Chapter 19: Advancement Test, The Investigation Begins, and Time Rifts Never End
Pearl woke up to the smell of an omelette cooking, with bacon bits, goat cheese, and leeks. She got out of bed and saw that her Papa was busy making the omelette, while everyone else was already enjoying theirs, Barit, Kenshiro, Mama, Jasper, Silver, Jade, and Amber. Glutto smiled at her and said, "Just one more minute, Pearly. "Take your time, Papa," Pearl told him. She sat down next to Buudikka and said, "I got some time off now…but…I gotta help out Rachel with something. Sorry, Mama." Buudikka affectionately patted her head and told her, "I understand now, you're all grown up now, you have responsibilities. We're not going to be here much longer, tomorrow will be our last day, then Papa has to get back to managing his restaurant, and I have to go back to training. See if you can all make time to come with us to the beach, that's all I ask." "I'll try, Mama, but…I'm going to need a new bathing suit," Pearl told her. Buudikka smiled, "We all do. Why not make a trip out of it…say…tonight after dinner?" "I'll ask everyone else, but I'm not totally sure if they'll agree or not," Pearl answered.
Glutto finished making Pearl's omelette and she quickly ate it before getting a shower and getting ready. Pearl decided to put on all of Launch's Outfit along with her glasses, after all, it was a vacation. For the next hour she played video games with Jade, then there was a knock on the door. "I'll get it," Buudikka said, and answered the door. "Oh, hello, Elder Kai-sama," Buudikka greeted. "Oh…Buudikka. I forgot that you were visiting," Elder Kai said as she let him in, Pearl saw him check her Mama out on the way in. Elder Kai then spotted Pearl and said, "Alright, I know that the Supreme Kai of Time has given you a vacation, but I think that you should still keep up with your training, Recruit. You've gotten much stronger, it is time for you to have another Advancement Test." "Alright," Pearl said, "We'll play some more when I get back, Jade." "Is there some way we can watch?" Jade asked.
"Well… yes, but with all these people it will be a little…difficult," Elder Kai said, "You all have to place your hands on my body, preferably my shoulders or back, and close your eyes. I will look for Pearl on her Advancement Test, and that way you can see what I see." "Please, Elder Kai-sama, I really want to watch Pearl in action," Buudikka said, bending over and giving the Old Kai a good view of her cleavage. Elder Kai got a good look before saying, "Very well then! Let's go!" "Thank you!" Buudikka said, and even gave Elder Kai a small kiss on his forehead. The Old Kai turned around quickly so no one could see the trickle of blood dripping from his nose, and led them to the Time Patroller Academy. As they walked Pearl went up to her Mama, "Mama, that was…pretty devious of you." "I know," Buudikka giggled, "But sometimes a girl just has to use her assets to get what she wants." Buudikka nodded her head to Kenshiro, and Pearl glanced back to see him checking her out in her outfit. "You understand, don't you sweetie?" Pearl blushed and said, "I only do that kind of stuff with Kenny…"
They finally arrived in front of the robot, and Elder Kai said, "Alright, everyone that wants to watch Pearl better get close to me, and this might be a tight squeeze." Much to the Elder Kai's regret, Glutto, Kenshiro, and Silver were the first ones to place their hands on his shoulders, and squeezed in tightly. Then Jasper, Jade, Amber, Barit, and Buudikka. "Alright, take me away," Pearl confidently told the robot. "Here we go!" the robot said, "Good luck!" And in a flash of light, Pearl was transported to Namek, as it was when Frieza destroyed it. Before her stood Dodoria. "All right," Elder Kai said, "Get your elbow out of my eye! Thank you! Ahem, this is your Advancement Test. No cheating now. I've got my eye on you!" "Alright!" Pearl excitedly said. She flew up into the air and Dodoria followed her, they were right over a pool of lava. Pearl smiled deviously, Gotcha, Spikehead! Using one of the Original Majin Buu's techniques, Pearl instantly appeared in front of Dodoria and slammed her fists on the top of his head, sending him flying into the lava below.
"Sheesh! That was brutal!" Jade commented. "Still, good tactics, nice use of your environment," Buudikka told Pearl as her second opponent arrived, Zarbon. Zarbon quickly transformed and flew straight at Pearl. The Majin girl was unimpeded by her weighted clothes, and easily dodged all of his attacks before kicking him in his stomach and charging up ki, "Earth Splitting Galick Gun!" Pearl yelled, and the powerful blast sent Zarbon flying back, but he was still alive. "He's tougher than the last one. But I could take him easily," Jasper stated. Pearl immediately Instant Transmissioned in front of Jasper and kicked him right in his bloated powered up face, and then kneed him in his groin, making him scream in pain. Pearl finished him with a dropping elbow to the back of his neck, breaking it. "Pearl…you're getting a lot more vicious," Kenshiro said. "Oh ho!" Elder Kai said, "Those are some smart moves. Stay sharp and keep it up until it's over!"
"Sure thing," Pearl said as she cracked her neck and saw her next opponent, Captain Ginyu. Pearl flew at him, but Ginyu was ready and slammed his elbow into her face before grabbing her by the tentacles. Pearl screamed in pain as he did this. "That son of a bitch!" Glutto yelled. "If I ever get my hands on him, I'll tear him apart!" Buudikka yelled. "No one does that to our daughter!" Glutto and Buudikka both yelled in unison, and Pearl's siblings all agreed. "What's wrong? Why are you all so angry?" Elder Kai asked. "Elder Kai-sama, Majin tentacles are extremely sensitive, if you grab them too hard, it causes unimaginable pain. No one that you don't trust, extremely well, is allowed to touch our tentacles. Pearl is now feeling like someone shoved a cactus inside her and twisted it tight, all throughout her body!" Buudikka explained as Ginyu tossed Pearl aside. "It's like grabbing a girl's boobs without her permission," Kenshiro explained. "Basically," Jasper said, "But even worse."
