7 years ago Universe 7*
Kuri's brow furrowed as the battle raged outside causing the ship to shake violently as a stray blast clipped the shields, "Frieza!" An angry voice rang out and seconds later flashes of light erupted through the ship's window causing a small stream of light to briefly flash on Kuri's face, She had been following along with the outside battle for quite some time now. Ever since she was defeated in the battle for planet Qlintop she had been able to sense people and how strong they were, It was like seeing without actually seeing.
From what she could tell Bardock a male Saiyan she had met long ago during one of Frieza's mission had learned what Frieza had planned for planet Vegeta and was attempting to save the planet and their race from utter extinction. Sadly. . . This wasn't meant to be.
"Come out and Fight me!" Bardock had taken out dozens of Frieza's men on his rampage towards the ship and was now calling Frieza out to fight him, Little did Bardock know Frieza was thousands of times stronger than any of the current Saiyans. He could train for a decade and not get close to Frieza's full power, Kuri had witnessed it and still had nightmares about it. She would never admit it to people but just thinking about that terrifying power made her hands shake in fear and sheer excitement.
She could sense a powerful attack race across the vacuum of space towards Frieza who by this points power was growing tremendously fast, So much so that Kuri could feel her hair stand on end and goose bumps begin to form all over her body. This was the moment that her race's fate had been decided, A massive Blast the size of a small moon raced towards the planet and almost instantly the fight was over, The molten Ki destroyed Bardock along with frieza's own men and the planet.
Seconds later the planet exploded the flash erupted through the ship's window into her healing tank, It was that very moment Kuri's eyes shot open and her power raged around her. "What's going on! Kuri what are you doing! You'll destroy the machine!" A Soldier named Pli Pli raced over in an attempt to calm her down but as soon as he reached the tank a blast had already formed in her palm of her hand, Moments later she unleashed it, The Ki beam melted through the tanks glass and disintegrated the man within an instant.
"Huh. . . I've gotten stronger, Interesting. . . I've got no time to sit around flexing my new strength." She couldn't sense anyone from the planet anymore, No life or power levels nothing at all. . . Everyone she had known or cared about was dead, Wiped out by a power hungry tyrant. Quickly she raced over towards a locker and punched through the lock, Pulling the door free she saw a new type of Saiyan armor she had never seen before. Within moments she had put the damn things on and running down the hall towards the escape pods.
The lights turned red as the alarm went off alerting people to the sudden attack from the inside, Dozens of guards raced out of the halls only to be disintegrated by her blasts, She wished she could preserve a few of them as she had grown fond of them but knew they were loyal to Frieza and since he destroyed Planet Vegeta and her race she figured she was next on his list. . . She wasn't about to let that happen.
After a few minutes of running she saw the doors to the escape pods and as she approached her hand flew out firing another blast through the door melting the metal within seconds, After she ran in she raced towards the pod and hopped in. Her hands danced over the controls punching in a random planets coordinates and after a few seconds of humming the pod dropped into space then raced off in a random direction. . . She had escaped.
Present time*
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An alarm went off causing Kuri to open her eyes, Kuri had been traveling for almost 7 years now from planet to planet searching for Prince Vegeta. She must have visited over 300 planets by this point each one of them had been previous Saiyan bases used in the wars against the planets inhabitants, Each time she found a small bit of information on the prince and she had learned that the Saiyan had gone to planet earth. . .Where he got defeated by a Saiyan who had been raised on earth.
What was worse was the fact that not 2 years later she learned that very same Saiyan who beat vegeta had killed Frieza and the Ginyu force. . . He had also become the Legendary Super Saiyan, That pissed her off to no end. The Prince deserved to become the legend and if he wasn't up to the task then she would, Only high class warriors should be able to attain that power and a low class meat shield had achieved it.
Due to that disgusting news she was now headed off to earth to team up with Prince Vegeta and to kill that fuck who became the legend. It's been almost a full month since she left the planet she had been hanging on, If she recalled correctly it was Frieza planet 419. . . Nobody ever went there for some reason. Anyway she was now crammed into a small pod with only a small window in front of her for entertainment, She had to watch herself fly through the cosmos where her pod constantly kept smashing into rocks and that's when it happened, The pod smashed into something sharp and it caused her to fly out into utter darkness. The pod flashed red and a voice she had never heard cried out. "Hull Integrity damaged Emergency landing required, In Order to preserve Oxygen Hibernation mode shall engage immediately. " A thick blue mist began to seep into the pod through the small vents and her eyes grew heavy, after a few minutes of breathing the gas in she passed out.
