounding areas were frozen in ice.
"Wha-"
Ebifurya laughed. "Cold enough for ya?"
Riddic stared at him, he snickered. "So, you're the one that can talk. Well, as for your question."
Riddic managed to flex his elbow, shattering the ice that entrapped it. "No, your 'frost beam' is nowhere close to the colds of the Tsumisubri Mountains. If I wasn't used to the cold here, your attack might have been a problem."
Ebifurya stood still, completely shocked at how Riddic shook off his attack like nothing.
Behind him, Kishime picked himself up and roared, he extended his right arm. Wires sprouted from his arm, most hooked onto his skin, others span around in front of his arm, creating a whip with a bright yellow glow. Kishime swung his arm forward like a whip, Riddic turned around and raised his left hand to block the attack. The wires raped around his arm, Kishime smiled and sent an electric pulse down the wires.
Riddic was shocked, literally. "THE HELL?!" He screamed, firing an energy blast at Kishime.
He yelled in terror as the blast hit him, disintegrating his entire body save his right arm. Riddic panted angrily, he ripped the wires off his hand and threw them aside.
Riddic turned to Ebifurya. "And then there was one..."
Ebifurya clenched his fists, he rushed Riddic. The latter closed his eyes. "When will they learn."
Ebifurya closed in on Riddic, he swung his fist but only punched the air. Riddic vanished at the last moment before he made contact. Confused, the brute looked around trying to find his opponent.
Riddic reappeared a few feet to Ebifurya's left, the latter turned in time to see Riddic launch an energy blast at him before vanishing again. Ebifurya stepped to his right, dodging the blast. Riddic reappeared upside down a few feet behind the pink brute, he fired another blast before vanishing once again.
Ebifurya turned around again and narrowly dodged the blast. Just then, Riddic reappeared a few feet in front of him, a smile on his face. Ebifurya stared at him and laughed. "Ha! You missed!"
Riddic crossed his hands, pointing both of his index and middle fingers outward. "Did I now?"
Ebifuya raised his eyebrow, he turned to his right. The energy blast he just dodged somehow turned around and was speeding towards him. He then turned to his right, the other blast also turned around and sped toward him as well. Ebifuya grinned his teeth and jumped up at the last moment, dodging both blasts again and causing them to collide and explode.
Ebifuya smiled, about to gloat that he wouldn't let such a trick beat him, when Riddic appeared in front of him. Dr. Kochin's creation dropped his jaw in shock, before he could do anything Riddic hit the bio-android with a right hook, causing him to fly at a breath-taking speed. Ebifuya crashed into a nearby wall, killing him instantly.
Dr. Kochin took a few nervous steps backward. "Kishime and Ebifuya too..." He mumbled. "Just how strong is he?"
Dr. Wheelo laughed. "How strong indeed? Once I have that body, no one will be able to stop me! I will rule this world!"
Dr. Kochin looked at his mentor. "Are you sure? He may be too powerful for us to handle."
"Perhaps..." Dr. Wheelo thought on that possibility for few moments.
"It's too late to go back now, since we've come this far." He said. "Besides, that man wants to find the ones responsible for his friend's misfortune and now that he's linked up with Master Roshi, he knows exactly who we are, or at least our names."
Dr. Wheelo paused, if he still had a body he would have turned his head to stare at Riddic. "He won't stop till he finds us, even if he needs to destroy this place in the process. Would you mind sparing us that displeasure Kochin?"
Kochin looked at the monitor, half in fear, half in shock. "Y-yes, I'll see to it immediately."
Riddic sighed, he turned to Master Roshi. "Now then, time to find that guy on the speaker system." He mumbled as he walked towards his human friend. "How are you holding up?" Riddic said as he approached Roshi.
"I'm fine, unlike those two you fought. I know you're strong Riddic, but seeing you take out those two so easily surprised me." Roshi sighed. "I fought those two with all I had and it still wasn't enough, maybe I'm getting to old for this."
"Yep, you're way too old for fighting." Riddic said with a smile. Roshi almost fell over, he couldn't believe how obvious Riddic was.
"You can at least try to cheer me up!" He yelled.
Riddic placed his hands up in an effort to try and calm his friend. "Ok, ok, I'm sorry." Riddic placed his hands down, he had a serious look on his face. "Do you know where that guy on the speakers is?"