Pearl landed on a small island in the middle of the lava and was filled with rage. "YOU MOTHER FUCKER!" Pearl screamed at the Advancement Test Captain Ginyu. She Instant Transmissioned in front of him and kicked him so hard in his groin that his pelvis cracked. Ginyu screamed in pain, then Pearl grabbed his horns and pulled. "NO!" Ginyu yelled. "How do you like it!?" Pearl yelled as she pulled tighter, and ripped Ginyu's horns right off. Ginyu grabbed the bleeding holed in his head, leaving his neck wide open for Pearl to stab him in his throat with his own horns. Pearl let Ginyu drop and Amber cheered, "That's the way, Big Sis! No one does that to us!" Pearl saw Frieza arriving and let the rest of her anger turn her into her Pure Majin form. Purified Pearl pointed at Frieza and flew straight at him, not giving him time to attack as it pounded it's fist into the Tyrant. Before Frieza could retaliate, Purified Pearl grabbed him, pounded his head and sent him flying onto an island. Purified Pearl created a Teleporting Vanishing Ball, and slammed it into Frieza's face, wiping him out instantly.
"Hmmm…You passed the test. Remember to keep training diligently," Elder Kai told Pearl as she returned to Conton City. "That was awesome, Sis," Jade said. "They never had a chance," Amber agreed. "Heh," Jasper said, "That was pretty good, but I bet I could have done it in half the time." "Maybe," Pearl agreed, she could tell that Jasper was still more powerful than she was, she didn't think she could beat him even with Pure Majin Form. "Heh, you big muscle head," Amber said to Jasper. "Yeah, that's right. I worked hard, and I got results!" Jasper jumped back and flexed his muscles, he was only wearing pants and shoes. Female Time Patrollers, and a few males too, all cheered at Jasper's display. "Nii-san sure is popular," Silver pointed out. "Jasper, come on," Amber called. "Ah, come on, I'm just having a little fun, right ladies?" Jasper asked a few of the female Time Patrollers and they immediately started agreeing. "Oy…you got your phone on you?" Glutto asked. "Yeah, sure thing, Dad," Jasper said, and took his phone out to show. "Just make sure you answer when we call," Buudikka told him, and everyone else left.
"Man, I don't think I've ever seen so much talent in one place," Buudikka commented, "The Supreme Kai of Time sure has improved the place." "Definitely, and you haven't even been to the spa," Shurayuki said as she walked up, she was wearing a Turtle School gi and was twirling around a kunai in one hand. "It reopened?" Pearl asked. "Yep," Shurayuki said, "If you all want to go, you can…though Pearl, Barit, Kenshiro, we need to talk, privately," Shurayuki said. "Oh, before I forget, Shurayuki-san, how would you like to come with us to the beach tomorrow?" Buudikka invited. Shurayuki licked her lips at the idea, "Certainly. Can I bring Beate-kun and Rachel-kun as well?" "Of course," Glutto said, "Tomorrow will be our last day to spend with Pearl for a while, and we're going to make it a day to remember!" "Thank you very much," Shurayuki said. Shurayuki directed Pearl's family to the spa, and Kenshiro, Barit, and Pearl went with her back to Rachel and Beate's apartment.
"Did you find anything?" Pearl asked. "Nothing that can help us. DNA at the crime scene was…negligible. The robots couldn't determine if the attacker, or attackers, were male, female, Majin, Earthling, Saiyan, Frost Demon, or Namekian. They know that the shinobi that were killed were from the Murasaki clan, but we haven't a clue about their killers, or Bage's attacker, aside from Hellhound's M.O.," Rachel explained. "That's why I wanted to talk with you three. You were given an Interdimensional Cable Box by Merch and Praxtic, do you think that you could use it to find the perpetrators?" Shurayuki asked. Pearl, Kenshiro, and Barit all promptly slapped their foreheads and said in unison, "We never thought of that!" "Can you do it?" Shurayuki asked again. "Sure thing, just grab on to me and I'll Instant Transmit us back to our apartment," Pearl said. Everyone grabbed on to her, and in the next second were back at Kenshiro, Pearl, and Barit's apartment.
Kenshiro grabbed the remote and said, "Show me the night Bage was attacked." The Interdimensional Cable Box turned on as did the TV, but the channel was…blurry. "Huh?" Barit said, "That's not supposed to happen…" "Maybe I said the wrong thing?" Kenshiro asked, then said into the remote, "Show me Hellhound, right now." Again, the channel changed, but the image was blurry. "What the Hell is happening?" Rachel asked. "I don't know," Pearl said, "This has never happened before! This Interdimensional Cable Box should show us anything!" "Damn it!" Rachel yelled, and kicked Barit's chair so hard it was destroyed. "Come on! Not my chair!" Barit yelled. "Fuck the chair! That…that…Monster is on the loose, and we don't have a single clue about where he is!" Rachel yelled back, then she collapsed. "Rachel, you're pushing yourself too hard…you didn't sleep at all last night," Beate said. "I can take it," Rachel said, but the bags Pearl now noticed under her eyes said otherwise. "Wait, maybe…something…I don't know what, but something changed, about Hellhound. That's why we can't learn anything about him now," Shurayuki said.
