"HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Piccolo shouted, thus another of those shady figures were destroyed. The Namekian took a look around to see that the rest of them were taken down by his allies. Piccolo let out a sigh of relief that things were taken care of over here. But he could shake off this ominous feeling that's been aching him. A feeling that says something more dangerous was about to happen. While everyone was having their injuries getting taken care of, Piccolo took a moment to walk around, soon entering the building that would assumed to be the home of the Grand Kai. The hallways seemed almost endless with numerous of different rooms. Piccolo wasn't the type to snoop around but he felt that something was calling to him, something that would be of use to him. Eventually the Namekian stumbled upon a door and decided to open it slowly, peeking his head in to check if anyone was there. What he saw was an empty room filled with numerous of books. Piccolo entered the room, slightly marveled at the surroundings that overtook him. He walked through the endless rows of books, looking at each and everyone of them. That was until he stumbled upon a book that seemed to have fallen from it's shelf. He picked up the book and observed it closely. It was dusty and it seemed old so he began to wipe it off to see what it was about.
"This is!" Piccolo muttered. The title of the book shocked him and he started to read through it. Once he got to the middle of the book, he was startled by someone who poked his shoulder. Worried that he was caught, Piccolo turned around and almost started apologizing until he saw the Grand Kai standing before him.
"Seems you stumbled upon something that you dived too deep into." Grand Kai said
"I'm sorry for the intrusion but how come you have this book that contains Namekian Legends. I thought they were lost to time." Piccolo said.
"Ahh, so you know about it huh? You know I was given that book by a friend from long ago but to keep it up on this shelf for so many years, I think its about time I let someone else have it." Grand Kai commented.
"Wait your giving this to me?" Piccolo exasperated.
"Yes, I don't see why not. There is something in that book that may come to be useful to you down the road. Take this as a thank you for helping us fight off those monsters. Now come on, your spiky haired friend asked me where you are, you don't want to keep him waiting don't you? Grand Kai laughed as he walked away, leaving the Namek staring intently at the book cover.
"The Namekian Book of Legends" was the title name.
Back At The Hideout
Everyone was silent after the discovery of Karroto and Elery being none other than the father of Kuzuku and Riley. Awkwardness was the best way to describe the atmosphere that was between them. 21 wrapped her tail around Kuzuku's waist, hoping to ooze his anxiety a bit.
"Kuzuku, I know your nervous and all but you should at least try and strike a conversation with them." 21 whispered.
"I know 21, I don't know how to exactly start though. I mean I never met them at all and now here they are." Kuzuku replied quietly
"Psst, have you come up with an idea yet?" Riley asked.
"We were just talking about that Riley, but so far we've come up with nothing." Kuzuku whispered back.
"You know, it's rude to talk about someone when their right in front of you." Karroto scolded. Kuzuku jerked straight at the sound of his father's voice.
"Ah! Yeah you're right, sorry about that Kar-er I mean dad." Kuzuku stuttered. Elery smiled at her son's reaction.
"He sure does take after you Elery, generous but at times edgy when it comes to mischievous behavior." Karroto commented.
"Hahaha, funny thing dad, if what you say is true then Riley's gotta be the feisty one am I right? I mean it's hard to believe she is even a girl someti-ughhhh!" Kuzuku was cut off with a elbow in the stomach from a ticked off Riley. Elery chuckled at her response.
"Well I guess that comes from your father's Prideful personality. Though he can be quite ferocious in battle especially during his time in the army. But despite that he can be loving even though he doesn't like to show it." Elery gleamed, almost causing Karroto to fall over in embarrassment.
"Prideful huh? Explains the other things-gahhh!" Kuzuku was hit again, this time in the head.
"Got anything else to say 'brother'" Riley asked darkly. Kuzuku shook his head vigorously as he didn't want to get hit again. Riley exhaled, calming her temper down so she can speak.
"So dad are there any other Saiyans in Otherworld?" Riley asked.
"No not that I heard of. Most of them are down in hell for obvious reasons." Karroto answered.
"Wait hun there is two that resides in Otherworld, but they are simply in a different sector than us. His mate comes here to sit down and have some lunch at times but as of now I think that they are on Grand Kai's planet since her mate wanted a better place to train." Elery notified
"Oh is that so? Then I can't wait to meet him." Karroto smirked
"You aren't thinking about fighting him are you?" Elery cringed.
"What else would I be thinking about?" Karroto dumbfounded. Elery sighed deeply at her mate's usual Saiyan urges while the siblings smiled at the normality of the situation.