Kuri snapped out of her trance as a large rock smacked against the windshield of the pod causing a small crack to form."Hull stability critical, Emergency protocols activated. Crash imminent, Prepare for landing." She didn't have time to think, She couldn't question how long she had been out or how far she had traveled. The only thing she was allowed to do was save herself. The pod shook violently as it veered off its normal course aimed for this blue and green planet she could see in the distance, Was that her destination? "How long till we land?"
"Approximately 16 minutes and 38 seconds" Kuri reached over and began pulling open compartments to trying to find some kind of mechanism or button to help her during this situation but she only found a green scouter, normally she would use these but she no longer needed them. The view port suddenly erupted into flames as it entered the atmosphere of the planet, Sweat began to form on Kuri's brow as the pod grew incredibly hot. She only saw the forest below her for a second before the pod slammed into the ground, the impact created a crater the size of a small city.
Pain surged through Kuri's body as the pod slammed into the ground causing her to surge forward slamming into the pods interior. She felt as if she got hit by a truck, everything she had ached with a dull pain but she knew it would quickly pass.. Kuri reached forward pressing a button on the inside of the pod and a second later the door wooshed open, Slowly she stood up out of the pod and looked around at the planet. "I am here Prince Vegeta. . . Time to reclaim our honor as Saiyans... Dante had just finished training over in the anti-gravity chamber. He wore a towel around his neck and a black muscle tee with black shorts. He made his way down the hallway wiping the sweat off of his face. other workers around the complex acknowledged his presence waving and greeting him as he walked along the halls of the facility. He walked into his room and started to strip for the shower. He found that the shower was also good for his nerves after training. He didn't walk around as fight hungry as he usually was. He stepped out of the shower and went to get his clothes. He got dressed and remembered he was needed over in the Observatory.
He looked over to his window and hopped out landing on the ground knocking some dust and dirt in the air. he started to trot over to the huge building where a team of people was seen scrambling around the room. one of them walked up to Dante. "Sir a foreign space craft was seen in our atmosphere." He said following Dante as he walked up to the screen showing a small pod flying toward the planet . Dante yawned and thought to himself for a moment trying to think. "Its not very big apparently... How long till it reaches us?" Dante asked. Another person walked up and continued to work with the others. "We gave 15 minutes till it hits. We were thinking of sending a team to greet them."
Dante shook his head and crossed his arms. "Nah I got this one no need to risk the team Im up for it." They nodded their heads and walked off. "Just start the alarm when they're about to hit I'll take off then." Dante turned around and walked out the room making his way to the lab to start working on a project he had thought would prove useful for later called the RING. He had some of the materials and the blueprints but work barely had started at this point in time. When he realized it was getting close to time he grabbed his jacket and continued to work on a couple other side projects. eventually the alarms would start going off and lights flash around the facility.
Red lights started to flash and and alarm would start blaring. "Incoming foreign vessel! Repeat! Incoming foreign vessel!" Dante would have a smile come across his face as he tossed his jacket and started to make his way out of the facility. he pulled his hood over his head and ran outside. He crouched down and leaped into flight as he made it outside taking off toward the pods crash site. Dante had a grin on his face excited to see another Saiyan. He heard the crash off in the distance and continued to close in. He would eventually make it as what appeared to him to be a saiyan woman step out of the pod. He looked her over and could feel something in him start to get excited. He crossed his arms and had a grin on his face. "Whats up sweet heart! You come here often!?" He asked waiting for her to respond. Kuri slowly made her way off the pod's door onto the ground which was now barren of all forms of life, The pod had really done a number on the forest she had crashed into. . . There was no form of any plant life around the pod, It had all been burned away almost cleansed of all forms of life. As her foot touched the dirt Kuri immediately realized how light she felt . . . It was like she was a feather or air, This planet's gravity was surprisingly light compared to that of planet Vegeta. . . Why would the prince be on such a world? It seemed weak and not even remotely worthy of the prince or his race. . . Or was that the secret? Frieza had destroyed Vegeta fearing the Saiyans strength and what they could become if left unchecked. . . If this planet was some sort of disguise it would work well for them.