Roshi calmed down, he placed his hands behind his back. "Ah, that old man...What was his name again? Dr...Kochin I think. Weird man in my opinion, and no, I don't know where he is, but I know he works for someone called Dr. Wheelo." Roshi sighed, he looked up at Riddic. "Sorry, I don't know anything else about them."
Riddic smiled, he placed his hand on Roshi's shoulder. "That's alright old man, you've done more than enough."
"Why are you treating my like I'm helpless? I AM a martial arts master, and stop calling me old man."
Riddic chuckled. "Sorry, I'm still new to this 'reassuring' thing. My father was the best when it came to that stuff."
Just as Riddic finished speaking, the same Bio-Men that guided Riddic before approached the two. Roshi turned to the goblin-like android. "Careful, that's one of their creations. They're pretty weak though."
Riddic turned and stared at the Bio-Men. "Really? But this thing lead me here."
"I have orders to bring the both of you to Dr. Wheelo and Dr. Kochin." The Bio-Men said, it turned around. "Please follow me." It walked off towards one of the three exits in the room.
"Well...That saves me the trouble of tracking them down." Riddic said, he started to walk after their guide when Roshi stopped him.
"Riddic, you do know this is a trap, right?"
Riddic shrugged his arms. "Of course, but I'm still going anyway." Riddic turned his head to Roshi. "I'll make these guys pay for hurting my friend." He said before running after the Bio-Men. 'I'm not gonna go through the loss of a friend, not again.'
Roshi sighed. "Might as well see this through to the end." He hurried after Riddic.
The Bio-Men lead them through a maze of dark passageways. Eventually, the goblin android lead them to a room with a large cylinder object in the center. The Bio-Men pointed up. "They are waiting for you." It said before turning around and walking back the way they came from.
Riddic and Roshi stared at up, neither could see the top. Riddic turned his head to Roshi. "Well, no use in standing around." He brought his fist up, pointing to his back with his thumb. "Grab on, I'll fly us up there."
Roshi nodded, grabbed on to Riddic's back, and the two flew up. After several moments, Riddic reached the top of the cylinder; it was dark, like most of the fortress. He landed a few meters off of the edge, Roshi hopped off of his back and stood beside him.
A voice laughed out of the darkness. "Glad to see you could make it!"
A light came on, illuminating Dr. Kochin, he was standing on a platform, in front of what looked to be a control console. "I see you have brought Master Roshi. Good, now we can take care of all the lose ends."
"Kochin, right?" Riddic pointed at the old man. "I'm here to end this, get ready."
Dr. Kochin chuckled. "Oh I'm sure, but before that, there is someone here who would very much like to meet you." Kochin nudged his head to his right. "Allow me to introduce my mentor, Dr. Wheelo!"
Riddic looked behind Kochin, he noticed a small red circle. Riddic looked closer, he now noticed a oval like object framed on the wall, inside the top part of the object was a giant brain.
"A-a brain?" Riddic said in disbelieve.
Dr. Kochin laughed. "Surprised? Dr. Wheelo's body was destroyed when we were trapped in this ice tomb 20 years ago, but I was able to preserve his brain and implanted it in that shell you see there."
"And now, I desire a new body. The body of the strongest in the world!" The brain of Dr. Wheelo spoke.
Riddic gasped, this was getting weirder and weirder for him. "You can talk?"
"Indeed, thanks to my years of research and the work of my loyal assistant, I am able to speak in this shell...and more, if I desire."
"So, why are you after my body?" Riddic asked.
"Ah, so you know that you are the one I seek, how perceptive of you. Very well, I shall tell you my reasons." Dr. Wheelo paused. "Dr. Kochin and I seek to rule the world and to improve the human race with our biotechnology. We would have succeed 20 years ago if it wasn't for that damn avalanche that trapped us."
"Fortunately, due to some unknown reason, a small part of the ice that sealed us in was destroyed." Dr. Kochin cut in. "Then, thanks to my efforts, our fortress was freed from its icy tomb. We now have a second chance at our ultimate goal!"
Riddic recalled his practice session from earlier, specifically when he sent his energy wave in the valley and it exploded. He clenched his fists. 'So this is my fault.' Riddic stared at Dr. Wheelo. "And what makes you think I'll let you take my body?"
Dr. Wheelo laughed. "You don't have a choice! Your body belongs to me now!"
