Gohan smiled, he had sensed Kyuuri attempting to divert her course a few times, but every time she elected to continue following him.
"I can't wait for you to meet my dad, the look on his face when he sees another Saiyan will be great." Gohan called back with a grin.
The female Saiyan merely sending him a glare and making a huffing sound before looking away.
Gohan looked forward, mentally patting himself on the back for making her smile, at the time he hadn't realized how difficult a task it actually was. "Is something wrong?" Gohan asked, slowing down.
"I'm fine, let's just keep on going." Kyuuri said, stopping to adjust her scouter before flying off, turning to see Gohan still hovering in place. "You coming or not? You said we're going to your home, and just in case you haven't realized, I don't exactly know how to get there, and if you don't hurry up, I'll find somewhere else to sleep and try to conquer this planet again in the morning." she shot.
"Hey, hey, calm down, I just wanted to talk, is all." Gohan said with a laugh, slowly taking on a more serious tone as the Saiyan girl shot him an unamused glance.
"About what?" Kyuuri asked, her agitation obvious.
"Just, about you..." Gohan answered.
"Hm..about me? Huh? Well, my father and mother were killed by Cooler when I was seven, I actually got to watch my father get beaten by Cooler's elite before I was launched to some god forsaken planet full of weaklings." Kyuuri said with a grimace.
"You know, you really remind me of Vegeta when I first met him." Gohan said.
"Seeing as he's our Prince, I'll take that as a compliment." Kyuuri answered.
"You know, if you'd let your guard down, you'll see that not everyone's out to get you." Gohan responded.
"I let my guard down and look what happened! Your green friend beat me like I was...I was...nothing!" she yelled, flying closer to the half Saiyan. She softened her glare, but still kept her eyes narrow as she looked at the man across from her. "How strong are you and your friends anyway?" she asked. In the small amount of time she had before flying off, she had scanned the other four arrivals, finding to her surprise that they all outclassed even the strongest of warriors she'd met.
"Well, I'm not too sure about that, but I know we've all gotten pretty strong." Gohan said, placing a finger on his chin as he thought.
"Your friend, the green man, he was able to raise his power level in an instant, is that just something his species, whatever they are, can do?" she asked with in a slightly aggressive tone.
"It's a technique he created, but he taught it to all of us, it helps us go undetected if we need to, and it also kind of gives us the element of surprise in fights, I could teach you if you want." Gohan said with a smile.
"So you're telling me you can all suppress your power levels?" Kyuuri inquired, ignoring Gohan's offer.
"Yeah, and you can learn too." Gohan answered.
Kyuuri looked down as she balled her fists, it explained everything, she was wondering how she could be beaten by someone with a power level of merely 7000, and now she had her answer. "That green man, is he the strongest fighter on this world?" she asked, not being able to imagine anyone being stronger.
"His name is Piccolo by the way, he's a Namekian, and no, my dad, Vegeta, and I are stronger...at least last time I checked." Gohan replied.
Kyuuri bared her teeth and growled, her eyes widening. "He's even stronger than the green..er...Piccolo?!" she thought. "If you're so powerful, then prove it!" she said, activating her scouter.
"Wait, I don't know if that thing will work on me." Gohan said nervously.
"It's a modified scouter my father took from one of Cooler's elites, now show me this power you speak of." Kyuuri growled, adjusting her scouter.
"Wait, I really think-" Gohan said before being cut off.
"Just do it!" Kyuuri demanded.
"Okay then." Gohan said, looking at the Saiyan girl cautiously. Gohan and Kyuuri levitated down to the ground, the soil underfoot making a quiet crunching sound as they set down. Gohan spread his feet outwards, pulling his arms in and balling his hands into fists. "Here we go.". Gohan started quietly, lightly flexing as he growled, soon he began to feel his ki building, the blood rushing through his veins as the energy inside of him grew. Gohan let out a shout, a glowing aura shooting up around him as he achieved his full power.
Kyuuri stood, mouth agape as he left eye focused on her scouter as the number on it rose higher and higher, the device making numerous high-pitched beeping noises. It was impossible, it just couldn't be, how could anyone's power level be so high? "Thirty-two billion..." Kyuuri stammered, looking on in shock. She was herself only had a power level of 12,000, and she thought she was strong...but she never stood a chance.
"Hey, your scouter stayed intact." Gohan said in a cheerful tone.
"There's no way...no one can be that powerful." Kyuuri continued.
"Man, that's pretty high, I haven't even gone Super Saiyan yet." Gohan said to himself.
Kyuuri looked up, her eyes widening. "What did you just say?" she asked.
Gohan tensed, he hadn't meant to spill that part just yet, but sighed as he realized the damage was done. "I said I haven't even gone Super Saiyan." he answered.