She stood there for a long moment contemplating the prince's decision but was interrupted as a man dressed in black clothing landed in the crater near her, He looked odd as she was used to muscle-bound Saiyans with tails, black hair and black eyes but he looked close enough to her own race to warrant further inspection. Kuri reached down into the pod and pulled out a Scouter which immediately came to life as she placed it on her ear, An arrow focused in on the boy and began beeping as it measured his power level which only came up to 5. This caused her to chuckle lightly as she took a few steps towards him smiling as she spoke. "I really had hoped Prince Vegeta would have handled clean up but it seems he missed one. . . " As Kuri neared him her eyes would examine him more closely almost like a predator would its prey, She felt no need to use even a fraction of her power against this ant. . . After all he wouldn't be here much longer. Her right fist raced forward towards his gut in an attempt to punch straight through him. Dante had watched the woman strut over to him. He looked her over and watched as her tail swayed with each step. He had a grin on his face as she stood in front of him. He noticed the funny looking device on her face and didn't know what to think of it. His instincts started acting up with each step he could feel the tension from her. She gave off some bad vibes to him. He played it cool as she looked him back over.
He stood a couple inches taller than her so he looked her in the eye as she spoke. He watched as she whipped her hand back to punch him and he quickly caught her fist and stopped hiding his power level. "Next time you swing at me you're gonna have to be more serious about it. I been itching for a fight lately so I hope you heed my warning." Dante let go of her fist and started to pull his hood off of his head.
He slowly took off his hoodie leaving him in his tee shirt he trained in. He started to stretch and get into a good fighting position. He put his hands up ready for the next couple of attacks with his grin clear on his face. "Ill go first!" He rushed in at her and leaped into a spin getting ready to kick her across her side. He had his fist balled up ready to move into a punch once he landed the kick. Her eyes widened in slight surprise as her punch had blocked with ease and not even a second or two later she saw the number on her scouter climbing rapidly as the man stopped hiding his power from her, One thousand, Two thousand it rose higher and higher until the scouter exploded causing a puff of smoke to erupt on the side of her face as the machine fell apart crumbling to the ground at their feet. Without warning she began giggling then erupted into laughter as he released her hand, This creature had some serious balls to provoke her let alone release her hand. . . and the fact that this man had been itching for a fight just as much as she had caused excitement to well up within her.
Kuri would watch as the man removed his hood throwing it to the side before he began to stretch and enter some form of fighting stance, It had been so long since she actually had a challenge and the idea of finding someone that could actually handle her made her shiver in excitement. "I do hope you are up to going toe to toe with me. . ." Her sentence was cut off as the boy rushed forward leaping into a spin and sending his foot towards her side, Quickly she tucked in her arm tensing her muscles to block most of the blow.
As the kick landed she found her arm moving in slightly from the force of the blow and not even seconds afterward her hand raced forwards to catch a punch headed towards her face. . .The impact from both attacks left her arm tingling something that she hadn't experienced since she was a child training with her fellow Saiyans. "I see now why Prince Vegeta chose this planet to live on!" Her fingers would grasp tightly around the boy's hand as her knee rushed upwards towards his gut, This time she took the boys advice and put half her power into the attack, This was much more than what she used on other planets. . . the boy should be honored. Dante had smiled as she blocked his kick. His excitement was clear something about this woman really loosened him up. As he threw the punch he chuckled a bit hoping she would find a way around after blocking his kick. When she caught it he prepared to throw a punch to follow up with his other fist. His plans quickly changed as he was pulled into her knee. He leaned over a bit as she knocked a fair amount of wind out of him. One of his hands grabbed onto her leg trying to get around to his gut to recover. He grit his teeth and pushed threw the pain, he balled his fist back up and thrust it back into her gut with the same ferocity she used on him. Afterwards he would grab on to her leg that she hit him with and swung her back into the crater.
