~Resurrection~
~XxX~
Prologue
Dr. Gero couldn't believe it.
How dare those two failed creations of his turn against him! He would make them pay; he would make them pay! Then he would get his revenge on Goku and his friends!
He only activated Seventeen and Eighteen because desperate times called for desperate measures and a small part on himself hoped that the personality reprograming had yielded results, how foolish of himself.
It had all gone straight to hell! If he wasn't so terrified at the moment, Gero would've screamed and raged at the injustice of it all!
He, Doctor GERO! A renowned and accomplished scientist had been fooled by his own complacency and incompetence! He was so sure, so certain that the Data he had painstakingly gathered on Son Goku and his accomplices was enough; he had thought that the adjustments and enhancements that he had made on his own body would give him the edge he needed to kill those pesky fools.
For years he had studied Son Goku, for years he had followed his every move, watched him, studied him, and yet he had been ill prepared and completely taken off guard!
All because of something or another they called Namek! 'What in the blazes is a Namek!?'
Still, all had been relatively good and well when he and Nineteen had started their reign of terror, Android Nineteen even managed to push Son Goku to his limits despite that pesky little transformation called 'Super Saiyan'.
They would've killed him, he would've finally gotten his revenge, but then Vegeta just had to interfere! He never calculated the chance that one of Son Goku's accomplices could become stronger than Goku himself, and that came to bite Gero in the backside.
He was forced to flee after Android Nineteen had been brutalized, he was forced to hide and run while Vegeta and the others hunted him like a mere animal. And then he was forced into a gamble by activating the two incomplete and unpredictable androids Seventeen and Eighteen.
Looking back on it he wondered if it was a wise choice to abduct the twins in the first place. Lazuli and Lapis were notorious delinquents even as children, something that did not lessen even after he had converted them into Androids and now, he was seemingly paying the price for his foolishness.
Yes, he was a fool, he saw that now. Not only had he made an error in choosing these twins as subjects for his experiments, but he also turned them into superior models than himself. He was an absorption type cyborg, while Seventeen and Eighteen were Bio-Organic Androids with Infinite Energy Cores. Meaning that Seventeen and Eighteen were still very much Human with no mechanical parts in their bodies, all of their enhancements had been made with Bio-Organic materials, which was a superior art of enhancements than his own Cybernetics.
Seventeen and Eighteen essentially had no weaknesses, he could absorb some of their attacks, thus becoming stronger, but the twin Androids would never run out of energy and their physical enhancements were superior to his own, it was a losing battle.
The only other creation that could help him right now was Cell…but Cell was still in its infancy, it would be years before it was ready to absorb Seventeen and Eighteen.
Time that Gero did not have, it would only be minutes before Son Goku's companions would find him and the twins did not look like they were willing to help him.
'Maybe I could activate him…he would certainly be strong enough to deal with Seventeen and Eighteen….NO! No, I can't risk it, he has yet to receive any mental programming and possesses far too much power.' Gero couldn't help the involuntary shudder that went down his spine.
He always was an ambitious individual, but creating an Superior-Type Bio-Android that was a perfect clone of a Godlike Warrior from ages long since passed, and then infuse said warrior with Son Goku's powerful Saiyan Cells and give him several enhancements was by far the most ambitious creation that Gero had ever attempted.
But Super Android Twenty-Two scared the living daylights out of the mad scientist. The destruction and havoc this Android could cause if not properly controlled was beyond comprehension.
But he needed a way out of this situation, fast! He could hear Goku's ragtag group of friends outside the thick metal doors of his hidden laboratory, no doubt trying to find a way in. And Seventeen was standing in front of him, a little smirk on his handsome face, as he leisurely tossed the remote-His Remote-up and down without a care in the world.
All the while Eighteen was watching, with an identical smirk on her luscious lips.
"S-Seventeen! What are you doing!? I order you to hand me the remote, now!" Gero bellowed, hoping against hope that his Androids-his creations-would heed his command.
They had too!
"This is the remote you used to deactivate us last time, isn't it, Dr. Gero?" Seventeen asked, his voice smooth and pleasant, sending chills down the scientists' spine. "I think I better hold on to it."
Dr. Gero quacked in his boots, 'no! NO! this can't be happening to me! I'm their creator, their MASTER! They can't be turning against me!' In his mind he wailed at the unfairness of it all.
"What, you disagree?" Seventeen mocked, his smirk broadening. "Then let's try another idea." With that the Android tightened his hold on the remote, before he crushed it into fine powdery dust.
"W-What have you done!? You dare to defy ME!?" Gero shouted/wailed but his words were empty, there was no real threat behind them, he knew it as well, because there was simply nothing that he could do.
"You're not going to put us to sleep again old man." Seventeen snarled, hatred briefly flashed through his sky-blue eyes.
Gero could do nothing but seethe quietly, rooted in place, equal parts anger and fear flashing through his system, his visible brain working overtime, trying to work out some way he could salvage this situation and turn it into his favor.