"If I hadn't witnessed your power for myself, I'd laugh...but with what I've seen, you might actually have me convinced Super Saiyans are real." Kyuuri said.
"Well, it is real, my dad was the first to become one, and soon we could all do it." Gohan answered cautiously.
Kyuuri stood there, completely silent, she found herself having a good deal of trouble accepting this day was really happening and wasn't just some insane dream. "Will you...teach me?" she asked, looking up at Gohan.
"To become a Super Saiyan?" Gohan asked.
"What else could I be talking about?" Kyuuri shot. Cooler was still out there somewhere, along with Salza, Dore, and Neiz, if she could become a Super Saiyan she could avenge her parent's deaths, and finally show Cooler what it's like to feel powerless, but first she had to know if it's real. "Can you show me?" she asked quietly.
"Right now?" Gohan said, looking around cautiously.
"I just need to know." Kyuuri answered.
Gohan decided to comply, not wanting to argue, he slipped his feet apart again, clenching his fists as he released a battle cry, the familiar golden aura shooting up around him as his hair turned gold and stood on end, his eyes turning turquoise.
Kyuuri shielded her eyes as the bright flash reached her, having to brace herself against the ensuing the shockwave. She turned and looked, her eyes wide as could be, she didn't even need her scouter, she could feel the power he radiated. "Amazing..." she breathed.
"I'm not done just yet." Gohan said with a smirk, his confidence bolstered by the Saiyan girls reaction. Gohan roared again, his aura pulsing as electricity crackled across him. "This is a Super Saiyan ascended beyond Super Saiyan, but we just call it Super Saiyan two." Gohan said.
Only yesterday she had considered the powerful Super Saiyan state to be a legend, but here she was, face to face with not just a Super Saiyan, but one who had ascended beyond that level...and he was only half Saiyan. "And all the other Saiyans here can do that?" she asked in disbelief.
"Not all of us." Gohan said as he dropped back into his base form. "Vegeta and I are both only capable of Super Saiyan two."
"Only?" Kyuuri questioned.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention my dad has ascended twice, he calls it Super Saiyan three." Gohan said with a nervous laugh.
Kyuuri nearly fell on her face. "Twice?!" she thought, she needed to learn how to harness this power, she was done wasting time. "I've heard enough, let's get going." Kyuuri said with a grin, taking to the sky with Gohan in pursuit.
oOo
Gohan touched down in front of his house, Kyuuri being close behind. The Saiyan girl had discarded the standard issue Planet Trade Organization armor at Gohan's behest, leaving her in the black jumpsuit underneath. The sun had recently set as they walked towards the door. "I have to warn you, my mom can be a little-" Gohan said, being cut off as he heard his mother's familiar aggressive voice from inside.
"You were late because you had to take care of a pterosaur?!" Chi-Chi shouted.
"Hey, the little guy needed some help." Goku responded nervously.
"Thats what it's parents are for! Do you know how that made me look, showing up without you! And now Gohan's gone off to who knows where and I can't find anyone to tell me what happened?!" Chi-Chi roared, Goku flinching slightly.
"Oh hey, Gohan's here right now." Goku said as he drew himself up, looking at the door as he sensed his son's ki.
"Busted." Gohan thought. The Half Saiyan knocked on the door, smiling as his mother opened it, his face suddenly turning fearful as the human woman grabbed him by the collar and pulled him close. "And where have you been!? Running off like that and just leaving us to worry-" Chi-Chi said, going quiet as she noticed the girl standing a behind her son.
"Who are you?" Chi-Chi asked quietly, letting go of her son.
"Mom, Dad, this is Kyuuri." Gohan said.
"I see we had nothing to be worried about." Goku said with a smirk, giving his son a light bump with his elbow.
"Gohan, it's late, you can't just be bringing people over like this." Chi-Chi said, having calmed down.
"She has no where else to go." Gohan explained, looking back to Kyuuri.
"Gohan, I-" Chi-Chi began.
"I've come here to train with you." Kyuuri said, pushing passed Gohan and pointing at his father.
"What?!" Chi-Chi called as she watched the stranger walk into her home.
"It's a bit late for that isn't it?" Goku asked, "I don't even know who you are." he continued looking at her curiously.
"Mom, Dad, listen, she just needs a place to stay for bit, she's not exactly from around here." Gohan said.
"What do you mean "not exactly from around here"?" Chi-Chi questioned.
Meanwhile Goku was looking the girl their son had brought home up and down, she seemed familiar to him even though he'd never seen her before. He had already picked up on her power level, which was much greater than any human he'd met, with the exception of the Z-fighters.
"Well, she's..uh...she's a-" Gohan said, his eyes widening as his father quickly advanced on her.