"Oh by the way, Kolard dear who raised you while we were deceased?" Elery asked referring to Kuzuku
"That would be me Elery. I actually was one of the residence on Planet Codia and a nun at a orphanage. He was actually found by my father who died not to long after so I was left to take care of him up until he was ten." Nana stated.
"So that's how you came to know each other, well I must thank you for taking care of our son. I guess he was hassle especially on your food supply. When he was a baby, breast feeding him used to take hours." Elery giggled
"Well we didn't have much of a trouble feeding him, he didn't really eat too much for us to handle. Though his pranks were another story." Nana trailed. The two laughed together at the last part while Kuzuku felt a tint of hurt in his chest.
"Oh wait now that I notice this, why do you call Kolard "Kuzuku"?" Elery asked.
"Well my father didn't really see a designated name on his pod so he named him Kuzuku." Nana answered.
"I see, so what do you want us to call you son?" Elery asked. Kuzuku was put into deep thought at her question.
"Hmmm I kinda prefer Kuzuku but you guys don't have to force yourselves to call me by that name. I can also deal with Kolard since it was my original name and I am sure you two must of thought hard about it. Besides one of my masters goes by the name of Goku but his Saiyan name is Kakarot." Kuzuku assured her.
"Good then we'll just keep calling you Kolard to respect your heritage." Karroto answered.
"Now that's settled, must I ask who is your mate Kolard?" Elery asked.
"Huh?" Kuzuku uttered.
"Don't play dumb, you think I didn't notice you and that pink girl over there blush when Nana asked you the same question. Now tell me, do you have any children yet? Ahhhhh I can't even imagine it! Me, having grandchildren!" Elery teased.
"Now hold on just a second, yes 21 and I are dating and we are in a relationship but we haven't gone that far." Kuzuku exclaimed.
"Oh come on now, you both don't need to hide it. You can tell us that at least one is coming the way." Karroto razed as well.
"I told you that it wasn't like that. Right 21?" Kuzuku groaned.
"Ye-yeah, we haven't even gotten to that stage yet. We haven't even done it either." 21 admitted. The parents were still skeptical while Riley and Nana snickered in the background.
"Doesn't feel so good to be teased about your relationship now does it bro." Riley thought
Grand Kai Planet
Gohan was still waiting for Piccolo's return so they can go meet up with the other. While he waited, something caught his eye in the distant. It was two people specifically that were resting on a rock. One was treating the other's wounds while the other didn't pay it no mind. But the main thing that caught his eye was the monkey tail and the fact that he looked exactly like his father. He was so distracted by the unorthodox of the situation that he didn't so much catch the sound of Piccolo walking up next to him.
"Gohan what's the matter?" Piccolo said causing the half-breed to jump from being startled.
"Agh! Piccolo you gotta warn me next time!" Gohan complained.
"You would of known when I was approaching if you weren't so distracted. What if more of those things started showing up again?" Piccolo rebuked.
"I know and I am sorry about that Piccolo. But something did catch my eye though, you see those Saiyans over there? One of them looks like my dad." Gohan said. Piccolo peered over his student's shoulder and saw what he was talking about. A Saiyan with a red bandanna, green and blue Saiyan armor, with long red arm bands on his legs and arms. His face had a scar on it but besides that he looked exactly like Goku but with a more stern expression. The woman who was treating him seemed to have shaggy black hair that reached to her shoulders and wore purple armbands. Her armor was pink with a green outline with a thigh-length hoop. Gohan looked at Piccolo and nodded in agreement. The two walked over to the seemingly Saiyan couple and greeted them.
"Hey there! Your Saiyans am I correct!?" Gohan greeted casually. The couple's attention were turned to the spiky haired man and his green skinned companion. They noticed that they had no halo above their heads so they must be alive.
"Who are you to know?" The male of the two harsh.
"Well sir, you strike a striking resemblance to someone I know." Gohan paused hoping that his suspicions were true. He remembered the story on how his father was sent to Earth in a lone pod. Someone had to sent him there in order to escape Frieza's wrath.
"Do you know about a Saiyan that landed on Earth when he was a baby after the destruction of planet Vegeta?" Gohan asked.
"How do you know about our planet's fate?!" he raged.
"Calm down there, no need to get iffy. Look as of right now the prince had been living with us for quite some time now. He is currently training along with that Saiyan who landed on Earth." Gohan claimed.
"Prince Vegeta is alive?!" the female said. Gohan simply nodded.
"On Earth, the Saiyan that landed when he was a baby is called Goku. But Vegeta refers to him by his Saiyan name which is Kakarot." Gohan said. The Saiyan couple were left in shock at the name "Kakarot" being said out loud.