Yet, all thought left his mind when the heavy metal doors that marked the only entrance to his lab bent inwards, a heavy neon-blue glow seeped through cracks and crevices in the door before it exploded violently, forcing him to cover his face.
Seventeen and Eighteen only smirked, both twins were eager to experience some action after being in stasis for so long. They would play with the good doctor and whoever the newcomers were before they would make Gero pay for the pain he had caused them.
As the smoke from the abrupt explosion began to subside, Seventeen, Eighteen and Gero heard an infuriatingly condescending voice echo through the lab.
"Well, well, what have we here that has you all so nervous?" Vegeta, the Prince of ALL(read few)Saiyan's stood proud and tall next to his quivering and shaking comrades. "A little boy with a scarf around his neck and a pretty little girl! I take it that these are the oh so scary Androids that we've heard so much about."
Seventeen and Eighteen already decided that they would hurt this condescending fool. Yep, they would hurt him badly.
"That's them." Trunk's, the lavender haired Swordsman from the future confirmed.
"I'm shaking in my boots." Vegeta snorted mockingly.
"They're Androids?" Krillin, the small, nose-less martial artists gawped. "They look just like humans to me, unlike that Dr. Gero." He didn't mention that he found the female Android to be quite pleasing to the eye.
"Don't be fooled by the way they look, they're both deadly and ruthless." Trunks warned, his posture going stiff as he prepared himself for battle.
"Well, it seems like Goku's friends are very determined to stop us." Gero began, hoping to somehow steer his two wayward Androids into a fight with the group of intruders while he used their distracted states to slip away. "We will destroy them just as they destroyed Android Nineteen."
"Android Nineteen? So, you've built him after all?" Seventeen asked, turning towards the doctor.
"Yes."
"But he was of a different design than Eighteen and I, was he not? He was an energy absorption model." Seventeen stated, his voice keeping that painfully fake robotic tone to it.
"Yes, he was." Gero gritted out through clenched teeth, he knew Seventeen was just playing with him, stating the obvious just to get a rise out of him. It infuriated the madman beyond believe.
"How very interesting." Eighteen spoke up for the first time, her voice and alluring purr with a haughty overtone. "And you've chosen that same design for yourself? You thought that an energy absorption model would be easier to control, didn't you?" She mocked.
"Yes."
"And now he's been destroyed." Eighteen drawled mockingly.
Gero couldn't help but growl lowly as his Androids, hishhis his creations, mocked him, ridiculed him, right in front of his enemies.
"That is enough! I won't stand for this! I order you to eliminate these intruders and then you will both deactivate yourselves to go through proper mental programming!" Gero shrieked, his patience finally wearing out.
"What are they up too? What's going on?" Krillin asked, whispering quietly as to not draw attention to them.
The Z-Fighters didn't answer, all of them simply watching the spectacle occur before them, this was certainly not how they thought this meeting with the Androids would go. Piccolo, Tien and Krillin in particular had a hard time comparing these two teens were the menacing killing bots that Trunks had made them out to be.
The Androids acted more like spoilt children than the heartless monsters they were expecting to meet.
"Be quiet old man." Seventeen stated simply, getting a gasp from the mad doctor. "We will deal with them when we are ready."
"What did you SAY!?"
Gero's shock turned into anger and yet neither Android showed fear in the face of the raging Doctor.
Inwardly Seventeen was nearly rolling in laughter at the way Gero huffed and puffed, like an angry little child that didn't get its way. He could see his sisters' shoulders shaking, no doubt Eighteen was fighting off the urge to break out into giggles.
"I really wish you had not smashed the remote!"
Gero's exclamation was met with a deadpan of not only the Androids but the Z-Fighters as well, all of them thinking along the line off:
'No shit…'
Eighteen shook her head and combed a strand of her beautiful platinum blonde hair behind her ear as she looked around the lab. It was small and bland, there were only a few pods in the lab making Eighteen believe that this must've been only one of Gero's many emergency hideouts.
She could distinctively remember that they were in a far larger lab the last time she and her brother had been awake.
As her eyes roamed through the bland, silver-white lab, her gaze fell on two other metal containment pods. One being designated with the number Sixteen, she knew that one, the predecessor to their model, a prototype of sorts, big, bulky and as interesting as a grey wall.
The other pod though caught her interest.
'Twenty-Two!? Just how many Androids did that insane geezer build since we were last active?'
That thought disturbed her, being turned into an Android was a horrendous procedure and not something that she would wish on anyone, but the thought of Gero having Androids that might be better and stronger than her brother and her was frightening.
She did not want to have an army of Androids loyal to only Gero hunting her down, especially now that she had finally gained back her freedom.
She smothered those thoughts and began to slowly walk towards Sixteen's pod. "Well, that's too bad, isn't it? Doesn't feel all that good to be at another's mercy, wouldn't you agree Dr. Gero?" She couldn't help but send that barb at the man that took their freedom all those years ago.
Eighteen looked down at the pod, seeing the sleeping figure of the hulking Android Sixteen through the round window, "tell me, have you finally completed the programming of Android Sixteen? You've always called him a failure, yet never gave concrete reason as to why. I'd like to see what other modifications you've made to him."