"Then, what can we do?" Barit asked as he used Namekian Materialization to fix his chair. "Can I see the remote?" Shurayuki asked. Kenshiro tossed it to her and Shurayuki said to the remote, "Show us…the night that Rachel Impala was conceived." "What!?" Rachel yelled, but then the channel changed again, this time showing the woman from Rachel's picture, her Mother, at a club, talking to a man at the bar. "Mom…" Rachel said. "Zoom in on the man's face," Shurayuki said, and the image showed the face of Hellhound. He had red eyes, blue skin, and red hair, and Rachel's eyes. "So," Hellhound was saying to Rachel's Mother, "Yumi, how about we ditch this place, I know a place we can…get to know each other better." Hellhound's hand went up Yumi's, Rachel's Mother's, skirt and Yumi giggled. "Sure thing, Yuu Lupei, you got a great name by the way," Yumi said. "Thanks," Yuu Lupei, aka Hellhound, said, "My Mom was Japanese, my Dad was Romanian. Apparently, my name means 'Superior Wolf'." Yuu Lupei said as he and Yumi walked out of the club and headed for a love hotel.
"Do you bite a lot, Wolfie?" Yumi asked, and everyone could tell she was drunk. "That depends, do you like being bit?" Yuu Lupei said, flashing his fangs. "Stop it now!" Rachel yelled, and Shurayuki turned the TV off. "Thank you," Rachel said, "Now, at least, we know his name. I gotta go now." Rachel stumbled a little and Shurayuki helped her up, "We're going to help you. Right?" "Right," Pearl, Kenshiro, and Barit all said. "I'm going to look for any records, if Yuu Lupei is his real name…" Rachel said. Pearl's scouter went off just then. Pearl went to her room and checked it. "Damn it…" she cursed, "I'm sorry, Rachel, but I have to go deal with Time Rifts." "I understand," Rachel said. "Come on, let's keep looking for something from the Interdimensional Cable Box," Beate suggested as Pearl put on her scouter and headed to Majin Buu's House. After running throughout Conton City looking for food, and spending a thousand dollars on extra food, she flew up to the platform the Time Rift was on. She touched the glass dome and went into the Time Rift and headed inside Buu's House.
Niboshi was waiting for her and gave her 300 Zeni. "Thank you, Niboshi-chan," Pearl said. "You give me food, and help make family! You deserve it!" Niboshi answered as Pearl laid out all the food she gathered. Sanma came up to her and said, "Patrol over! Got this for you! Take it!" He gave Pearl an Energy Capsule and Pearl said, "Thank you, Sanma-chan, go eat up, and get stronger, so you can be a great Patroller!" "I will!" Sanma said. Ichigo was last as he handed Pearl a Power Capsule. "Thank you very much," Pearl said. "Thank you for making me a big brother!" Ichigo said. Majin Buu dug in along with his three children, before the food was halfway gone, Majin Buu stood up, "It time for Buu to make more family!" Majin Buu concentrated, and in a puff of pink smoke, a fourth little Majin appeared, "Arhhh… Me Buillon… You look...strong…" The fourth little Majin in the Time Rift had red skin, and was wearing an outfit like Majin Buu's, except his vest was grey, and instead of gloves he had hand-wraps and purple boots.
"Hello!" Ichigo, Niboshi, and Sanma all greeted their new brother, "We're your family! Pearl-san brought us lots of yummy food!" Buillon dug in with the rest of the family, and Pearl made her exit from the Time Rift. Her scouter went off again and Pearl sighed, "I guess this 'vacation' isn't going to happen." She flew to Hercule's House and touched the glass dome to enter that Time Rift. Great Saiyaman and Company ran up to Pearl and said, "All right, we're all together at last, brought here by our passion for Justice! Right now, we're in dire need of your strength!" "What's the matter Great Saiyaman?" Great Saiyawoman asked, "Did something happen?" Great Saiyaman nodded, "I hate to say it, but Earth is in grave danger!" "What!?" Pearl and Great Saiyawoman both said. "Some truly evil beings with incredible power suddenly showed up on Earth!" "N-no way!" Great Saiyawoman said, but Pearl checked her scouter and saw that he was telling the truth, it was a good thing she had the Pure Majin Form.
"We're the only ones capable of repelling this threat!" Great Saiyaman said, "This mission will be extremely dangerous! I can't make any guarantees about the outcome of the battle… But that doesn't mean that we can back out! We have to fight! We have to fight for the sake of the planet!" "I don't mean to interrupt your speech," Jaco said, interrupting Gohan, aka Great Saiyaman's speech, "but it it's really that dangerous, shouldn't we get going soon? Like now, maybe?" "Y-Yeah," Great Saiyaman said, scratching his cheek in embarrassment, "I guess we probably should… Okay, let's move out! This is an emergency!" "Right!" Pearl agreed, and together the four heroes headed out. The first thing they saw were six Cell Jr's! "Saiyawoman, Saiyanoob, Jaco!" Great Saiyaman said, "Listen up! Now is the time for Justice to shine! We must stand and face this vile threat!" "Got it," Great Saiyawoman said as she unleashed her full power. Pearl was amazed when she saw the numbers on her scouter jump up, Wow! Videl's strength in this Time Rift is…amazing! She's much more powerful than she was in the True Timeline, and that's saying something!
Saiyaman, Saiyawoman, and Pearl all flew into the fray, each of them taking on two Cell Jr's. The Time Rift weakened the little monster's power, and Pearl found it easy to block the two she was fighting. She kicked one back and punched the other in its face before blasting it with Earth Splitting Galick Gun, knocking it away. Pearl saw the other one coming and hit it with a giant ki ball before using Assault Rain to blast ki into the sky. Her attack destroyed both the Cell Jr's she was fighting, and she then saw Cell, in his Perfect Form, watching. Cell chuckled as he said, "Who are these insects looking to be squashed? It's sad really, you don't even know that you don't stand a chance." Pearl looked back and saw as Great Saiyawoman dispatched one of the Cell Jr's she was fighting, only for the other to sneak behind her and launch a Destructo Disc! Pearl Instant Transmissioned to her and grabbed her before Instant Transmitting out of the way of the Destructo Disc. The two watched as it sliced a building clean in half and Saiyawoman said, "Thanks a lot, Great Majiwoman!"