Riddic felt something rap around his arms and legs, he looked down and saw several wires rapped around his appendages. Then a bright pink light surrounded him and with it he felt a pain similar to the electric attack he suffered from earlier. He grinned his teeth in pain. 'What the hell is it with these guys and electrical attacks?!'
Roshi stepped towards the two mad scientist. "What are you doing to him?"
"Now, depose of the rest so we can begin the transfer." Dr. Wheelo said to Kochin, completely ignoring Roshi's question.
The latter nodded in response and hoped down from the platform he was standing on. Kochin flipped the top of his dragon style cane, revealing a hidden button. He aimed the top of the cane at Roshi and pressed the button. A purplish beam wave came out of the cane and rushed towards Master Roshi. The wave exploded, leaving scorch marks where the old master once was.
Kochin laughed. "It looks like I disintegrated him!"
"Kochin, watch out!" Dr. Wheelo yelled.
Too late, Roshi kicked the cane out of Kochin's hand, sending it tumbling over the edge and into the obsess.
Dr. Kochin gasped. "How did you-"
"I may be old, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeve."
Kochin grinned his teeth, then smiled. He extended his hand towards Roshi. The skin of his hand blew off, revealing a blue robotic hand, then the hand transformed into a gatling gun.
Kochin laughed. "Die you fool!" He fired his gun hand at Roshi.
The latter held his ground and caught every bullet Kochin fired at him. Dr. Kochin stopped firing, shocked that a human could perform such a feat. That pause was all Roshi needed, he dropped all the bullets he caught and quickly closed in on Kochin. Roshi swung at Kochin's gatling gun hand, knocking it off completely. Kochin fell down, cursing at Master Roshi for taking his arm off.
Riddic watched the whole battle unfold as he adjusted to the pain. 'Now that I'm used to it.' He pulled the wires that held him, breaking them easily, and stepped out of the light that surrounded him. After he did, the light vanished.
"Looks like I was wrong Old Man Roshi, you can still fight after all."
Roshi turned around. "Never underestimate the Turtle Hermit...And stop calling me Old Man Roshi! It's Master Roshi, Roshi would do fine."
Riddic scratched the back of his head and chuckled. "Sorry, it's a force of habit."
Roshi sighed. "What am I going to do with you, Riddic?"
'Looks like I need to handle this myself.' Dr. Wheelo thought. The wall around his shell began to break, as if something from the other side was pressing on it with all of its might.
He laughed. "I am impressed, Riddic was it? You have far exceeded my expectations."
The wall continued to stretch and bend, pipes that were attached to the wall began to fall off.
"I now see that I have to take drastic measures to secure your body for my own."
Roshi backed away from Kochin and ran towards Riddic. Dr. Kochin got up and nervously cried out his mentor's name.
The wall gave way around Dr. Wheelo; a huge cloud of smoke and debris filled the area, a pair of giant mechanical arms swung freely in the open air and the doctor's evil laugh echoed thought out the room. There was a loud thumping noise as something jumped on the surface of the cylinder, followed by the screams of Dr. Kochin.
Unfortunately, he was knocked off the platform, falling into the void as he sped toward the bottom. The smoke cleared, revealing a gigantic mecha of some kind: It was mostly dark blue with some areas of brownish purple, had pincers for hands, a tail, long thin legs, and the same type of metal fin-like objects on the back that Riddic seen outside the fortress. It took Riddic a few moments to figure out that the mecha was indeed Dr. Wheelo.
"Once I have your body Riddic, I can discard of his ugly metal shell." Dr. Wheelo said. "Then, I will be able to fulfill my destiny and become the greatest scientist the world has ever known!"
Dr. Wheelo's declaration made Riddic remember the tyrant Frieza, how he ruled over his race and killed everyone who tried to resist his will, he ginned his teeth.
"You people are all alike, wanting to rule over others weaker than you." He brought his fist up and clenched it, causing it to shake violently. "I swear, I will destroy you!"
Dr. Wheelo laughed. "By all means, come and try."
Roshi spread his legs out and brought his hands up to his stomach. He yelled, his body grew several times bigger and buffer, his shirt exploded into pieces due to the strain. Riddic raised both his eyebrows in surprise.
"Ro-Roshi?" Roshi took a deep breath before responding.
"I said it earlier didn't I? I always have a few tricks up my sleeve." He placed his hands by his side as he prepared to fire a Kamehameha wave. "Riddic, use that attack I taught you. We'll take him together!"