"You…you stay away from that chamber! Do you hear me Eighteen, I order you to stay away from Android Sixteen!" Gero raged.
Seventeen and Eighteen ignored Gero's ramblings and the heart attack one of the Intruders, the lavender haired kid, seemed to have at the mention of Sixteen.
"Well then, if I'm not allowed to look at dear 'ol Sixteen then maybe I should take a look at Twenty-Two over there?" When she saw Gero's naturally greyish pale skin turn paper white, Eighteens interest in Twenty-Two increased many folds.
Just what kind of Android could make the insane doctor quiver in fear like this? Gero looked like he would suffer from an oil-leak in his pants at the mere mention of Twenty-Two.
Cheekily Seventeen winked at his sister from next to Gero, his smile being positively beatific. "Go ahead sis, take a look at our sleeping comrade before we free them."
Eighteen nodded and sauntered over to Twenty-Two's pod, ignoring the shouting Gero with trained ease. Once she reached the pod and looked through the window, she couldn't help but to lick her lips.
"Hmm, this one certainly is a cutie…" She purred out.
Android Twenty-Two was a handsome young man, looking to be in his early to mid-twenties. He had a flawless, slightly angular face, with three adorable whisker marks on each of his cheeks. Spiky, shoulder-length black hair and a lean, muscular frame that had Eighteen lick her suddenly dry lips.
As the female Android was checking out some eye-candy, the Saiyan from the future was having a panic attack. "There are even more Androids!? Just what else has changed from my timeline!?"
Eighteen ignored the teen and walked to the head of the pod holding the whiskered Android where a little display holding Twenty-Two's data was located. With a few quick swipes of her fingers, she opened several files holding the Androids relevant data and she began to read out loud, despite Gero's protests.
"Hmmm, let's see, Superior-Type Bio-Android. Designation: Super Twenty-Two, really? Super Twenty-Two? Cliché much?" Seventeen snorted, "Genetic makeup: Human/Saiyan hybrid, enhanced physical structure, and would you look at that? Apparently, this cutie is a perfect clone of some big-shot human warrior that died some time ago, a Shinobi-whatever that is-by the name of Uzumaki Naruto."
Seventeen smirked, "well, then why don't we wake him up? He must be waiting to finally be able to use this second chance at life that he has been given, wouldn't you agree Dr. Gero?"
"NO! You mustn't awake him! He hasn't been programmed yet!" Dr. Gero shouted, his tone almost begging.
"Oh, and how many of us are?" Seventeen asked mockingly before he cleared his throat. "Howdy folks! I'm Android Thirteen, look at my Trucker Hat."
"I was going through a phase!" Dr. Gero defended, getting sweat drops from the Z-Fighters who listened in on the bickering.
"Oh, don't worry, I'm sure that we will be able to bring him up to speeds." Eighteen idly commented before she pressed a button to activate Android Twenty-Two.
The Z-Fighters and Dr. Gero looked at the pod holding Android Twenty-Two, trepidation and fear palpable in the air. Trunk's tried to act, tried to blow the lab sky high, but before he could his own father, Vegeta, interfered and stalled the young man's hand, claiming that he wanted to see this Android that even the insane doctor seemed to be afraid of.
'Maybe this tin can will be able to give me the challenge that I deserve.' Vegeta thought in his infinite arrogance.
Everyone in attendance waited with bated breath as the reinforced steel compartment of #22 slid open with an audible 'hiss' as the air pressure of the pod was relieved. Painstakingly slow the lid of the coffin like pod slid open, until eighteen had enough of waiting around and kicked the lid away.
For a few long moments nothing happened until #22's eyes opened up to reveal glowing blue orbs the color of the clearest Azure's. He sat up within the pod and allowed everyone to get a look at his flawless, whiskered face that was framed by shaggy black locks. His muscular body was bound in a flamboyant attire: a pair of loose-fitting black cargo pants and boots, completed by an orange vest that was open at the front, showing off his muscular yet slim physique. A strange metal plate was wrapped around his right biceps with black cloth; the metal plate had a strange carving in it, oddly reminiscent of a leaf and the metal plate itself looked very old and was slightly rusty.
Silence prevailed as he pulled himself out of the pod, taking the Z-Fighters in with a glance, his eyes staying on the forms of Krillin and Piccolo for a moment longer than the others before sweeping his gazes over the remainder of the room. He gravitated towards Dr. Gero, pinioning the mad scientist with his gaze.
"Soooo, that makes what? Five Androids? Six with the one still in the pod?" Vegeta quipped mockingly, sending Trunks a look that caused the teen to flinch.
Meanwhile #22 stared at Gero, his blue eyes never leaving he mad scientist before he finally spoke.
"Kami-sama you're ugly." With those simple words the serious atmosphere within the lab had been shattered. Seventeen snorted loudly and had to hold himself back from breaking out into laughter. Eighteen wasn't so reserved, she instead broke out into giggles and even some of the Z-Fighters-Krillin, Tien, Vegeta-snorted in amusement.