"She's a Saiyan!" Goku proclaimed, a mix of excitement and shock on his face.
"Took you long enough." Kyuuri said, her tail unfurling from around her waist.
Chi-chi looked on, even more stunned than her husband. "Not another one." she said as she backed away.
"He's told me all about what you've been able to do, I need you to teach me." Kyuuri said in a demanding tone.
Goku was caught off guard, the last thing he expected on this day was to meet another Saiyan, let alone a female one.
"Hey, let's not get ahead of ourselves, I don't even know your name yet, and I'm sure Gohan would make a better teacher than me." Goku said with a laugh.
"I need to become a "Super Saiyan three"." she said, quoting Gohan.
Goku looked at the Saiyan girl, "I don't think you quite realize what you're talking about. How about we start with this; how did you escape our home world's destruction?" he asked.
"My father and mother were soldiers aboard Cooler's ship, they were there when Planet Vegeta was destroyed, and they helped me escape when Cooler turned on us." Kyuuri explained.
"Who's Cooler?" Goku inquired, Chi-chi having sat down and decided not to keep up with the conversation.
"The reason I need you to teach me how to become a Super Saiyan three like you, I have to avenge my parents, and who better to teach me how to kill Cooler than the man who killed his brother, Frieza." Kyuuri said with a smirk.
"Sorry, dad." Gohan muttered.
"Frieza has a brother?!" Goku asked, stunned.
"Unfortunately." Kyuuri replied.
"Listen, you can't just become a Super Saiyan three, you have to ascend to Super Saiyan first, and Gohan will teach you how to do that." Goku responded after calming himself, smiling while pointing to his son. "He made it to Super Saiyan two before I did."
"What?" Chi-Chi and Gohan asked in unison.
"It's not everyday we meet another Saiyan survivor, especially one that's on our side." Goku said with a smile.
"We can train tomorrow, I'm ready to get some sleep." Gohan said with a laugh.
"Oh no you don't, Bulma is going try having her party again tomorrow, and you are going to be there this time." Chi-chi said, pointing at her husband.
"Can Kyuuri come?" Gohan asked.
"Sure!" Goku answered enthusiastically. "That way she can meet Vegeta." he added. Gohan and Chi-chi narrowing their eyes at Goku's apparent enthusiasm about seeing the Saiyan Prince.
"Where's she going to sleep?" Chi-Chi asked, placing her hands on her hips.
"I was thinking I could give her my room and I could just sleep in Goten's" Gohan explained.
"I guess that could work." Chi-Chi admitted.
"Well, good night every one." Goku said as he and Chi-Chi walked towards their bedroom, Chi-chi sending their guest an unsure glance.
"See you in the morning." Gohan said with a smile, turning towards the hallway.
"Not so fast." Kyuuri said, grabbing the half Saiyan by his shirt. "I have more questions." she said, pulling Gohan towards his room.
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Gohan sat on the floor, a hand covering his eyes while he had his back to the Saiyan girl while she changed clothes.
"You can go ahead and turn around now." Kyuuri said, adjusting the t-shirt she had put on.
Gohan complied, finding the Saiyan girl wearing one of his shirts and a pair of shorts.
"I was getting tired of that jumpsuit." Kyuuri remarked.
"Yeah, I'm sure you were." the half Saiyan said with a laugh. "What did you want to know?" Gohan continued.
"Your father said something about meeting other Saiyan survivors, what's that about?" she asked.
"Well, we've met a few, and none of them really wanted to do anything other than kill us, to be honest." Gohan answered.
"What about Prince Vegeta?" Kyuuri asked as she threw herself onto Gohan's bed.
"He joined us after we fought Frieza together, it took even longer for him to warm up to us though." Gohan said with a laugh.
"I'm guessing they all worked for Frieza." Kyuuri said, glancing at the half Saiyan who was relaxing on the floor.
"Yeah, except for a couple." Gohan answered.
"Well, thanks for not killing me." Kyuuri joked, smiling before lying down and turning over.
Gohan sat up to leave, but found he didn't want to, opting to stay in his room and keep the Saiyan girl company.
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She tried to scream, but it came out as a roar, she tried to look around for a someone, anyone that could help her but only destruction and the people she lived among and considered her friends running in terror being the only things she could see. Without her asking it to, her fist, massive and covered in fur, smashed a nearby building, the structure crumbling and bringing down other towers around it. She wanted to stop but she couldn't, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't control herself.
"Help!" Kyuuri tried to yell, but to her horror, instead of her call for aid, a beam of red energy escaped from her mouth, obliterating the city before her eyes.
Suddenly she felt panicked as her arms fell to her sides and her feet lifted off the ground, she struggled against the invisible force with all she had, but stopped when she heard a voice.
"Kyuuri! Kyuuri!"