Riddic blinked a few times, he was still trying to get used to seeing Roshi like that. After a few moments, he nodded and placed his hands in the same stance Roshi had his hands, blue energy charged in his hands.
"Ka...me...ha...me...HAAAAAA!"
They both fired the wave at Dr. Wheelo, hitting his mecha body. However, Dr. Wheelo walked through the wave unfazed, as if he was walking through the rain.
"What?!" Roshi yelled, Riddic grinned his teeth. 'How do we stop him?'
They stopped firing the Kamehameha at Wheelo, Roshi reverted to his old self, he started to pant. "Damn...and that was a one time deal."
Dr. Wheelo laughed. "Was that it? You'll have to try harder if you want to stop me."
He raised one of his pincer arms, it opened, and fired a Photon Strike. Riddic quickly tracked the trajectory of the yellow wave, his eyes widened: It was heading for Roshi.
"ROSHI!" Riddic yelled as he raced in front of the old man, he raised both his arms up to try and block the wave. The wave hit, but Riddic was able to stop it, barely. He turned his head toward his friend. "Quickly! Move out of the way!"
Roshi complied, he ran to the left. As soon as Roshi moved out of the way, Riddic quickly jumped to his right. The wave, now unhindered, continued onward, hit the fortress wall, and broke through it. A small dab of sunlight peered through the hole.
Riddic looked at Roshi, making sure he was alright, then at Dr. Wheelo. "That was low, attacking an old man."
Dr. Wheelo chuckled. "I need to dispose of him anyway, he knows too much."
Riddic clinched his fists. "You have to get through me first!"
"That can be arranged!"
Dr. Wheelo dashed toward Riddic, he was fast despite being a huge metal mecha, and caught him off guard. Wheelo swung his metal arm and hit Riddic across the face. The latter flew towards the wall but recovered at the last moment. He bounced off the wall and flew back towards the mecha, Wheelo dashed towards Riddic in response.
A few moments before the two collided, Riddic veered up, dodging Wheelo completely. He turned around and fired three energy blasts at Dr. Wheelo, the latter turned around a fired another Photon Strike in response. Wheelo's wave cut through the three blasts easily and continued outward, creating another hole in the fortress.
Riddic landed on the surface of the cylinder covering the enter of the room, he stared at the approaching Dr. Wheelo. 'He's tough, I have to find a way to break his metal shell.'
Wheelo landed a few feet from him. "As entertaining as this has been, I think its time we raped this up." He extended one of his pincer arms at Master Roshi. "Surrender your body to me, or he dies."
Riddic's eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare."
Dr. Wheelo chuckled. "Wouldn't I? Try me then, but know this; if I fire my Photon Strike wave at Master Roshi and you move to block it like before, I will intercept you and occupy you long enough for my wave to hit your friend. If you move to attack me, I will fire as well. Either way the result will be the same, and the death of your friend will be solely on your shoulders."
Dr. Wheelo took one step toward Riddic. "Now surrender your body before I kill-"
A surge of yellow light flashed around Riddic, causing Wheelo to stop mid sentence. Riddic's hair slowly stood up and flashed yellow.
"If you think I will let you hurt my friend any further," His eyes began to change color, a yellow aura flashed on and off around him. Riddic roared to the heavens. "YOU MUST BE ASKING TO DIE!"
Riddic transformed; his hair stood up, glowing in a golden color, his eyes turned from black to a blueish green, and a gold aura pulsed around him like it was alive.
Dr. Wheelo stood still, both curious at this development and shocked at its nature. "What? I never seen anything like this before. Tell me, how did you cause this sudden transformation?"
Riddic remained still, glaring at Dr. Wheelo. The latter took a step forward. "Did you hear me?"
Riddic lowered his head and smirked. "Oh I heard you..." He muttered before vanishing. Dr. Wheelo gasped, he looked around the room for Riddic.
"Where are-" He cut himself off, he felt something holding his pincer arm, specifically the one still aimed at Roshi. Wheelo looked, Riddic held his arm in a deadlock.
Riddic smiled and, before Dr. Wheelo could react, ripped off the arm completely. Dr. Wheelo stumbled back, sparks flew out of his side due to his missing arm.
"What the hell are you?" He said fearfully.