"Seriously, that's a face that only a mother-wait a minute." 22 cut himself off, he leaned forward to get a better look on the doctor before he leaned back with a disgusted look on his face. "Is that your freaking brain? Your brain is visible!? Okay I take it back, that is a face that NOT EVEN a mother could love."
By now Seventeen was laughing as well and 18 was rolling around on the floor, fits of giggles leaving her lips.
Dr. Gero was seething in anger and embarrassment. "How dare you talk to me like that!? I am your master! Your creator! I will not stand for th- "
Gero was cut off, quite literally as he found himself held up by his throat, Twenty-Two's hand tightly wrapped around his neck.
"You wanna run that by me again?" #22 asked as he stared into Gero's eyes. "Did you just claim to be my master? My Creator?!"
"Yep!" Seventeen piped up, stressing the 'P'. "He did."
Both 17 and 18 were impressed with 22, they could hardly follow his movements as he cleared the distance between him and Gero. An impressive feat, though they shouldn't have been surprised considering that the doctor seemed to have a healthy amount of fear for the latest Android.
"Now listen here freakshow." Twenty-Two snarled, sending shivers down Gero's spine. "I have no master and the only people that have the right to claim themselves to be my creators are my parents, do you understand?"
Gero never before nodded more vigorously. "U-GACK!-understood."
"Good." With the flick of his wrist Twenty-Two sent the good doctor flying into one of the many machines that marred the laboratory. "Now then, where the hell am I? This looks like one of Orochimaru's secret labs. And what's up with those guys over there? Is there a reason as to why they look at me as if I am the devil?"
"In order?" Eighteen asked, a broad smirk playing on her luscious lips. This entire situation was just so damn amusing, she hadn't had this much fun in forever. "First, we are in Dr. Gero's secret lab, as for those guys over there? I don't know. They have been standing there and staring at us for the last few minutes."
Twenty-Two looked at the gorgeous woman that reminded him a lot of Ino Yamanaka, so much so that they could've easily been sisters. "I see, and just who is that Dr. Gero? This is the first time that I've heard that name."
"Dr. Gero is the one you've called a 'freakshow' bud." Seventeen pointed to the quivering doctor that still sat on the floor in a daze. "And he already told you who he is, he's our creator." He held up his hand, stopping #22's obvious denial. "You are a Bio-Android buddy, there's no changing that. The reason as to why you don't know about that is because you haven't been programed yet."
Trunks couldn't believe it! They've come here WITHOUT Goku because his father had gotten it into his mind that he wanted to kill the Androids himself. Not only that, but now here they were, watching as the Androids had a nice little chat while doing absolutely nothing!
"NO MORE!" He shouted and made to fire a large KI blast at the laboratory, but before he could even blink his father stood in front of him, glaring right into his eyes.
"No." Was all that Vegeta said before he turned back to the Androids. "You've said that there were only two Androids and now there are six. You've done your part, now let the grown-ups handle the rest. I want to know just who that last tin-can is. If you'd have listened then you would've heard that this Android Twenty-Two has Saiyan DNA, I want to know how powerful he is, and you are not going to get in my way."
Twenty-two looked at Seventeen before his eyes once again wandered to the mad scientist. "Is he telling the truth?" He asked.
"Yes." Gero answered without hesitation. "You should not be awake yet. While you are fully functional you only possess the knowledge and memories of the original donator of part of your DNA."
"Original? What do you mean? My name is Naruto Uzumaki, I am the Seventh Hokage of Konohagakure no Sato! There's no way that I am some clone!" Naruto shouted back.
"Naruto Uzumaki is dead, he has been for thousands of years." Gero fired back heatedly. "Naruto Uzumaki became known as a warrior without peer and a God-Emperor that united the world under one banner, giving way to an era of progress that led us to the here and now. If you don't believe me, in the South City Museum you will find Naruto Uzumaki's mummified corpse, it was from there that I've stolen the DNA necessary to create you, a modified and enhanced clone of Naruto Uzumaki. A Perfect warrior. You should be thankful really; even though you are a clone, you hold ALL of the memories of the original Naruto Uzumaki, meaning I have essentially given you a second chance at life."
Gero smirked at the prone and emotionless figure of Super Android Twenty-Two before he finished his speech. "If you really wish to thank me for giving you another chance to live, you can do so by killing all of those pesky people standing over there."
Anger couldn't even begin to describe the feeling of white-hot fury that coursed through Naruto's system. This, this robotic freak had dared to defile his corpse in order to make a clone of him. This was unforgivable. This mad doctor was the same as Orochimaru, possessing no respect for anyone, and now that asshole had the nerve to demand him to fight those weirdos?
"No." Dr. Gero's smug look fell. "Do your own dirty work, I will not aid a grave robber and madman. You did me no favor, if your story holds even and inkling of truth then I've lived my live with no regrets and should've stayed in the Afterlife where I belong."
"W-What!?" Gero shouted in outrage, "how dare you defy me!? Do you have any idea how long it took to create you? Do you have any idea how impossibly difficult it is to cultivate the mummified DNA from a man that has been dead for tens of thousands of years? You are my greatest creation, and I will not stand for this! You will obey me!"