"Kakarot...he is still alive." She whispered, tears threatening to burst. The male was put into deep thought and smiled.
"Tell me did he defeat Frieza and turned into the legendary Super Saiyan?" he asked. Gohan nodded confirming his question.
"I see, so the vision I saw did came true. Now how do you know all this? By the way the names Bardock. That Saiyan you've been talking about happens to be my son." Bardock asked further.
"Well if what you say is true and you really are his father then that makes me your grandson." Gohan grinned.
"Grandson? So it's really been that long huh Gine?" Bardock awed. The woman dried her tears and smiled.
"So that makes me a grandma huh? Man I feel old now." Gine jokes.
"Uh would it make it worse that I have a daughter back on Earth." Gohan chuckled. The four had a laugh at that remark.
"I can assume you came here to help out with the situation in Otherworld am I correct?" Bardock questioned.
"Yeah since dad is out training with Vegeta on Beerus's planet, King Kai couldn't get in contact with him. Granted if those two were here right now then we'd all be home relaxing." Gohan affirmed.
Meanwhile with Zugo and Hudo
Zugo and Hudo had been flying around for about an hour now, destroying monsters with minimal effort. Their surroundings were growing more and more of that of crystal like jelly beans. They were then met with a larger crystal compared to the others.
"Whoa, this is one enormous behemoth." Hudo awed. Zugo could already tell something was odd with the this one. That was until a giant reflection of King Yemma of King Yemma showed up.
"Hello?! Can you hear me?!" Yemma panicked
"Yeah we can hear you, we'll be getting you out so just hang on!" Zugo replied.
"Listen there are two more of those things around, so I advise you to get out of here and get some more help!" King Yemma warned.
"Don't worry we've been mopping the floor with dozens of them so two more shouldn't make a difference." Hudo boasted.
"No, you must understand. These two are far stronger than the ones before. Go and get some help before it's too late." Yemma worried.
"Listen it doesn't matt-" Hudo was cut off with a kick in the stomach that sent him flying towards hell. He stopped himself to see the two creatures that the ogre had been talking about. One was black and the other was purple, both with large spiky shoulder armor and red eyes. Zugo flew next to Hudo staring up at the new enemies.
"Well he wasn't kidding they are far stronger than we give them credit for." Hudo grunted. One of them started to dash at them with a maniacally laugh similar to Buu. Zugo flew at him,meeting his fist with his own. The two then broke out into a array of punches and kicks, with Zugo actually struggling to gain the upper hand. Hudo was instantly fighting the purple one without fairing much better with his partner. Zugo was struck back with a punch that dealt damage through his guard. His arms were actually shaking from the force of the demon's strike. Zugo cursed under his breath and vanished from it's sights and delivered a strong punch right in the gut. The blue hair Astackian drew his fist back and spun around to back-punch it across the face. Zugo smirked until he felt a tail start to pull at his leg. The monster smirked evilly and through him into one of the jelly-bean crystals. Zugo's back bounced off the object, coughing out some blood before being pummeled with a barrage of punches. Hudo got distracted from worrying for his friends well being and got slammed into a crystal by the face. Hudo hissed in pain before kick the purple being away. The black and green haired Astackian began to power up incredibly, transforming into his stage 1 state.
"Oh right, I forgot we could do that." Zugo thought while defending himself from the onslaught of punches. Transforming into his stage 1 state, Zugo fought back with his own barrage of strikes. Then from breaking the monster's guard, Zugo Kicked it in the face while Hudo elbowed his opponent in the stomach before kneeing it in the chin. The two look alike slammed into each other before witnessing the Astackians charging up their Ki blasts.
"Nebula Burst!" Zugo yelled.
"Vortex Skewer!" Hudo shouted in union. The dark ocean blue energy wave combined with the raging dark green wave and engulfed the two monsters at the same time. They let out a screech as a blue and green explosion blinded the environment, eventually revealing the destruction of their enemy.
"Well that was tougher than we'd expected." Hudo noted.
Zugo was for some reason unsure. He Couldn't feel their energies anymore but something was still lingering around. Something...dark. That was when sudden burst of light purple energy began to swirl around above the check in station. It seemed to be coming from all over other world since energy seemed to seep from Grand Kai's planet as well. The inhabitants were disoriented from the sudden burst of energy coming from the ashes of their enemy. Zugo was sweating a bit from the sudden increase in energy that was making the monsters they just fought now look like a speck of dust.
Sector 589 By The Hideout
Kuzuku was laughing a bit from what Nana said but was snapped out of it when he felt a sudden surge of evil energy. 21 and Riley felt it to thus all three were look in the direction where Zugo and Hudo went in.
