For the next month and some weeks, we flew through space, only stopping to stretch out, train and clean up every few days. During our time, my power level began to rise much higher, to the point where I'm almost at Cellio's level, but he's still a little stronger, I'm at 30,000 while Cellio is at 35,000. After Stryker called the first time, I had to tell him in code to not call until I made it to Cauliferon otherwise we could get traced and found out. I had the visor to the window up to block any light from the stars and was taking a nap, when I heard Cellio's voice from the speaker.

"Rise and shine little brother, we're home." I woke up and lifted the visor, which gave me sight that temporarily blinded me, but my eyes soon adjusted and I got a good look at my home planet. It was a large, orange planet that was surprisingly, only slightly larger than earth. As we got closer, I saw more detail; rivers scattered all over the planet, buildings and cities, small, but noticeable, and forests as well. I looked in awe at it and felt that I was somehow truly home.

"So, whaddaya think Cherik?"

"It's amazing. It really is." I then heard from my communications line a gruff voice that didn't seem too welcoming.

"State your names and business."I then heard Cellio speak on the other end.

"Calm down Lotuce, it's just me, Cellio, I'm back from my mission, you should know who's in the other pod." Suddenly his voice became a lot more friendly.

"Cellio! You're back, and I'm assuming it's Cherik in the other pod right?"

"Yep, that's right. If you could give us our landing coordinates, then go inform our father, that would be great."

"Of course, actually, we can automatically land your pods for you, it's a new tech that just began distribution while you were away."

"Cool." He ended the transmission and our pods automatically landed themselves without the need for manual input. I stepped out onto the platform and saw that I had multiple saiyans in similar armor, surrounding the pods. I looked towards Cellio, but he seemed unimpressed. All of a sudden, there was a voice breaking through the crowd.

"Pardon me, excuse me, royal captain coming through." I looked out into the crowd to see a tall, powerful looking saiyan male; he wore a black spandex undersuit with white body armor that had blue shoulder guards and an insignia on the right breastplate. He also had a red cape and leg armor that seemed very similar to my own design, he held a metallic battle helmet unerneath his arm, with what seemed like red glass, possibly a scouter, across the eyes; and to top it all off, he looked like Cellio and I. He eagerly walked up the stairs to our combined platform, looked back and forth between me and Cellio, then proceeded to hug me. "Cherik, my son. I thought we had lost you forever, but here you are, returned to us."

I didn't know what to do, so I reched out and timidly hugged him back, it felt... like something I had longed for since I arrived on earth. He then let go, grabbed my hand and raised it up into the air.

"My son has finally returned!" There was a loud cheer amongst the crowd and blasts detonating like fireworks overhead. Cellio then came up to us and put his hand on dad's shoulder.

"Alright, come on. I think the king's waiting for us."

"Yes, of course, come son, we have a lot to show you. By the way, Cellio may have told me about your leg armor design, very nice if I do say so myself."

"Oh, uh, thanks.. dad. I designed it myself." I felt a mixture of joy, confusion, and anxiety over coming to my home planet and seeing my father again. The three of us walked through the croud of saiyans as we made our way to the castle. The castle was huge, it towered over 200 feet and had multiple towers and a large main hall. When we reached the end of the hall, the guards opened two huge stone doors which revealed a narrower, but still long hallway, where at the end, sitting atop a throne was king Cauliferon. He seemed to radiate power, yet seemed so calm; he had hair that spiked up, but also draped to shoulder length on his back. His armor was, of course, white in the center, but had red shoulder guards, wore a purple cape and had a different insigina than what my father had, but still seemed similar; he didn't wear any leg protection at all, instead wearing a black spandex suit under his armor with white boots. The king stood up and began to approach us, as soon as I saw my father and Cellio kneel, I did the same. Once he was in front of us, he began to speak.

"Butarega, why do you and your sons kneel? You should know by now that your family is like my family as well." Our dad stood up and talked.

"Sorry about that my lord, but it would be rude not to."

"We talked about this, you don't need to go all lordy on me."

"Sorry Cauli."

"Hmph, as smug as always. Now then, why not introduce me to the newbie here."

"Ah, of course. Cherik, stand up and greet the king." I timidly stood up and bowed.

"Ummm, p-pleased to meet you."

"Likewise son. Now then, where have you been these past few years?"

"I-I've been on a planet by the name of Earth sir."

"Earth huh? Don't think we've ever documented it."

"Nope, we never have Caul. I'm assuming the planet's far too secluded."

"Yes, he has a point my lord. When I first recieved a signal from Cherik's scouter, it was in a part of the galaxy that was near the outer edge, something we've never fully mapped."

"I see. Well, welcome home then, I hope the gravity isn't so different."

"Actually, on earth, the gravity is about one fifth what it is here. That would explain why humans aren't the strongest creatures, well, except for one."

"I see. Well, I have a proposition for you Cherik."

"Yes, m-my lord?" He made a motion with his hand to clear away all the guards and just leave the four of us in the throne room. Once all the guards had left, he began to talk again.