"W-what is going on in there?" Krillin asked tentatively. "Are the Androids our enemies or not? It doesn't seem like Gero has any kind of control over them."
"I have no idea." Piccolo said, "just stay frosty everyone." The Z-Fighters nodded.
Seventeen and Eighteen looked between the doctor and their newest comrade in arms and fellow Android. The twins enjoyed this moment far more than they probably should, but there was just something special about seeing another of the doctor's creations turn on him.
Let's call it Karma.
Though they should hurry this along, neither Seventeen nor Eighteen wished to stay in this lab any longer than they had to.
"No." Naruto repeated himself while crossing his arms over his chest.
"#22!" Gero ordered, struggling to keep his voice calm. "Kill the allies of Son Goku! Kill them all at once!"
Blue eyes blazed with fire and Naruto glared at the madman.
"No, and my name is Naruto."
"I have already told you; you are NOT Naruto Uzumaki! You are Super-Android Twenty-Two!" Gero snapped back, losing the last of his patience. "Now perform your function and dispose of the targets immediately!"
Naruto was getting sick and tired of this whining child of a man. If the madman gave him another order, then Naruto would dispose of him. He was a Shinobi, original or not, furthermore he was the goddamned Hokage, no one would order him around.
"I will say it one last time, no."
Before Gero could continue to argue with his greatest creation, an arm erupted out of his chest. He stood there frozen in shock before he stole a glance back to the one who had struck him. He saw Seventeen smiling at him, utterly unconcerned with his creators' plight. Gero swept his gaze towards his other two activated Androids only to find apathy and amusement on each of their respective faces.
Pain shot through Gero's circuits as the sleeved arm was ripped out of his back, taking a great deal of parts with it. He staggered half a step forward, clutching at his chest, at the oil leaking out from beneath his fingertips.
This couldn't be happening! This was not happening!
"How…How dare you!?" Gero screeched, his voice as high as a woman's. "I created you! I gave you life!"
"No, you stole it." Seventeen sneered, "or have you forgotten that unlike 22 neither 18 nor I were dead when you abducted us?" Seventeen lips twitched into a cold, cruel smile before he gave the mad doctor a roundhouse kick that decapitated him.
Gero's severed head rolled towards the Z-Fighters who were still quietly watching the spectacle and the latest stunt caused them to experience various degrees of surprise.
Seventeen calmly walked towards the severed head of doctor Gero and upon reaching it, he mercilessly stepped onto it, crushing it beneath his foot in a gory show of electronic pieces, oil and brain matter.
Naruto watched dispassionately as his apparent creator was gruesomely killed. He was a Shinobi, or he at least had the memories of a Shinobi, so this was nothing to him. He had seen far more gruesome and brutal scenes and it needed far more than this to get a reaction out of him.
"Now that that's over with, let's get 16 and hightail it out of here." Seventeen said.
Eighteen took that as her que to open the last pod within the lab, or she would've if a certain moody teenager hadn't interrupted her mid walk.
"NOOOO! If they set that Android free it will be the end of all of us!"
Naruto watched inn interest as the kid's hair suddenly stood on end before a wave of golden energy enveloped him and lit up the cave in its entirety.
Blue eyes opened wide and snapped into seafoam green as Naruto instinctively held out his hand to intercept the boy's attack, the blast bouncing harmlessly off his palm and into one of the nearby computers. Triggering a massive explosion. Fire and flame filled the cave, destroying everything in its path, though the black-haired Android stayed unharmed, even his attire stayed intact.
He still responded and jumped back all the same, easily evading all falling rubble, his feet didn't even touch the ground. Once more his body acted instinctively, and he found himself floating in midair. He was no stranger to flying, he could remember that he possessed that skill, but in his memories, he needed to be in Six Paths Sage Mode in order to use it.
Now though, looking at his arms proved that he somehow knew how to fly without his chakra cloak and for the life of him, he couldn't figure out how that was possible.
"First time flying?" Eighteen asked as she hovered next to him, she too was completely unharmed.
"No, I know how to fly but from what I can remember I needed to be in a special mode in order to do so." He answered.
"Don't worry 'bout that Twenty-Two. Dr. Gero always gives each of his Androids the instinctive knowledge to use KI and to fight. Furthermore, you are no longer just human, we Androids all have several physical and mental enhancements that makes such things as flying instinctual to all of us." She explained.
"Welp that settles that!" Krillin shouted as he and the other Z-Fighters looked at the massive cloud of smoke and debris that had been kicked up by Trunk's massive Ki-Wave. "You're definitely Vegeta's kid."
Vegeta looked back at his son from the future. "So, you done throwing a hissy-fit?"
"At least I've done something more than just standing there and staring at them!" Trunks shouted back.
"Come to think of it, we do that a lot." Krillin gave his own smartass comment.
The Z-Fighters looked down at the cliff where the smoke was beginning to clear only for Trunks to gawp as he noticed that none of the Androids looked even slightly fazed by his attack. "W-What!? But that was my strongest blast!"