Saiyawoman blasted the Cell Jr that almost killed her, then flew over and rained down a storm of blows on him, before blasting it away, killing it. Saiyaman had already destroyed the two Cell Jrs he was fighting, and that was when the original Perfect Cell stepped up to the plate. "Damn it! Now I'm furious!" Cell yelled as the four heroes went to fight him. Saiyawoman blasted ki at him, as did Saiyaman and Jaco, while Pearl unleashed Assault Rain on him. When the smoke cleared, Cell was hardly scathed. "This isn't good," Jaco said. Cell looked at him and blasted green ki at the Super Elite Galactic Patrolman, and he screamed in pain as he was launched through a building! "Jaco!" everyone yelled. "Saiyawoman, he's too much for you, leave him to me and Saiyanoob! Go check on Jaco!" Saiyaman said as he went Super Saiyan. "Good luck," Saiyawoman said, "And be careful, Gohan." Saiyaman nodded and Pearl focused all her fury, and transformed into her Pure Majin Form.
"HYAAAAH!" Saiyaman unleashed a Full Powered Energy Wave that knocked Perfect Cell back, but Cell avoided his next last five ki balls and flew at him. The two foes fought with all their fury, Purified Pearl watched them, but soon lost interest. "Bored!" Purified Pearl said as it charged up, then crashed right into Cell's back. Purified Pearl then hit him with Super Vanishing Ball, but Cell wasn't defeated. Cell blasted at them with a Perfect Kamehameha Wave, but Purified Pearl easily avoided it. "Nyah Nyah! Stupid bug!" Purified Pearl said. Saiyaman saw his chance and yelled, "CELL!" Cell took a Super Kamehameha Wave, and Purified Pearl launched Super Vanishing Ball again, both attacks wiped out the bio-android, who could only scream, "No! NO! NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!" Purified Pearl looked around and only saw Saiyaman was left to fight, and smiled.
NO! I won't fight my allies! Pearl yelled within her Purified Form, then yelled, "Enough!" Pearl returned to her original form, and that was when the last enemy arrived, Super Buu. "Heh heh heh," Super Buu said as he saw Saiyaman and regular Pearl. "Let's go! For Justice!" Saiyaman yelled as he flew at Super Buu. The large pink demon laughed as his punches did nothing to him. "You're funny," Super Buu said as he head-butted Saiyaman, knocking him down. Saiyaman jumped up and back, but Pearl saw that there was blood coming from his helmet. "What should Buu do with you?" Super Buu asked, "Should Buu kill you, or should Buu turn you into chocolate?" Saiyawoman and Jaco both arrived and Saiyaman yelled, "Everyone! Together! Combine your power!" Assault Rain, Super Kamehameha Wave, Jaco's Blaster set to Full Power, and a Full Power Energy Blast Volley all descended on Super Buu. "Damn it," Saiyawoman said, "We didn't do a thing to him!"
Super Buu just laughed at them, "Buu gonna kill you. Heh heh heh." The Voice in Pearl's head yelled, YOU NEED ME! HURRY! BEFORE WE DIE!
Okay, Pearl reluctantly agreed as she returned to her Purified Form and flew up to Super Buu. Super Buu smiled and said, "You look like Buu. Are you strong like Buu?" Purified Pearl's answer was to slam a kick into his stomach, sending Super Buu flying back. Purified Pearl tried for a Super Vanishing Ball next, but Time Rift Super Buu dodged it and hit it with a Majin Kamehameha Wave. Before Purified Pearl could recover, Super Buu unleashed his own Assault Rain. Everyone scattered as they struggled to dodge the piercing ki attack, and Purified Pearl rammed right into Super Buu before hitting him with a Vanishing Ball, then flying over and grabbing his tentacle to bite it! Super Buu screamed in pain, and Purified Pearl kicked his head down before spinning him around and tossing him away. Saiyawoman blasted Super Buu while he was distracted, and he returned his attention to her, blasting her with Majin Kamehameha Wave. Saiywoman was injured by the attack, and Saiyaman screamed, "Videl!" His anger fueled his power as he blasted Super Buu with his most powerful Super Kamehameha Wave.
This time the attack hurt, and Purified Pearl focused all its power into its own attack, and slammed a Teleporting Vanishing Ball into the weakened Super Buu, destroying him. "Enough for real now!" Pearl yelled as she returned to her usual form. Using Majin Magic, she healed her comrades, and they flew back to Hercule's House. "Great job, everyone," Saiyaman said, "You especially, Great Majiwoman. You really saved us all back there." "Just doing what I can," Pearl said as she used the energy capsule Niboshi gave her to heal herself. "Well, what do they say on Earth in this situation…" Jaco said, "Oh yeah! History is written by the victors!" "Right," Saiyawoman agreed. "As long as we're around, no one will ever disturb peace on Earth!" Saiyaman said. "Absolutely!" Pearl agreed. She turned to leave only to be stopped by Hercule. "Alright then, you did great on that last challenge, here's your reward," Hercule said as he gave Pearl 10000 Zeni. "Thank you, sir!" Pearl said. "Now, for your next challenge, you have to go through five missions without taking damage. Can you handle that?" Hercule said. "Sure thing," Pearl said.