He jumped after her attempting to slam her into the ground as she was sent flying. The fire in his eyes was intense. He could tell she was a proud and cocky woman but he paid her no mind what so ever. He was enjoying the heat of the moment and loved the vibe that she gave off as they tested each others power. Once he reached her he got ready to slam her into the ground. Kuri felt her knee connect hard causing the man to double over exhaling as her attacked knocked the wind from his lungs, She tried to force it further in but stopped as she felt the man's hand on her leg using it as a kickstand as he tried to pry it out of his stomach. Her mind raced as she began to wonder how much punishment this man could take before he collapsed or died and thankfully her question was answered by a fist to her gut, Pain raced through her as the man's fist buried into her stomach causing her to cry out in momentary pain as the air was forced from her lungs.
Her eyes would widen in surprise as her leg was grabbed seconds before she was spun around and released sending her flying towards her ship back in the crater, As she flew towards her ship the only thing going through her head was "Is he holding back?" The blow hurt yes but she had been hit hard enough by many of her fellow Saiyans to know when someone was keeping something hidden. . . and it pissed her off! How dare he not go all out on her!
"That's it!" Seconds before he would reach her she stopped herself her eyes filled with anger as she unleashed a ridiculous amount of power all around her causing an explosion of ki which decimated the surrounding area, From a distance, it would look like a nuke had gone off. When the smoke cleared she would be standing in a barren wasteland her ship would be gone collateral damage from her angry explosion and her aura would be raging around her body coursing with pure energy. " Let's stop fooling around. . . I don't wish to keep the Prince waiting." Dante was used to beating on thugs that bothered civilians or random bar brawls in town. He had fought seriously once in his life and completely destroyed his opponent. Fighting her came naturally but at the same time he felt alive. He wanted the fight to last and wanted her to give him a good time. He did feel bad for using her like this but not bad enough. He figured she would catch on immediately and then it would really be on. As he lunged at her and got ready to drag her she caught herself and let a a huge amount of power.
Her anger became visible and sent him flying back to where he came. He crossed his arms in front of him to block his face. His back hit the ground and he used the momentum to jump back further. Once he landed he grinned at her and dusted himself off. "Alright guess you found me out..." He looked her over and balled his fists waiting to see if she came at him. When she started to speak he nodded his head and got back into a fighting position knowing it was about to get serious.
"Thats fine... But your boyfriend is going to keep waiting princess, your dancing with me right now." Dante focused for a moment gathering the rest of his power as he lunged at her and slid down onto the ground in front of her and propelled himself up with his hands trying to kick her into the air.
"I commend you for not only surviving that but having the audacity to hold back during a fight against a superior race but if you continue to hold back then this isn't going to be any fun!" Her fists would clench tightly as she summoned more power from within her causing her aura to spike and rage around her forming cracks in the earth below, "Agh!" She cried out as she channeled her power causing pebbles to slowly raise off the ground, After a few seconds they would halt before falling back onto the ground. Her power was overwhelming compared to most of what this planet had to offer, after all, she was a Saiyan elite and she was going to make him know exactly what that meant.
"You flatter me, The Prince wouldn't waste his time on someone as weak as me, He deserves someone worthy to be his equal in both combat and private affairs!" She rushed at him in the same moment he rushed her, Both of them charged at each other like wild animals ready to kill but he pulled out a move she hadn't seen before. Kuri watched him drop to the ground sliding along the dirt until he was in front of her and in that very moment he pushed off sending his feet into her jaw causing her to fly up into the air.
As she flew up into the air she realized she tasted metal. . . The damned fool had drawn blood before her and this enraged her even more, She stopped herself mid-air and brought both arms out to her side as large blue balls of Ki began to form in her palms, She thrust the two together as she gathered energy for the blast. "Let's see how you handle this worm! Die!" The blast would erupt from her hands and race towards the man like a bullet fired from a gun. Dante would flip back to his feet and look up in the air at her with a grin on his face. He would watch as she reacted to his punt and the rage in her build as she stopped herself mid-air. Two blue balls of light gathered in her hands and started to shine brighter with each passing second. It took him a moment to realize what it was so he grinned and planted his feet and started to charge up a blast of his own. "I never get a chance to use these outside of training. He would motion his hands into a triangle and a yellow Ki formed in the middle. He didn't have long to charge it so he let it off early as her blasts rushed toward him.