"So, you've just assumed they were destroyed then?"
"We do that a lot too."
Vegeta ignored Krillin's remark with practiced ease. "Besides, what exactly changed from your future and now?" The prince of all Saiyan's asked.
Trunks looked away from his father and mumbled out; "More than I thought, less than you think."
"Man, mystery kid up there sure is cranky." Seventeen commented, standing next to 18 on a small cliff face they landed on. "I think someone needs a nap."
"Whatever." 18 huffed. "Let's pop this bad boy open."
It was only then that Naruto became aware of the pod she carried. Holding the heavy metal coffin with one arm above her head. Balanced delicately upon an open palm, she threw it to the ground; the refracted glass quivered from the impact.
The occupant within did not emerge, however, not until his fellow android pressed a red button on the side of the pod. The sealed lip hissed open. A sharp kick from the platinum blonde woman assisted in opening the pod to reveal a great mountain of a man trapped within.
Android 16 slowly opened his eyes to reveal that they were a glowing red before the glow faded and they became a light shade of blue. He grabbed the sides of the pod and pulled himself into a sitting position before he completely rose from the confines of his metal prison and stood next to them.
Android 16 was easily the tallest of the Androids, standing even a head taller than Naruto. He has icy-blue eyes, a reddish-orange mohawk and golden hoop earrings. His clothing constated off a black under-suit, with a bulky lime-green armor-like vest, green boots and greed bracers. A small red ribbon logo was sewn onto the left side of his vest.
"Damn you are one tall bastard." Seventeen whistled appreciatively. "So, fire crotch, what's your name?"
"I am designated as Android 16." The hulking figure responded in a metallic tone.
Naruto just stood aside and watched the spectacle happen in front of him. He still had no clue about what in the name of Kami was going on, so he just opted to stand aside, watch and listen. Hopefully that would give him an idea about what happened and where he was.
"What are the odds." 17 chuckled to himself.
"The old man did always have a one-track mind." 18 shook her head, sending her platinum tresses flying from side to side. "What's your programming 16?"
"I am programmed with the sole purpose of eliminating Son Goku." 16 answered emotionlessly.
"See this is what I'm talking about." 18 said to her twin.
"I am glad that I killed him." Seventeen responded, crossing his arms above his chest.
"You killed Son Goku?" 16 asked with narrowed eyes.
"No, I killed Dr. Gero." Seventeen said.
16 nodded before he turned towards Naruto. His eyes briefly flashed red as he scanned the clone of Naruto Uzumaki.
"Super-Android Twenty-Two." 16 stated.
"Yes?" Naruto asked.
"Your genetic material is made up of 48.9% of Son Goku's DNA."
"Say what now?" Naruto openly showed his confusion. "Just who is this Goku everyone keeps going on about and what do you mean that I have his DNA? I thought that I was supposed to be a clone of Naruto Uzumaki."
"16, leave him alone." 18 chimed in. "Dr. Gero did not yet program 22 so he only possesses the memories of his former human life. We will explain everything to him once we are on the move."
"Affirmative." 16 nodded before he turned to 17. "May we go and eliminate Son Goku?"
"Sure, ain't got nothing better to do." Seventeen stated.
"Wait a minute." Naruto cut in. "Who is this Son Goku and why do you guys want to murder him?" Now while Naruto may not have any problems when it comes to killing, he did have a policy to only kill those that truly deserve a killing and not the innocents.
"Because I am programmed to kill Son Goku." 16 stated. "I cannot go against my programming."
"As for us…well, because we simply don't have anything better to do" Seventeen repeated himself with his twin nodding in agreement. "Furthermore, it was because of Son Goku that Gero abducted us in the first place. Without Goku none of us would've been turned into Androids, you yourself would still be dead and my sister and I would still be two normal human teens."
"We are Androids, we should stick together, even more so considering that you lack any programming or knowledge of the modern world." Eighteen said softly. "And if you don't want to kill Goku or see no reason in killing him then let 16 or us do the dirty work."
Naruto nodded, "alright I will come with you for now."
"Well then let's get going." 17 said before he took off into the sky quickly being followed by the others. "Hey, we should grab us a car."
"Why the hell do we need a car?" 18 asked.
"Because I want one." 17 said.
''What the hell have I gotten myself into now?' Naruto thought to himself, though if anything those three Androids were certainly amusing.
But before Naruto could make out anything else, a blur of black and blue came hurling towards him. He blinked in surprise and his eyes bulged as the black hair of the figure burst into gold before he was rammed.
'What the hell!'
Naruto grappled with his attacker but a sharp blow to his head sent him backwards.
"Father!" He heard the lavender-haired boy cry out. "What are you doing?! We have to retreat!"
"Stay out of this, boy!" Vegeta shouted back. "This is my battle!"
"Wait a minute, battle!?" Naruto asked aghast. "Why would I want to fig-
Vegeta's laughter cut off anything else Naruto might've said.
"Nice try, now shut up and fight me!"