Hercule laughed, "Of course you can!" Pearl returned to Conton City and once again her scouter went off. "Namek it is," Pearl decided, she had three more Time Rifts; Guru's House, Frieza's Spaceship, and Capsule Corp. Pearl flew to the platform and touched the glass dome and was instantly teleported into the Time Rift. Time Rift Nail saw her and walked over, "I can sense an enormous power heading this way… It's an enemy attack! That power… It must be more Saiyans. Yes… two Saiyans with enormous strength. The Saiyans are knows as 'The Warrior Race', a name befitting their martial nature and fighting prowess. We'll need to be ready for anything, are you ready?" "I am," Pearl said, and cracked her knuckles for emphasis. "Then let's go," Nail said, and they flew off. They arrived at a…snowy village in the mountains. And there Pearl saw her foes, Vegeta and Nappa. Pearl could sense their power, they weren't as powerful as Super Buu, but it would be one Hell of a fight. "I'll fight the short one," Pearl told Nail. "I'll fight the big one then," Nail said as he cracked his neck.
"Come here! I'll squash ya!" Time Rift Nappa yelled as he and Nail clashed. Nappa was powerful, but Nail had more finesse and skill, managing to keep up with the brute, for now. Pearl on the other hand Instant Transmissioned behind Vegeta and kicked him in his back, sending him flying. Pearl Instant Transmissioned to him again, but this time Vegeta was ready and blasted her point blank with Earth Splitting Galick Gun, sending her crashing into a nearby mountain. Pearl barely avoided Time Rift Vegeta's follow up kick, then blocked his next three punches before seeing an opening to punch his stomach. Vegeta only responded by grabbing Pearl's chest and blasting her back. "Pervert!" Pearl yelled, and Vegeta's only response was to blast ki balls at her. Pearl blocked all of them, and even deflected two of them back at Vegeta before hitting him with her own Earth Splitting Galick Gun. Vegeta was embedded in the mountain and Pearl quickly blasted a large ki ball at him, then made it explode in his face.
Pearl looked and saw Nappa pound Nail into the ocean, and quickly Instant Transmitted to Nappa and slammed her feet into his stomach, cracking his armor. Nappa blasted her back with Bomber DX, and then Vegeta yelled, "You'll regret ever trying to fight me! SUPER GALICK GUN!" Vegeta's attack hit Pearl hard, but she refused to surrender. Nappa flew at her, and she kicked him in his face before spinning around and kicking his stomach again, knocking him back. Vegeta came at Pearl from behind, and at the last moment before he could hit her she blasted him with Mystic Flash. Nail flew up and spat out blood, "We need to end this quickly! Focus all your power in one last attack!" "Right!" Pearl said as she unleashed Assault Rain into the sky. Nappa was wiped out by Nails Full Powered Energy Wave, while Vegeta was impaled by the pink ki blasts that rained down on him. "We did it," Nail said as he tried to catch his breath. The two of them collected the Dragon Balls and headed back to Guru's House.
"Thank you for fighting to protect everyone. You are a real friend to the Namekians, and now, you may visit our Father and leader, the Grand Elder Guru. I've already explained everything to him, so you may go right in," Nail said as the door to Guru's House opened. Inside sat the immense Guru on his throne. Pearl bowed to him and the ancient Namekian said, "Welcome. The people here call me Grand Elder Guru. I'm this planet's leader, so to speak. Nail has informed me of your deeds, but now that you are here before me, I can finally rest assured." "Thank you for having me, Guru-sama," Pearl greeted. "Hmmm," Guru said, "You are not from around here, are you? You are not even from this world… But that is of no concern to us. Your motivations do not appear to be founded in evil… Whatever your objectives may be, you have shown great courage to defend this planet's inhabitants on numerous occasions. As a token of my gratitude, allow me to awaken your inner strength."
"Thank you, Guru-sama…What must I do?" "Simply come here, beside my throne, my child," Guru said. Pearl went to the left side of Guru's throne, and the Grand Elder lifted up his hand to her. Pearl felt as if floodgates opened inside her, as her power seemed to double, if not more! She was left speechless as she felt her power flow through her. "How do you feel?" Guru asked, "You should now be more powerful than before." "Yes… I can feel it," Pearl said as she gripped her fist and it glowed with ki. "Thank you so much." Guru nodded and gave a small smile, "You will need a great deal of strength to fulfill your objectives…and to protect this land also. I pray you use this strength to protect us all. We are counting on you." "I will do my best, to protect everyone," Pearl said. Before she left, she wrapped Nail in a hug, much to the Namekian Warrior's confusion. "Stay safe, Nail-san," the Majin girl said, and left the Time Rift.
Pearl felt amazing, and decided that she would go to Frieza's Spaceship next, rocketing off to the platform where the glass dome was. She went in and Appule ran to her, saying, "I don't know if you realize just how special you are. Few guys just keep climbing the ranks as consistently as you. If you ever decided to, I don't know, start your own faction or something, I'd join it in a heartbeat! Also, Captain Ginyu of the Ginyu Force has been looking for you. He wants you to join the Ginyu Force! What do you think?" I think I'd rather clean a public toilet with my tongue… But this is necessary for the investigation into the Time Rifts. "I'd better go see him then," Pearl said. "Good luck," Time Rift Appule said. "Thanks," Pearl waved as she ran to where Captain Ginyu was.