He clenched his fist and the light faded for a moment as he grabbed his wrist and opened his palm back up to shoot out a blast of his own. "RAAAHH!" He would yell as a Ki blast shot out racing back towards her blast. the two would collide and Dante would attempt to hold his ground against hers. It felt heavy on his arm forcing his body to push down leaving cracks in the ground. He chuckled a bit and cleared his mind trying to focus out as much power as he could. "Damn this is heavy..." He cursed to himself. Her blast would slowly but surely start to over take his own He grit his teeth and started to force more Ki out to hold himself some more. "Dont burn out on this one attack Dante come on!"
He would hold until her blast would over take his own as the blue light reached him an explosion made him shoot back a few feet from his position. He slid on his back into a stop breathing heavily. His blast took most of the damage he knew had he took it head on it would do some serious damage. He slowly stood to his feet still breathing heavily. Once he caught his breath he would get back into his stance and charge at her not trying to give her time to do that again coming in with a barrage of punches.
Her beam slammed into his causing a blast of small explosion of heated air to rush outward in all directions so violent that dust would rush outward and seconds later cracks would form along the ground, Their attacks pushed against each other each attempting to overpower the other but none of that surprised kuri as much as the mans blast. . . Here she was pouring every ounce of energy she had into this attack and he was holding threatening to push it back at her, What the hell was he?! " I got to give your species credit! Not everyone can tangle with Saiyans let alone push one this far!"
Kuri's muscles tensed as she grit her teeth forcing more power out of her causing her beam to slowly inch towards the man who was now being forced into the earth. "Burn out?! Don't tell me you are getting tired already?! I am just warming up! ' She said that but she could tell that she was getting tired, The boy infuriated her so much she had decided to go all out and lost her cool, Now she had to back all that bravado up otherwise she would bring shame upon the Saiyan race. Sweat began to form on her skin as she exerted herself even further. "Come on! Show me what you can really do!"
Her beam was nearing him and after a few seconds she would feel it connect just before an explosion rocked the landscape, The man would fly backward onto his back causing a small trail of dirt to form until he slowed. Once he did she watched him slowly get to his feet then rush her showering her with punch after punch, She managed to block a few but the volley of attacks overwhelmed her and her tired body, One hit her in the stomach causing her to exhale as the air was knocked from her lungs, Another slammed into her face causing it to jerk to the side and the final attack slammed her in the cheek sending her flying towards the earth and crashing into the earth causing the rock to give way and explode under the impact. Dante was persistent in his punches and kept swinging getting more annoyed as she dodged him. He used the last of his energy to keep up his barrage for a little longer. Eventually he started to land blows and make her crash down into the earth. He slowly made his way down to her still tired and breathing heavy. "Your pretty... Good." He said as he touched the ground. He walked over the rest of the way to her. His vision blurry and body felt heavy. He would stand over her and pick her up by her tail. "You probably couldn't tell because I'm missing my tail... But I'm a Saiyan too." He fell down to his knees in front of her and dropped her to the ground with him. One of his hands rested on her back and he hunched over trying to catch his breath. "That blast took more out of me than I thought." He thought for a moment and rolled over on to his butt and sat next to her. "Its been a while since I've come across another saiyan... Im Dante by the way so you can stop with the worm and the name calling right now." He said chuckling to her. "I guess before we get back to our dance you can tell me what your doing here?" He asked looking over to her.
When the dust cleared Kuri was a bit of a mess, all across her body was small cuts and wounds from the barrage of attacks at point blank range. She wasn't able to really put up some form of defense as she had been completely drained of energy and the fact that this lesser being was talking down to her like she was some child being told that she was getting better. . . " Don't patronize me!" She struggled to get up off the ground and while she did so she felt her tail lift off the ground as it was picked up by the guy who was now calling himself a Saiyan, There was no goddamn way he was Saiyan they had black hair, eyes and a tail. . . Even if his got cut off it regrows.