This was unexpected, how could he have known that there would have been a being with this kind of strength and speed? Riddic, still holding Wheelo's ripped off arm, hovered over to the fearful scientist.
Riddic laughed. "So you ask who I am?" He said calmly. "I am the nightmare that hunts people like you, I am Riddic! And I, AM A SUPER SAIYAN!"
Dr. Wheelo stood shocked, he never heard of such a thing in his entire life. Before he could offer a retort, Riddic hit him with his disjointed arm. The force sent Wheelo flying sideways, straight towards Master Roshi. The latter panicked as he say the doctor's metal body fly toward him at an unbelievable speed, Roshi couldn't dodge even if he tried.
At the last moment, Riddic appeared before his bewildered friend and caught Dr. Wheelo.
He turned his head towards Roshi. "It's getting dangerous around here, best find a safe place to hide."
Normally, Roshi would have responded with a comment on how he wasn't helpless, but could tell as that this fight was way out of his league. Roshi nodded, and complied with his friend's wishes.
Riddic watched as Roshi left, once he was satisfied that his friend was a a safe distance, he returned his attention to Dr. Wheelo. The mad scientist stood completely still, possibly from the shock of the previous attack.
"And now, to finish you off."
Riddic picked Wheelo up, spun him around several times, and sent him flying upward. His mecha body broke through the roof of his fortress, creating a huge hole. With in a few moments, Dr. Wheelo was out of sight. Riddic smiled, he launched himself off of the ground and slowly chased after his opponent.
In the Earth's atmosphere...
Dr. Wheelo flew into the Earth's inner atmosphere, the entry slowed him down allowing him to stop his ascent. He hovered there, reflecting on the past few minutes.
"Riddic is too powerful...I'll have to travel to another planet to acquire a new body." Dr, Wheelo looked down at the Earth. "First things first, I'll obliterate this planet along with everyone else!" He spread his legs and his remaining arm out. "Though it saddens me that I can no longer fulfill my dream, I much rather see it end by my hands, then the hands of a meddler."
Dr. Wheelo began to charge his most devastating attack, a bright light emerged from his fortress and covered him, and with it gave him power.
Riddic wasn't bothered by the light, or the fact that it seemed to give Wheelo more power. He knew that the doctor was trying something desperate, meaning that if he stopped whatever gamble Dr. Wheelo was trying to pull, he would win. Riddic smiled. 'Let's see what you got.' He speed up after the mechanized Wheelo.
Dr. Wheelo laughed, he had gathered more then enough power to destroy the Earth.
"Take this!" He crossed his remaining pincer arm against his chest, his entire body glowed yellow.
"PLANET GEYSER!"
He spread his arm and legs out, a massive red beam wave fired from his chest. The beam rushed towards the planet, Riddic saw Wheelo's attack and smirked. He lit up his golden aura, and flew at max speed toward the beam. Riddic and Wheelo's beam collided, both fought so the other could continue on its trajectory.
After a few moments of a "push and shove contest", Riddic pasted through Wheelo's Planet Geyser, causing the attack to detonate prematurely.
Dr. Wheelo hovered, baffled at the spectacle and-before he knew it-the Super Saiyan was upon him. Riddic smiled as he swung his right leg across Wheelo's mechanized chest, cutting it in half. His cut off legs fell to the Earth, burning up in the atmosphere.
Dr. Wheelo stood still, he knew that there was nothing he could do to even delay his death. Having used up most of his energy supply on his Planet Geyser attack, he was at the mercy of his opponent.
Riddic raised his right hand at the mecha, it glowed with energy. "Any last words?"
Dr. Wheelo was furious, and cursed his fate. This was the end, all those years of study and planing, all those years of biding his time, all those insufferable years in his frozen tomb, all of it led to this decisive moment: His downfall at the hands of the most powerful man in the world.
"Damn you Riddic!" Wheelo screamed. "Damn you! And damn this planet!"
Riddic chuckled. "Thus are the final words of the self-proclaimed greatest scientist of the world."
Riddic fired an energy wave at almost point-blank range, the wave disintegrated Dr. Wheelo's mechanical body, leaving nothing but ash. Satisfied, Riddic flew down to the surface to find Master Roshi.
Unknown to Riddic or Roshi, the giant cylinder in the fortress's control room was in fact Dr. Wheelo's source of power. With Wheelo's death, the power core exploded, taking with it the entire fortress and everyone in it. The shock wave caused Roshi -who long since escaped Wheelo's fortress- to fall over, as well as start several avalanches.