She walked up to him and Time Rift Ginyu said, "I'm Ginyu… Captain of the Ginyu Force! I've heard tales about your strength. You defeated Zarbon and Dodoria, didn't you?" "Yep," Pearl said. "Now, the Ginyu Force well test your strength. Frieza-sama has requested it. You'll participate, won't you?" "I will," Pearl said. "Then let us battle, on that planet," Ginyu said as he pointed out a window to Time Rift Namek. "Alright," Pearl said. The entire Ginyu Force arrived, and along with Pearl went to the Time Rift Namek. Pearl rolled her shoulders and decided to go easy on the Time Rift Ginyu Force, after the power Guru had helped her unlock, she would have to pull her punches to not accidentally kill them. "Welcome!" Ginyu said as they got ready, "Today is your Ginyu Force Entrance Exam! We'll be testing your strength ourselves. Pass, and you can join our prestigious ranks!" Ginyu then looked thoughtful and mumbled, "That means coming up with a new pose though…Hmmm…"
Pearl stretched out a little as Time Rift Ginyu thought, before he shook his head and said, "Well, you'll need to beat us first. Then we can talk poses! As for now, Guldo! Burter! Show the rookie how its done!" "Right!" Guldo said. "I love to find promising new rookies and crush them early," Burter laughed. "GO!" GInyu yelled. Pearl immediately teleported in front of Guldo and slammed her fists on his head, knocking him out instantly. "Whoa now… I need to pay attention or I'm going to be in trouble!" Burter said as he flew at Pearl. Pearl blocked his punches and kicks and decided to let him have some pride by taking a punch to her stomach, then she kicked him in his chin and followed up with three hard punches to his solar plexus, knocking Burter out as well. Time Rift Jeice and Recoome then flew into the fray, Jeice saying, "Don't get cocky now! Here's where it really gets serious!" Recoome smiled, "You got a lot of spunk! I'll play with you for a while, then."
Recoome and Jeice flew at her in unison and Pearl dodged and blocked their punches expertly, it was child's play between the fact that she was wearing regular clothes instead of weighted ones, and the power Guru had unlocked within her. She blasted ki around herself, knocking them back, then flew at Jeice and hit him with seven ki balls before knocking him out with a chop to the back of his neck. Recoome tried his Recoome Kick, but Pearl blocked it in time to then kick him in his face before grabbing him from behind and pounding on his head four times, then stretched back and slammed both feet into the giant warrior's back. Recoome flew face first into a mountain, and was knocked out cold. Ginyu finally flew over and complimented Pearl, "I'm surprised you've come this far! You've got guts!"
"Thanks," Pearl said. Ginyu blasted at her with Milky Cannon, but Pearl avoided it, then blocked Ginyu's follow up kick and punch. Time Rift Ginyu then jumped back and blasted Pearl with Full Power energy Blast Volley. Pearl wasn't expecting that, and every blast hit home, but Pearl wasn't badly hurt. "Huh?" Ginyu asked, "Why are you fighting like an amateur? Did you forget to go to the bathroom or something?" "I'm fine," Pearl said, then Instant Transmissioned behind Ginyu and blasted him with Mystic Flash. She then finished him with Assault Rain. Amazingly, Ginyu, badly battered and bleeding, wasn't knocked out, and said, "You actually went and beat me? Don't you know how this is supposed to work? What's wrong with you!? Oh well. But don't think this means anything, this was a test! Next time we won't go easy on you!" "I understand, Captain!" Pearl said, and saluted. Ginyu woke up the rest of the Ginyu Force and they headed back inside Frieza's Spaceship.
Once the Ginyu Force were put in Healing Chambers, Ginyu told Pearl, "Urgh! You're stronger than I thought…I never thought you'd be this strong. Let's have a toast to the birth of a new elite warrior! OW!" Ginyu held his injured ribs and Pearl said, "Maybe we should hold off on that until everyone is healed… including you." "Yeah, that's probably…a good idea," Ginyu said, and went into a Healing Chamber himself. Seeing nothing else to do, Pearl headed out of Frieza's Spaceship, and out of the Time Rift. Pearl checked her phone, "Whoa, it's lunch time! I'd better get something to eat before heading to Capsule Corp." Pearl searched for her family and friend's ki, she sensed that Shurayuki, Beate, and Rachel were separate from everyone else, Kenshiro and Barit were together as well, while her family was near a restaurant. Pearl called Kenshiro, "Hey, Kenny, want to go out? My family is over at a restaurant, so I think we could go eat with them." Kenshiro talked with Barit and said, "Sure thing."
Pearl used Instant Transmission to head to Kenshiro and Barit, and once they got a hold of her shoulders, Pearl used Instant Transmission again to get to her family. "WHOA!" Amber yelled, "Where'd you come from!?" "Around," Pearl said. "Well, you're just in time," Glutto said, and turned to the host of the restaurant, "Make that a table for seven please." "Right this way, sir," the host said, and sat them all down, it was a fancy Italian restaurant Pearl realized, La Mongosa Rosa. "So, Papa," Pearl said as she checked her menu, "You don't feel like cooking lunch?" "Nah, this is a vacation," Glutto said, "Why not relax for at least one meal and let someone else cook for me?" Everyone ordered and Pearl told everyone about the Time Rifts, and how Guru had made her even stronger than before. She was done around the time their food arrived and Jasper said, "Man…this place really made you strong."
"Yeah, I guess back home I didn't have the right motivation, but, now that people are counting on me, I'm super motivated to train," Pearl said. "With proper rest of course," Kenshiro said as he reached over and put his arm around her shoulders, Amber and Jade all giggled at that and Jade said, "Looks like you can pick up a boy too here." "Wasn't like that!" Pearl told her younger sister, "Kenny needed help with his grades, and I needed help training, we sorta helped each other out…and things just…happened from there." "That's what he told me," Glutto said, nodding to Kenshiro. "How much?" Pearl asked, turning a lighter shade of grey. "Everything," Glutto said, "And I think you found a good man, sweetheart." Pearl sighed in relief, "Thanks Papa." "I think I might want to join the Time Patrol," Jasper said. "Me too," Jade said.
"Well, you can," Barit told Jasper and Jade, "But Jade will need her parent's permission." Buudikka looked at Jade, "Are you sure? This will be tough, remember, Pearl had to work really hard, and go through a lot of pain to get where she is." "I'm sure," Jade said, "Besides, I skipped a grade, remember? I already graduated High School. I can just find a place and make it up from there, I just need to get my games and clothes from home." Glutto smiled proudly at Jasper and Jade, "Well then, looks like tomorrow will be our last day as a family for a while. Let's make it a good one." Nothing else important was said, and after dinner, and dessert, they left La Mangosa Rosa. "Alright, one more Time Rift, and I'll be free for the rest of the day," Pearl said. "Be careful," Kenshiro said. "We gotta talk later, Kenshiro," Pearl said, before she flew off.