"Would you care for a quick fight with me? I need to test your power to make sure you're resistance worthy. Pardon me for it being a little unprofessional, but I just need to make sure."

"Oh, uh. Ok, I accept."

"Very well then, show me your power young one." He threw his cape to the side and began powering up. I began to power up as well, but I could feel the power difference between us, the only way I could bridge it would be to go super saiyan, but I would save that for later. He made the first move, flying towards me even faster than Cellio, which didn't give me much time to think, but I just barely blocked the punch he threw, which sent me skidding across the floor. When I lowered my arms and looked up, I saw he was coming back and narrowly avoided another punch to the gut; in the brief moment we had, I began to lay punches on him, or at least attempt to since whenever I hit him, it barely seemed to faze him. I jumped back before he could swing at me and charged up my energy gauntlets, he stopped for just a moment to look in admiration at my gauntlets, but a moment was all I needed. I rushed forward and began to speed blitz him with so many punches that he couldn't even react, not that he could anyway, my gauntlets gave me just enough power to do significantly more damage. The very moment I finished punching, I jumped up, formed an energy sphere around my foot and spin kicked him so hard, he was sent crashing directly through a wall and possibly five others. I just stood there, breathing heavily while my father looked at me, amazed at my display of power, but then I heard an energy blast being charged behind me, I only had a mere moment to turn around, and before I was blasted by a purple beam of energy, I saw the king grinning at me.

As I got hit by the blast, I tried my hardest to stand my ground, but I felt myself slowly being burnt away and losing my footing, I knew that if I stayed like this, I might die, so I did the one thing I knew would let me live, I went super saiyan. Once I did that, the sheer force of my energy deflected the beam upwards into space; as I stood there, everyone was looking at me in absolute awe, well, except for Cellio, he was standing there with his arms crossed, grinning like he just won a huge bet. The king knelt down before me to address me formally.

"I apologize, I had no idea. Please, forgive me grand Cherik." I didn't even try to put on a smug act or anything.

"Uhhh, it's alright. You don't need to be so formal about this; you can stand up." He stood up and talked to me a little more casually, but still in a respectful manner.

"It appears I underestimated you. Your power truly will be an asset to our cause. I also have one more request, will you accept the title of king?" The request echoed in my mind and the shock of it pulled me out of super saiyan. I backed away with my hands in front of me.

"Umm, n-no thanks. I can't rule a kingdom, it's far too much at this point. You seem to have done a much better job than I have." He simply nodded at me.

"Very well. There is however, something I must ask. Will you help to train our soldiers for the upcoming battle?."

"Now that I can do."

"Good, you shall train yourself and our troops alongside your father and brother. General Cherik." I bowed to him in respect.

"Thank you, my lord. I won't disappoint you." He nodded and then called all of his guards back into the throne room. He called one over to him and whispered something, to which the guard nodded and took off.

"Now word shall be spread of our rebellion finally commencing. There is going to be a celebration in the mess hall, I will see the three of you there." We left the castle and walked among the city, allowing me to get accustomed to the sights. The planet didn't look that much different from the big cities earth, apart from the red sky and the increased gravity that I now barely even felt. There were no cars or anything here due to the fact that everyone flew around, so there weren't any streets, just houses and large buildings. We flew around a bit, looking at the technological research buildings and the medical bays which all had technology far beyond earth. After a few hours, the skies were emptying and there wasn't much city noise.

"Alright. C'mon boys, it's time for the celebration." We flew back to the castle and walked through another large set of doors into a hallway that seemed to expand a mile, with an equally large table stretching from one end to the other, saiyans everywhere and almost literal mountains of food just piled along. I looked up at my father and he just gave an approving nod. I took off and began to eat like never before. The food was better than anything I had back on earth and there was more than enough. I took every kind of meat they had that put gourmet chefs to shame, fruits that made the juiciest strawberry seem dry and since there's no drinking age here, there was literally alcohol for years. After about half an hour of eating and drinking, at the far end of the table, there was a stage that lit up while the rest of the hall went dark, the king stood there and announced with a voice loud enough to be heard all throughout.

"My people, today is a glorious one, for we finally have what we need to combat Zoltris and take our planet back for our own!" The entire hall exploded in cheers, silenced by a hand. "Now, may I present to you, your new trainer and our key to success, the son of the Captain of the Royal Guard, Cherik!" I suddenly had a spotlight shown on me at the most inconvenient time, I had a mouthful of some form of steak in my mouth, so I just took a swig from the ale cup in front of me, swallowed and flew up to the stage. The king stepped aside for me to talk.

"They're all yours now." I looked out into the crowd, everyone was looking at me with both menace and confusion, but I didn't let that get to me. I cleared my throat and began to talk with just as much volume as the king.