Riddic landed by his fallen friend, still in Super Saiyan mode. "Are you alright," Riddic smiled. "Old Man Roshi?"
Roshi hoped up, his face turned red. "HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU TO STOP CALLING ME THAT?!"
Riddic almost fell over laughing, in his mind the two of them made a good impression of the relationship between his diseased friends Marcus and Dapin.
"I- I'm sorry." Riddic struggled to say though his laughs. After a few moments of uncontrollable laughter, he took a few deep breaths and calmed down. "Seriously though, are you alright?"
Roshi turned his back on Riddic, he was still mad at Riddic's nickname. "I'm fine." He turned his head. "But are you alright after all that?"
Roshi turned back around, he looked at Riddic's golden hair. "That was quite a spectacle, your power jumped over a thousand fold!"
Riddic smirked. "Impressed? This is that Super Saiyan transformation I told you about."
Roshi nodded. "I remember, but you didn't tell me you could turn into one. It's quite something."
Riddic rubbed the back of his head, he smiled. "Stop, you're making be blush."
Riddic brought his hand in front of his fist and clenched in, he still smiled, but it was more of a sad smile now.
"Hey Roshi," He turned to the Turtle Hermit. "Did I ever tell you how much I appreciated our friendship?"
Roshi raised his eyebrow. "Where is this coming from? Don't tell me you think I'm going to kick the bucket, I still have a few decades left in me."
Riddic chuckled, he stared at the snow-covered ground. "It's not that. Just that I...Remembered a promise I made to my best friend." Riddic looked up at Roshi. "I think it's time I went home, to my planet."
Roshi spun around. "Good riddance, freeloader."
Riddic almost fell over, he laughed nervously.
Roshi turned back around, held his left hand up in a "peace" sign, and laughed. "I'm joking, Ahehehe." He placed his hand behind his back. "Well, I wish you luck in your journey back home. Before you go, could you kindly drop me off on my island? I would walk, but I rather not travel half the world to get home."
Riddic laughed. "Sure," He took a half step toward his friend before stopping himself. "Oh, I have to ask. You wouldn't know any good scientist that can possibly repair spacecraft?"
"Why? Did your spaceship break when you landed?" Riddic shook his head. "Not when I landed, but I haven't touch the thing in 2 years and I'm not sure of its condition now."
Roshi placed his hand on his beard, he brushed through it as he thought. "Well...There is this new company I heard of whose founder is a world-known genius or something." Roshi tilted his head up. "I think it was called...Capsule Corp. It's somewhere in West City if I'm not mistaken."
Riddic nodded. "Alright, I'll head over there." Riddic reverted back to his normal state. "As soon as I drop you off."
Riddic knelt down, allowing Roshi to climb on his back and the two flew off in the general direction of Master Roshi's island.
Power levels:
Dr. Wheelo: 18,000
Dr. Kochin: 10
Ebifurya: 2,500
Kishime: 2,500
Misokattun: 2,500
Bio-men: 50
Master Roshi: 139 (Full/Max Power) 180
Riddic: 11,800 (Super Saiyan + 145 mil) 145,011,800
Hello all, its been a few months since I last finished an entry(for this story). Unfortunately due to my job they'll still be gaps like this in between entries.
It took me forever to finally choose what I wanted Riddic to do on Earth with Master Roshi. I had some idea like have Riddic participate in the World Martial Arts Tournament but that would be overkill. I had thought of having him spend all his time at KAME house but that would be boring. So I decided to include a scene when Roshi uses Riddic to embarrass (troll) his long time rival Shen.
I threw Dr. Wheelo in there since I originally planned to include as many of the DBZ movies into this story as I can without the story going to hell, and he is in one of those movie that make no sense timeline wise unless it was an alternate timeline were Goku managed to save Piccolo from sacrificing himself to save Gohan, thus removing the need to go to Namek. (Since they didn't know you can revive people multiple times with the Namek's dragon.) In the canon universe he's most likely still frozen in the Tsumisumbri Mountains until Kid Buu blew up the world. After that, he's either in Hell or trapped in the mountains again when Goku and Vegeta wished for all the humans to be brought back to life.
Go ahead and review the crap out of this. Tell me what you liked, what you didn't like, what I need to improve upon, etc.