Without hesitation Vegeta launched himself towards Naruto. His aura trailing after him, creating a golden curtain that made him look like a shooting star. He swooped at the Android, drawing his fist back to deliver a knockout blow. So, color him surprised as he suddenly found his fist caught within the grip of the Androids right hand, his fist being squeezed hard enough to make him wince.
'Ok…how did I do that?' Naruto thought as he casually held the Saiyan's fist. 'That punch had more power behind it than one of Granny Tsunade's. Damn, those enhancements the mad doctor gave me must really be something.'
"Hey 22!" Naruto heard the voice of the female Android call out to him causing him to look towards her. "Do you need help?"
"No, I think I'm good." Naruto answered, getting a nod from the woman in return.
Grunting, Vegeta attempted to hit the Android with a gut punch, but it was easily blocked. Gritting his teeth, the prince attempted to pull his fist free from the bot's hold, but he was unsuccessful. The Android held his fist like a vice, not moving even an inch no matter how hard the prince pulled. Getting sick of it, Vegeta used his free hand to shoot a Ki-Blast at the Androids face, finally managing to break free from Naruto's hold.
Naruto was still incredibly confused. This new body of his, it was incredible! He held that golden-boy's fist casually, he didn't even put much effort behind it and yet his attacker just couldn't wretch his fist free. And that blast to the face, while annoying, didn't even sting! He felt as if he was using Sage Mode, no, he seemed to be even stronger!
'Though I think I will need some time until I manage to figure out the ins and outs of this body. I can't feel Kurama either which can only mean that that grumpy fox is no longer sealed within me…and that can only mean that there was some truth behind the doctor's claims.'
As he looked at the glowing warrior in front of him, Naruto couldn't help but smirk. There was no better time to test out his body than now.
This time Naruto made the first move, speeding towards the arrogant prince at blinding speeds. He went for a simple right hook towards the Saiyan's face that Vegeta ducked under, but Naruto was not deterred.
Bringing his knee up hard, Naruto kneed the Saiyan prince right into the chin, causing Vegeta to bend backwards with a grunt.
Naruto spun in place and kicked the disoriented man hard into the stomach.
All air left Vegeta's lungs as he was suddenly forced to bend forward, his hands shot to his stomach, and he had to actively try to hold in his lunch.
Naruto wasn't done, he began a front flip to build up speed and brought the heel of his left foot down upon his still bent over enemy. Vegeta too did an involuntary front flip as the earth-shattering heel of the Android connected with his cranium and he was sent sprawling down into the rock-hard ground where he impacted harshly.
"Father!" Trunks shouted, he powered up into his Super Saiyan from and tried to attack Naruto, but he was stopped as Seventeen and Eighteen suddenly appeared in front of him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Seventeen said. "22 is having a fun time and I'm sure that you wouldn't want to interrupt him. Vegeta challenged him and now your daddy will have to sleep in the bed that he made for himself, if you try to interfere you will have to deal with us."
Trunks ground his teeth together before he let out a sigh and opted to wait along with the other Z-Fighters.
Vegeta pulled himself out of the hole he made in the ground and looked up to the Android that still hovered in the air. He spat out a glob of blood and smirked, "I have to admit, that stung a little. Not bad for a washing machine."
"Heh, I'll take that as a compliment." Naruto smirked before she once again shot at Vegeta.
The two warriors met in a vicious flurry of hand to hand combat, fists, feet, elbows, knees and even heads met, each impact of limbs caused loud 'booms' to travel over the landscape. Though it quickly became apparent that Naruto had the upper hand, his form was better, and he simply was faster and stronger than Vegeta.
Once the two fighters broke apart, Vegeta was a panting mess and had several bruises all over his body and face while Naruto didn't have a single scratch on his body, nor was even one lock of his black tresses out of place.
"Are you done yet?" Naruto casually asked as he stood across from Vegeta.
"Done!?" Vegeta barked out a laugh. "I haven't even started yet! You are about to witness the true power of a Saiyan Elite!"
At the word 'elite' Naruto's face twisted into a scowl. For a moment he could've sworn that he saw Sasuke standing there in Vegeta's place. While he and Sasuke became great friends-brothers in all but blood-after the Fourth Shinobi War, such elitist behavior still rubbed him the wrong way.
Naruto held out his hand to the right and a spiraling sphere of blue energy began to appear above his right palm.
"Then show me the power of a Saiyan 'Elite'" Naruto beckoned.
Vegeta took the invitation and shot at Naruto at full speed. It was as if time slowed to a crawl as Vegeta drew closer and closer to the prone, unmoving form of Naruto who still held the basketball sized sphere of swirling energy above his palm.
As Vegeta reached Naruto and his fist was about to connect with the whiskered Androids face, Naruto vanished in a flash. He appeared above Vegeta with the hand holding the spiraling sphere drawn back before he brought it down and drilled the sphere into Vegeta's back, sending the prince face first into the ground.
"RASENGAN!" Naruto bellowed just as the sphere in his hand expanded exponentially and began to violently rip open the ground all around them.