She got on the platform and touched the glass dome, and was instantly teleported to Capsule Corp. Time Rift Vegeta was waiting for her, "Looks like you've grown a bit stronger. It would be boring if you hadn't. Come and help me train. Show me how strong you've grown. If you're a creature like Majin Buu, surely you can grow even stronger. Don't disappoint me." "I won't," Pearl said with a smile. Vegeta also smiled aggressively and said, "Let me show you what years of hard work looks like! Something a Majin would never understand." Vegeta then flew up into the sky and Pearl followed him. They flew and flew until they reached Kami's Lookout. Once they were on Kami's Lookout, Vegeta went Super Saiyan and said, "Going Super Saiyan always makes me a little more violent! Crushing you won't take long!" Vegeta blasted a Big Bang Attack that Pearl barely dodged then kicked her in her face.
Pearl avoided his next kick and blocked three punches before punching him in his face and kicking him there too. Pearl blasted ki balls at Vegeta, but the Saiyan Prince avoided them all. Pearl then teleported in front of him and slammed down on his head, then followed up with Earth Splitting Galick Gun. Vegeta jumped up and wiped some blood from his mouth, "Hm… You've grown stronger." Pearl charged at him and the two of them exchanged blows. After two minutes with neither one landing a hit Vegeta jumped back and laughed, "You're pretty good to go toe to toe with me!" Pearl blasted Assault Rain into the sky, and Vegeta struggled to dodge the attack, in the end six of the ki blasts hit home, and Pearl flew over then slammed her knee into his stomach. Vegeta blasted her back and then hit her with Galick Gun. Pearl got up from the attack, ready to keep going, when Vegeta said, "That's enough for today."
They flew back to Capsule Corp and Vegeta said, "You Majin sure are worth fighting. Very well. I'm going to promote you from training partner to actual competitor. Next time this won't be for exercise. Be prepared to fight as if you're trying to kill me! Got it?!" "Understood, Vegeta-sama!" Pearl said. She used a Capsule to heal herself, then headed out of the Time Rift. As soon as she was back in Conton City, Pearl searched for Shurayuki, Beate, and Rachel again, and Instant Transmissioned to them. They were all huddled around Beate and Rachel's dining table, looking at various papers. "How's the investigation coming along?" Pearl asked. "We have leads, but don't know where they go," Rachel answered, "Hellhound's real name is Yuu Lupei, like you saw on your TV, he was apparently raised by an average vampire family as an only child. My Grandparents, Vlad and Yuri, were law abiding vampires, drinking blood substitutes or animal blood to survive.
"And yet…Yuu was different, always a loner, or a leader. Ran away from home in High School, and apparently started a gang at that time. Then…he snapped, his own gang of six were his first victims…After that…I learned he also killed Vlad and Yuri Lupei, but no one knew that at the time. He returned to society, with a pretty good inheritance from them, and started living like a playboy. But…we can't track his movements now." "We tried with the Cable Box, but everything was blurry," Beate explained. "Well…I don't know what else to do now," Pearl admitted. "I think that we should get ready for that beach trip tomorrow, all of us," Shurayuki said. "What!?" Rachel yelled, "A beach trip!?" "This isn't frivolous. Rachel-kun, I can tell already that you're too stressed out from all this. If you don't rest your mind and body, even if we somehow pick up on your Father's trail, you will be useless in the inevitable fight. You need to rest, tomorrow," Shurayuki said. Rachel sighed, "Fine." "We'll pick up the investigation after the beach trip, AND you will get proper rest. If I feel like you aren't getting proper rest, then I will do whatever I have to, to ensure you get the proper rest," Shurayuki said. "You're not my boss," Rachel weakly said, Shurayuki only looked at her and said, "No, but I am someone who can make you rest all the same."
"Okay then… I'll come get you when we're ready to go," Pearl said and Instant Transmissioned back to her apartment. The rest of the day was uneventful, Pearl wasn't sure what she could do to help with the investigation, same with Kenshiro and Barit, neither of them were trained to track people, and if something was messing with the Interdimensional Cable Box, then that was it, they were out of ideas. When the time came for dinner, Pearl went alone, Kenshiro and Barit deciding to just stay home and order pizza. Pearl headed to the hotel her family was staying at, and Glutto got permission to use the hotel's kitchen to whip up a five-course dinner for his family and all the guests as well, miso soup with mussels as an appetizer, followed by tofu with crab sauce, Chirashi sushi, miso glazed black cod with sautéed broccoli, and finally yuzu crème brûlée for dessert. Everyone dug into the food with relish, and once it was over Glutto received a standing ovation for it.
With dinner out of the way, Buudikka said, "Alright then, let's go girls. I think I remember a store we can go to get our bathing suits." "I'll go get Shurayuki, Beate, and Rachel," Pearl said and Instant Transmissioned back to the apartment. The three of them were just finishing some Chinese takeout, and all of them grabbed Pearl's shoulders so she could Instant Transmission back to her mom and sisters. They were waiting outside of the hotel, and Buudikka and Shurayuki high-fived when they saw each other. "I heard that the Tenkaichi Budokai is in two days, I'll be rooting for you," Shurayuki said. "If I get my title back from Nionn, I plan on coming back here for a rematch," Buudikka said as they walked. "Looking forward to it," Shurayuki replied. The seven of them eventually reached a shop that wasn't cashiered by a robot, but by a short, skinny Saiyan with spiky black hair like Gohan's. "Hello," the cashier said, "Welcome to Killer Klothes, I'm Disz, if you need help finding anything, just let me know."