"You must be a half-breed then, I don't know what Saiyan would lay with such a weak species but It's obvious the Saiyan genes are what pushed you this far." She forced herself up each movement was a struggle and her limbs shook slightly from exhaustion, Her tail flew up swatting the half-breed's filthy hand off of her. "I don't know how you were raised but Saiyans don't stop fighting when they go down. . . Right." She finally made it to her feet after one last grunt of exertion, It was easy to notice how damaged she was, Blood dripped from the corner of her mouth down onto her chin from there it dropped onto the ground.
"We push past our limits and every time we get beaten to a pulp we get stronger!" She would force herself to rush forwards her leg flying out to kick Dante in the side as hard as she could, She would have to remember his name after she killed him. "The names Kuri and I'm here for our king Prince Vegeta!" Dante would be a little annoyed at the comment about his mom but was trying to find the energy as she started to get up. "Alright I.. Just need a sec-" He was cut off mid sentence as her foot came flying into his side. A crack could be heard and he would grit his teeth and roll to his side. "YOU BITCH!" He said threw his teeth after coughing up a little blood. He rolled on his side and laid there for a moment before getting on one knee to stand up. He held on to his side and looked up at her for a moment before looking back down to the ground.
"I.. Dont know... who this Vegeta is but he's no king of mine... Ill give you a heads up." He would then push off the ground thrusting his weight upwards and slamming his head into her chin Still holding his side. He would use his weight to land on top of her and let go of his side to grab her by the neck. "I dont want to keep this up forever... and im not going to die here." He would start to squeeze tighter and toss her into a nearby rock. He wrapped his arm around his waist again. "Yeah thats definitely broken." He balled up his fist with his other hand and started to walk over to her slowly. A smile would creep across her face as she heard the kick connect causing a rib to snap from the impact, The attack had taken a bit out of her though and she simply stood there panting heavily watching as he slowly got up off the ground. Her heartbeat pounded in her ears like cannon fire drowning out whatever dante had been saying, A second later he rushed forward slamming his head into her chin causing pain to lance through her skull, As she recoiled his hand would wrap around her throat and squeeze tightly lifting her up off the ground before throwing her into a nearby boulder.
Kuri would cry out in pain as her back slammed into the rock causing a few of her own ribs to break from the impact, she would double over in pain and begin to cough up blood as one of her lungs collapsed causing her to gasp for air as he slowly made his way towards her. "Move dammit!" Her fist would slam down against her leg as she forced herself to her feet, Her vision was blurry and each breath she took was agony. . . All she had left was a small amount of energy she began to pour into her fist. She was going to punch him in the face with everything she had left praying it would either take him down or take him with her.
Dante would continue to motion over her barely standing. He would groan with each step he took and his ears were ringing from all the impact and pain he received. He knew no matter how hard he would try after this last hit he wouldn't be able to do anything else. His body exhausted and some what broken from the fight. He cocked his fist back as she approached him and with his last punch he would throw it with pride. Unfortunately for him she would do the same slamming her fist into the side of his head. He would do the same thing and all of a sudden everything would go quiet for them. No more ringing or anything else as they both started to fall to the ground. Dante's eyes would go blank as they fell back to the ground with Kuris body not far behind. Dantes body was stiff and his arms would be too tired to move afterwards as they laid across the ground. Her arm and leg would be over his as they both laid there drifting off to sleep.
A hour or two would go by before a team would show up by chopper to pick them up. A couple of units with guns would hop out after they landed and would walk over to them both picking them up and placing them inside the chopper. A medic for the both of them would start taking care of their injuries as best they could. As they started to leave another team by truck would show up to gather the remains of the Saiyan pod. Once they reached the facility the medical team would take them from the chopper and start to strip them of their clothing and drop them in a vat. The vat contained chemicals suitable to their races healing. The Docs would put masks on their faces so they wouldn't drown inside. The process speeds up recovery time but due to their injuries the pod indicated on the display that it would take at least a week for them to get back to 100%. The two of them were now suspended in pods side by side until they were to recover. Medics would constantly survey the room to ensure either one of them awoke early.
A/N: Yooo thanks for making it this far! Ive gotten back into writing recently and figured here would be a good place to practice. info on Dante and Kuri can be shared in the next chapter should this get enough traffic I will continue this story.