All Vegeta knew at this moment was pain. He had taken many a Ki-Blast in his life, it came with the job but this…this was utter agony. This attack grinded deeply into his back and drilled his entire body into the ground. He could feel the rocks rip open the skin of his face even as his back continued to suffer abuse like never before.
As the attack came to an end Naruto jumped back from the wide crater he had just created and looked at the cloud of dust and debris that had formed.
He was not the only one though. The Z-Fighters couldn't believe how easily Naruto had taken apart Vegeta. It was such a stark contrast to their earlier battle where the Saiyan Prince had decimated the clown-like Android Nineteen.
Seventeen and Eighteen on the other hand could only smirk in satisfaction. They were both equally impressed with their fellow Android, though Seventeen still believed to be the strongest Android. Still that final move of Twenty-Two was simply awesome and seventeen wondered if he could learn it, he could already imagine using that attack to destroy his enemies with some flair.
Trunks couldn't take it anymore. He did not travel back in time just to see his father get decimated by an Android that should never have existed in the first place. No, he would end this right here and right now, first though he needed to get his father out of harm's way.
He flared his energy and shot towards Android 22 with a loud cry of "Father!"
Naruto looked away from the crated and turned towards the source of the loud cry only to see the lavender-now blonde-haired kid bring down a very sharp looking sword at him. He had not expected that so he could only improvise and hope for the best. He channeled his chakra-or whatever energy he now had-into his left forearm and brought it up to protect his head.
To everyone's shock, the blade shattered upon impact with Naruto's arm. Trunks eyes widened in shock before he gasped, and his pupils vanished completely. He felt a dull and stinging pain in the back of his neck and his hair changed from golden to lavender as he fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Told ya to stay out of this." Android Seventeen stated, standing above Trunks' unconscious form with his hand still raised from when he had chopped the kid into the neck. "Sorry 'bout that Twenty-Two."
"No harm done, what about the other-oh never mind." Naruto said as he noticed that everyone else with the exception of the Androids and the bald dwarf were unconscious as well. Eighteen standing over the unconscious forms of the green, slug-like-whatever that thing was-and the three eyed man, sending him a smug smirk.
Just then the cloud of dust covering the crater vanished and it revealed the bloodied and unconscious form of Vegeta.
"Oh, that's cool, he can turn off the blonde." Seventeen said with a smirk.
"Yeah and unlike you he doesn't need a bottle." Eighteen mocked her twin.
"You are just jealous because I wore it better."
"If by 'wore it better' you mean that people kept mistaking you for me, then yes you wore it better."
"I'm sorry, does that make me girlish or you mannish?" Seventeen mockingly asked.
"Heh, that's hilarious, you talk like those guys fight."
Naruto looked between the two siblings and shook his head at their antics before a sound drew his attention towards the last conscious member of that group of fighters that attacked them.
He along with 17 & 18 jumped up to where the small bald man stood.
"Ah, now listen, I believe that if we came to blows…I would come up short." Krillin admitted with an audible gulp. "No pun intended."
Naruto snorted in amusement. "Heh, I never wanted to fight in the first place, so don't worry. Well unless you have a problem with this guy?" He directed this question at his fellow androids.
"Nah, we ain't got problems with shorty over there." Seventeen said, causing Krillin to sigh in relief.
"Anyways, let's go and kill Goku." Eighteen said before she began to walk away, though not before giving Krillin a flirty wink.
Krillin closed his eyes and ground his teeth together in frustration as the Androids began to walk away from him.
"Damnit! You can't kill Goku!" Krillin shouted and ran after the Androids.
They turned back towards Krillin.
"We can." 17 stated, brokering no argument.
"O-Okay." Krillin stuttered. "B-But you shouldn't!"
"He makes a fair point." Sixteen spoke up for the first time since the fighting began. "But I insist that we still eliminate Son Goku.
"Well, you heard the man. Our hands are tied." Seventeen said.
"If that's your answer then I-I w-will be forced to s-stop you." The last remaining Z-Fighter stuttered out.
"Oh, that's just cute." Eighteen cooed before she along with the other Androids turned away from the quivering martial artist and began to walk away. "Have fun living another day."
Naruto just followed the group of Androids, he needed some more information on this situation he found himself in, but for now he could safely say that he didn't hate what happened to him. If the original Naruto Uzumaki was truly dead, then getting a second chance at life was a pretty sweet deal.
And his current company was not bad at all, he kinda looked forward to the shenanigans he would find himself in if he went along with them.
A/N: Welp, got a new story for ya all!
This is my own take on NeonZangetsu's story Imperfection, though I'm gonna be honest here, I have no clue where I'm gonna take it from here. I'm not really an author with a plan, and I just write what comes to my mind, and I really don't care if my writing is deep or makes much sense, after all, I'm here just for the fun of it.
Anyways, hope you've enjoyed the story and for all those that are interested in my other stories, I'm sorry to say it, but I've kinda written myself into a corner with them. I've tried to write for all of my stories but I'm just not feeling it.
Anyhow, I see ya all whenever, have a great time!