"My fellow saiyans! I know what all of you are thinking, "how in the world did the king appoint a kid to train all of us?" I understand your confusion at this and will clarify it all. My name, as you have already heard, is Cherik. I was sent to a planet earth nearly 17 years ago, where I was raised and where I trained. I stand before you today, reunited with my race and my family, to offer you one thing. Freedom!" I began to rise from the ground and floated up to give an even better performance. "I know what Zoltris has done to you, I know what you long for, what you fight for! and I am here to make those wishes come true! Together, we can become stronger, we can fight this threat and take our planet and our galaxy back!" I went super to finally drive my point. "Join me! And we'll end this tyranny once and for all! Who's with me!?" As if an explosion took place in the hall, there were cheers and battle cries and food being thrown everywhere in excitement. I floated back to the ground and powered down, where I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked to my left to see the king grinning at me and on my right, Cellio and my father were smiling in pride.

"Good job Cherik, you got their fighting spirit back, it's a good thing you went super, otherwise the would have needed a lot more convincing." Cellio came up to me and patted me on the shoulder.

"That was an amazing speech little bro. Hey, c'mon, I wanna show you something." We both flew off away from the commotion to a desolate place on the planet that seemed to be worn with wind and fight marks. "This is where I go to train, and where I'm asking a request from you."

"What is it?"

"Help me become a super saiyan as well." The request took me by surprise.

"But how? I don't think there's a way I could."

"Just make me feel how you felt when you transformed."

"I'll try it. It's not gonna be easy, and it's gonna hurt."

"Try me, I can handle it."

"Fine, if it's what you want." We both powered up, but I wasn't gonna waste time, I went straight super saiyan and began to fight him at only 5% of my power which was more than enough. He tried to hit me, but I was far too quick, he didn't even come close; at one point, I decided to go on the offensive, both physically and verbally, I began with a light punch to the side, which made him clutch where I hit.

"You're kidding me right? That wasn't even my full power. You call yourself the older brother, but the power difference we have makes you really wonder." He growled and flew towards me, but I just caught his punch and threw him behind me without even looking. "Cellio, you should just give up on the rebellion, if you can't beat me at 5% of my super form, there's no way you can match up to Zoltris." He tried surprising me by flying in from the back and then faking towards the front, but I just blocked every single punch he threw my way. I grabbed his arms, pulled him closer and gave him an evil sneer.

"You know something, maybe I should join Zoltris instead. In space I saw exactly how I was treated, I was like a god, and with this form, I will be one. You know, I think I might just do that." I punched him in the stomach and kicked him into a pillar of rock which made him cough up blood and stand up weakly. I felt horrible for doing this to him, but I had to keep up the facade, I knew it was working, I could feel his power slowly rising from the anger he was experiencing. I then unleashed the finishing touch; I flew into the sky and charged up a Nova Blast.

"Cherik, that's enough! Have you fully gone insane?!" He said this weakly as I kept charging.

"No, I've just seen the truth!" He then began to form a Solar Crusher and threw it at me when I blasted him. The power difference was quite clear and I was pushing his solar crusher back with minimal effort. "Just give it up and let this planet fall! You can't beat me, I'm beyond you and even the king! All of the saiyans are nothing to me!" Even with the blasts being super loud, I heard him clear as day.

"No! I.. will not... let you! We've fought for too long, for so much, just to earn our freedom! I will stop you if it's the last thing I ever do!" With that, his Solar Crusher tore through my Nova Blast and I only just barely dodged. Looking back down, I saw a sight that made me want to jump up and down in joy. Cellio had become a super saiyan as well, but I didn't have much time to celebrate as he flew towards me, almost landing a punch. I knew I had to calm him down somehow, and I knew of only one way. I powered up to maximum and began to fight him, his face was full of blind rage and I knew the feeling.

"Cellio, it's me, Cherik, your younger brother!"

"DIE!" He launched a storm of ki blasts, which I managed to struggle through and grabbed his arms, holding him down and looking straight at him.

"Brother, look at me, remember me! Remember what you're fighting for and remember who the true enemy is!" In an instant, his face became one of realization and his muscles relaxed.

"Ch-Cherik? It's you. I- I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me. I guess it's just what you said, I may have taken it too seriously even though I shouldn't have."

"No, no, it's perfect what you did. Take a look at yourself, I'm not alone anymore." I let go of him and he looked all over himself, seeing the golden aura flowing over him, feeling the power coursing through.

"Wow. I mean. Wow. This is how it feels like?"

"Yeah, it's awesome isn't it?"

"Hell yeah it is! I'm still sorry for trying to kill you, I was just in a blind rage."

"I know, but let's not worry about that now." I powered down and he did the same. "Let's go back to the celebration, everyone's probably wondering where we went."

"Yeah, good idea." We flew off and for the rest of the night, there was just food, drinking and free for all fights, which I learned were tradition among saiyan celebrations. Cellio and I were an unstoppable team and we didn't even go super, we were just that well coordinated. The celebration lasted until dawn and it was absolutely fantastic.

A/N: So, how are all of you? Anyway, I don't have a lot to talk about here, so I'm just gonna put up some shameless self advertising. If you want to know more about the week that Stryker had, go visit my Strykertale spinoff story. Also, the celebrations are kind of like the festival of the undead from the Cirque Du Freak novels if anyone has read them. So yeah, hope you liked it and this story is going to be the longest one yet, I guarantee it.