"Kyuuri! Calm down!" Gohan exclaimed.
The Saiyan girl came to, letting loose a quiet scream before the half Saiyan let go of her. "What's happening? Where am I?" Kyuuri asked, her chest heaving.
"Calm down, your safe, it was just a dream." Gohan said.
Kyuuri fell back onto the bed, holding her hands up in front of her face, sighing in relief as she found them to be normal sized and not covered in brown hair. "I'm not a great ape." she said, her breathing slowing.
"So that's what you were dreaming about, ey? It happened to me too when I was kid, the transformation gave me nightmares for weeks." Gohan admitted, trying to make the Saiyan girl feel better.
"It wasn't just that." Kyuuri said, looking up at Gohan. She didn't know why, but she felt as if she could trust him in this moment, or "let her guard down" as he would say.
"What do you mean?" Gohan replied.
"It wasn't just a dream, it was a memory...of my last home...my parents had been ordered to purge the world of it's population, but they spared the populace. They wanted to escape there with me, but when that didn't work out, my father sent me there alone." Kyuuri said, bringing her knees to her chest and crossing her arms over them.
"You had no idea, did you?" Gohan asked, already being able to guess how the story ended.
"I was 12, because of the weather system on that planet, seeing the stars was rare, it was the first time I'd seen a moon...I just wanted to look at it, it was beautiful...then it happened, it was the most pain I'd ever felt, and it seemed like it took an eternity. By the time I'd transformed back to normal, there was nothing left of the city I lived in...but there were survivors, they turned against me, thought I was monster...they tried to kill me, but after the transformation I found I was more powerful, I was able to defeat them all...I single-handedly took over their society and became their queen...until they were able to stage an uprising with an army large enough to chase me away. I guess that was the mentality I started to carry with me, I thought I'd do the same to this planet, because I thought you would all react like them, but you didn't." she said, looking at Gohan.
"Kyuuri, you can't blame yourself. The Great Ape can't be controlled, when I transformed I tried to kill my dad." the half-Saiyan explained.
"Thank you, for giving me another chance." Kyuuri said, sending Gohan a small smile.
"Don't thank me yet, we still have to get Piccolo to like you." Gohan said with a laugh.
Kyuuri smiled in return, this was a feeling she had almost forgotten, but one that seemed so familiar.
oOo
"So what's the plan, blow it up from orbit?" Dore asked.
"Don't be so simple, Dore, I plan to have some fun with this." Cooler said with a smirk.
"What's the point, won't that just be unnecessary work?" Neiz added with a laugh.
"I think we should wait, if this Saiyan killed your brother and father, we should know what he's capable of first." Salza advised.
Cooler merely smiled, a slow, quiet laugh emanating from him. "Is that fear I detect, Salza?"
The blue skinned alien grit his teeth and didn't respond, it had been a while since he had to answer to anyone. After the deaths of Frieza and King Cold, Cooler had replaced the commanders they had appointed and gave Salza, Dore and Neiz their quadrants to manage.
"I still have yet to share with you the best part, aside from that brat that escaped us all those years ago and the Saiyan that defeated my brother, Prince Vegeta himself is there." Cooler said with a grin.
Salza, Dore and Neiz looked at their commander in disbelief.
"I thought he was killed with his father." Dore shot.
"My brother kept him and a couple of other Saiyans as pets, it looks like the Prince was able to get away." Cooler explained.
"So what about him?" Neiz asked.
"I'll take the Saiyan that defeated my brother, and you can all have the Prince, not to mention the large number of strong warriors the planet hosts." Cooler replied.
"But my lord, if the rumors tha thave been circulating are true, the Saiyan that defeated your brother also killed Majin Buu." Salza said with a grimace.
"When my brother and I were young, my father told us there were two entities we were not to challenge, Majin Buu, and Beerus the Destroyer God...I have heard the rumors, and I must confess, they worried me for a time, but I didn't let that stop me. I've been training for years to face this Saiyan, and I believe I finally have the power to do so." Cooler explained.
"But how?" Dore questioned.
"I have found a way to increase my power one hundred times over...and tomorrow, I will put it to use." Cooler proclaimed, a grin making it's way across his face.
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Sorry for the wait! Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it! I thought I'd give you all a look at Kyuuri's past in this one.
When it comes to timeline placement, this is directly after the defeat of Kid Buu, the party Kyuuri interrupted being the celebration Bulma threw to which Goku was late due to being the substitute guardian of a pterosaur, if that wasn't obvious.
To answer a question I've been asked in a PM, yes, I will be covering the "Battle of the Gods" and "Resurrection F" story arcs and writing Kyuuri into them.
Thank you for the reviews, I'm glad you enjoyed this first chapter, and I hope you enjoyed this one as well!
-Prometheus17