"Bro do you feel that? That power...its huge yet its still rising." Riley whispered.
"Well of course I can feel that, you got to be really unobservant to not feel it. Zugo and Hudo might be in trouble." Kuzuku replied.
"What's going on you three? You suddenly went all serious on us." Nana asked.
"Sorry Nana but something has just came up and I think some of my friends may be in some trouble." Kuzuku answered.
"So does this mean that you three are leaving?" Nana whimpered. Kuzuku felt a tint of sadness but nodded anyways. That was when he heard footsteps come towards them.
"Don't worry about your family Kuzuku, I will keep them safe. It was a real hassle getting here though." King Kai said.
"Oh King Kai, thank you I appreciate it a lot." Kuzuku smiled.
"No problem besides if you guys never came then we'd all be biting the dirt right now." King Kai smirked. Kuzuku turned to his three dead family members.
"It was nice meeting you...Mom, Dad and you to Nana. But we must take our leave and put an end to whatever this thing is." Kuzuku said.
"No need, it was worth the wait. Now go and win this for us." Karroto said while Elery hugged his arm. 21 and Riley put a hand on the Saiyan's shoulder while he was searching for Zugo and Hudo's energy. Once he locked on the three were instantly teleported to the Astackians.
"Zugo what's going on here? I can sense various of energy signatures of the same monsters that were wreaking havoc all over." Kuzuku panicked.
"Kuzuku-san, I have bad news but the gates of hell have opened. I've just had Goku and Vegeta returned from their training and right now they are battling Cell and the other inhabitants of hell." Whis notified them telepathically.
"Really? Damn it, we're too late!" Kuzuku cursed. The energy soon wrapped around and condensed into each other. Soon forming giant flesh that would soon take to be the monster's true form. First the hand formed, then the legs and the body, before revealing the chubby face. Once it was completely form it took on the appearance of a fat yellow lizard with pointed ears and a innocent face. It seemed to have holes along it stomach while wearing light lavender armbands and rounded pants.
"Janemba, Janemba." Janemba said as it waggled it's feet.
"Huh it seems harmless. I wonder if this thing really was responsible for this much destruction." Kuzuku commented. Hudo flew up to its face to get a closer look.
"Uh, is it okay that you stop this and return everything to normal." Hudo asked nicely.
"Hudo are your really asking kindly that he would stop?! After everything it did!" Zugo scolded.
"What, oh come on Zugo it is worth a shot rig-" Janemba smacked him into a crystal jelly bean, causing him to bounce of and stop himself.
"Owwwwww! Okay your right, he's not going to listen at all!" Hudo grunted holding his face.
"Wow he knocked Hudo away like it was nothing despite him being in stage 1." Kuzuku muttered.
"Kuzuku you musn't let your guard down! That thing is more powerful than you think!" King Kai said telepathically. As if to prove his point, Janemba let out a gale of energy, pushing the five of them back.
"He wasn't kidding, this guy has enough energy to destroy the universe and then some. I don't know why but it makes me kinda excited." Kuzuku smirked.
"Kuzuku I know what your thinking..." 21 said.
"Hehehe I you can read me like a book. Then I'm going to cut to the case, can you leave this guy to me?" Kuzuku chuckled.
"Sigh* fine but you better not die." 21 promised.
"Count on it." Kuzuku smiled.
"While you take this thing down why don't Riley and I head back to Earth to help Goku and Vegeta." 21 suggested.
"Okay then I will take you back and come back fast." Kuzuku chirped.
"No need I think I can manage myself." 21 said grabbing onto Riley and teleporting back to Earth.
"She learned instant transmission from just watching? God I sure know how to pick them don't I." Kuzuku awed thoughtfully. Kuzuku turned to the laughing Janemba that was amused by whatever is going on in his mind.
"Hey! Do you want to fight me? I bet I can take you on." Kuzuku enthused as Janemba was confused for a second before smiling.
"Janemba, Janemba!"
"Great just follow me down to hell now and we'll get this started. Hey Zugo! Hudo! I will leave freeing the check in station to you. The two nodded as Kuzuku lured Janemba down to hell with clapping hands. The giant lizard motioned the jelly crystals to descend him down to hell with him. Once landed, Kuzuku took a look around in awe.
"Wow this guy is affecting every dimension in creation."
Who would of guessed the villain of this arc would be Janemba right? Anyways this chapter was more of a family feels chapter. Granted it may have been unnecessary for me to throw Bardock and Gine but I just adore these two too much to let it slide. Expect a battle chapter next and thanks for reading.