"We're looking for bathing suits," Buudikka asked. "Right this way," Dizs said, and led them down several rows of clothes, all of them completely…normal, not based on any of the great warriors Pearl had fought with or against in History. It was actually pretty nice. "Here we are," Dizs said and they all saw bathing suits in dozens of styles and colors, from one pieces to bikinis, from the acceptable to the barely legal. "Alright girls, just pick one out, I'm paying for everyone," Buudikka said. "Thank you, Buudikka-san!" Beate happily said as she started looking. Everyone else went around looking for bathing suits, they all made their decisions within an hour, but saw there was only one dressing room to try them on. "I think we should go oldest to youngest," Pearl suggested. "Yes! Me first!" Amber said. She emerged from the dressing room in a blue one piece with a frilly skirt in the middle, it went well with her orange skin. "Adorable," Shurayuki said. "Alright, now Jade," Buudikka said.
Jade went in and emerged wearing a red bandeau top bikini with a boy short bottom. "Wow, you really grew up, Jade," Pearl said, her sister had quite a figure already, and Pearl could tell she would take after their Mama's figure. "Well, I'm younger than Beate by a month…how about you, Pearl?" Rachel asked. "I'm twenty, how old are you?" Pearl responded. "Nineteen," Rachel smiled and went into the dressing room. She emerged in a black triangle top that tied up at the front into a bow, with a tie side bottom too. "Oh my God! I can't wait to see you at the beach," Beate said, and whispered, "And take it off later." Rachel snorted in amusement and Beate went in next. Beate chose a white halter top that showed more in the back and the front, and a thong bottom. "Work it girl!" Buudikka encouraged, and Beate flexed her muscles a little. "Is everything alright, laaaaaddddddddiiiiiiiiiieeesssssss!" Disz walked up to them and when he saw Beate in her bathing suit a small trickle of blood came out of his nose. "We're good," Shurayuki said, "Pearl, you're up next." Pearl went in and looked at the suit she decided on, it was different from what she usually wore, a month ago she'd never have thought of wearing it.
She changed into it and after taking a breath to relax emerged. "Oh my God!" Shurayuki said, then laughed out. "Wow sis…you look…" Jade couldn't finish, but Beate did, "Sexy!" Pearl chose to wear a purple triangle top, that was smaller than what she usually wore, and a tied side bottom as well. "You look amazing dear," Buudikka said, then turned to Shurayuki, "Yuki-san, aren't you forty-two? That makes you next." "Alright," Shurayuki said as she went into the dressing room. Shurayuki emerged in a tight red one-piece suit that both managed to cover her whole torso, yet leave little to the imagination. Rachel and Beate got nosebleeds, as did Disz. Shurayuki posed and leaned back a little to show more of her curves, and gave Disz a small wink, making him blush as he tried to stop his nosebleed. "I'm last," Buudikka cheerily said and went into the dressing room. When she emerged, everyone's jaws dropped; Pearl, Amber, and Jade's straight to the floor, Disz passed out with blood down his shirt and a smile on his face, Beate and Rachel both got nosebleeds, and Beate exclaimed, "It's raining MILF's! HALLELUJAH!"
Buudikka wore a skimpy yellow sling bikini, barely more than strings with a few pieces of cloth to hide her nipples and vagina. She turned around and everyone saw that there were only strings, Buudikka's well-toned rear end was bare for all to see. Once she managed to get her lower jaw back in place Pearl said, "HOW IS THAT THING LEGAL!?" "Well, it does cover all the important bits," Buudikka happily said. "How the Hell are you gonna keep it from coming off in the water?" Jade said. "Watch your language, dear. And don't worry, Mama knows a few tricks," Buudikka assured them, then walked over to Disz. "I think we should change back before we wake him up, our poor cashier is looking pale," she said. Everyone took turns to change back into their clothes, when they were done, Shurayuki woke up Disz. "Huh…what?" the cashier said. "We'd like to check out," Shurayuki said. "Oh! Right! I'm so sorry!" Disz said. "Don't be," Buudikka assured him as she paid with a credit card, "It's not every day a bunch of sexy girls come in, I bet." "Um…yes ma'am," Disz managed to say after a minute. Shurayuki took a pen and paper and handed it to Disz saying, "If you want to see more, come to this room." Disz's nose started bleeding again as Shurayuki gave him a wink and the seven ladies all left Killer Klothes.
"Tomorrow at eight, we're leaving," Buudikka told Shurayuki, Beate, Rachel, and Pearl, "Be at the South end of Conton City." "Alright, see you then, Buudikka-san," Shurayuki said. "Later," Beate said. When they left Pearl hugged her Mama and sisters and headed back to her apartment. I can't wait to see Kenny's face when he sees me in this bikini, Pearl thought with a smile.
Elsewhere…
Screams filled the forest as Yagyu Yusuke's stomach was pierced by a blue hand. "I must say, you were more of a challenge than I thought you'd be," Hellhound, aka Yuu Lupei said as he pulled out the shinobi's left kidney. "My clan…will avenge me," Yagyu Yusuke said. "I have no doubt about that," Yuu Lupei said as he tore off Yusuke's arm and started gnawing on it. Yuu then pointed a finger at Yusuke's heart and laughed as it exploded inside his chest. This Yagyu skill could be very useful, Yuu thought as he continued his grisly meal.
Author's Note: I think now is the time to show all my Main OC's ages, the ones still alive that is.
Pearl: 20 Kenshiro: 19 Barit: 23 Shurayuki: 42 Rachel: 19 Beate: 19 Bage: 23 Buudikka: 43 Glutto: 44 Jasper: 18 Jade: 16 Amber: 14 Silver: 9 Praxtic: 37 Yuu Lupei aka Hellhound: 59