Chapter 2: Electrical Energy

Author's Note: Thanks to the reviewers! And to all first-time readers, please review as well! Ideas are coming a bit slower now as for what should happen to the main characters, if you have any suggestions feel free to MSN me or tell me in an alternative way.

Edward was the first to wake. Groggily opening his eyes, he squinted as the streaming sunlight filled his view. He sighed and rolled over, hearing a slight crunch before he was aware of a tremendous pain before jumping up and holding his tail….wait, a tail?

Once again, two screams filled the air in the last 15 minutes (but only the author knows that they were unconscious for the last 5 minutes…ah crap, anyway moving on).

Unfortunately, this also woke the still sleeping Cloud, who happened to also roll onto his tail. So that's six screams in the last 16 minutes, well seven if you include the fact that both of them screamed in unison the first time. Moving on….

"Hey would you two stop yelling!" shouted a third voice. Both immediately turned to see none other than Son Goku…..again. However, the legend was forced to immediately cover his ears as another two screams filled the air, making a total of nine screams in the last 17 minutes.

"That hurts my ears you know!" shouted Goku over the din before quailing in fear as he suddenly noted a shadow behind him. He slowly turned around before…"CLANG!" Immediately Goku was on the ground clutching his head.

"GOKU, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO YELL INDOORS!" roared a short woman wielding a frying pan in one hand. At the sight of the metal object and the bump on Goku's head, everyone in the vicinity was instantly silent in fear of the round object. "Now, hello boys, my name is Chi-Chi. How about you tell us how we found you two on our front lawn?" asked the woman as both promptly fell over in shock.

10 minutes later…

"So, you were transported here by being struck by lightning?" asked Goku now nursing the additional 3 bumps on his head for interrupting during the story. "Yeah, but we're not quite sure how it happened. I'm guessing that the overload of the electricity caused a warp in the fabric of the dimension, causing us to be transported here," said Cloud, who had looked over the schematics of the machine.

"I know who can help us, GOHAN!" shouted Chi-Chi, causing all 3 to cover their ears, staunching the sudden burst of blood. Apparently, the recipient of the call heard it too, because he was covering his ears when he came in. "Yes, mother?" asked the short boy. "We need you to calculate something for us," said Chi-Chi.

Another 10 minutes later…

"So, the machine was designed to harness the power of lightning and use it as an energy source?" asked Gohan who was drawing some calculations on his blackboard.

"Yeah, and it went into our DVD player," continued Cloud as Gohan studied his board. "Hmm, that shouldn't be enough power for a temporal shift in the fabric of reality, you'd need to have another device to create a feedback loop, doubling the power before…" started Gohan before Cloud finally remembered.

"MY IPOD!" said Cloud as he took out the device, only to see….a TV remote attached to a screen with speakers? "Let's see what's on?" asked Edward. Cloud pushed a button, to see the machine on the screen, or what was left of it. It was now blackened as well as a quarter of it being burnt off. The dials were twisted and charred and the rod was ash. "It appears that the feedback loop boosted the power of your Ipod, creating a mechanical evolution," continued Gohan who was now being hugged by Chi-Chi who was constantly ranting the old "my son's a genius" speech.

Unfortunately, Cloud accidentally pushed the music button, going to his music to the song that he was listening to after "Chase Of The Highway", which just happened to be "Given Up", at the chorus…..

5 seconds later a clang was heard, and Cloud was on the ground nursing a bump on his head while Chi-Chi was covering Gohan's ears from hearing a certain word that starts with "f" and rhymes with muck. Cloud groped blindly for the Ipod before switching it off. "HOW DARE YOU PLAY THAT KIND OF MUSIC IN MY HOUSE!" while Goku was thinking.

"Hey Chi-Chi, wasn't that last word what we do when we're in the bed and.." started Goku before another clang was heard and Goku was on the ground joining Cloud. "What I don't get is how you two managed to make it through the temporal shift without being cooked by lightning," said Gohan as everyone turned to stare at him blankly. "You mean we're supposed to be roast chickens right now?" asked Edward.

"Well, more like a roast chicken that was turned into a pile of ash, but yes that analogy works too," said Gohan.

"Alright, I'm taking them to see Bulma," said Goku helping Cloud up before walking outside and placed his hands to his mouth before shouting: "NIMBUS!" Immediately, a yellow fluffy cloud flew down in front of them. "Let's see if you two can get on," said Goku. Both brothers jumped on, and despite starting to sink a little bit, they managed to stay on. "Wow, that means both of you are good people," said Goku encouragingly as he started to lift off the ground. Both siblings fell over again, before getting up. "How do you fly like that?" asked both in unison.

"It's called ki, it's basically a…" started Goku before Cloud finished.

"A spiritual life energy that flows through our bodies and all living things," said Cloud as both Edward and Goku turned to stare at him. "What? I did Japanese at school," said Cloud defensively.

"That's not all you did, was it?" asked Edward.

"Well, I decided to study the art of ki, and actually managed to sort of create some sort of force, well once, but it was probably just my imagination or something. I could only do stuff like make my hands boiling on a cold day or stuff like that," said Cloud.

"Why don't you try something now?" asked Goku enthusiastically.

"Ok," shrugged Cloud before once again feeling for the invisible tendrils of energy within his body, and found that there was a LOT more than he had before. "Alright, let's do this!" thought Cloud mentally as he pushed the energy into his hands and could feel the ball there even with his eyes closed, and not just the fact that he could feel the heat. He could sense it was there, along with Edward and Goku right beside him. He opened his eyes to see a yellow ball of energy sitting before him. "YES I DID IT!" shouted Cloud excitedly as the yellow ball of energy suddenly had sparks of electricity convulse around it. Goku stopped cheering. "What was that?" asked Goku.

All 3 turned to look at the ball again as it suddenly had bolts of energy dancing around it. "Cloud, throw it into the air and let it explode," said Goku.

"Ok," shrugged Cloud tossing it into the air, and watched as it not only exploded, but superheated the air, while letting bolts of energy fly through the blast. "That is not normal, we really need to see Bulma," said Goku as Cloud stared at Edward and both then stared at Goku in confusion. What on earth was so disturbing about a ki ball that distributed electricity?

Well that's it for this chapter. Why does Cloud's ki ball channel electricity? Is this a hidden power that both brothers possess, or is this something different? Find out in the next chapter!

Author's Footnote:

I know this chapter is also short, but I'm planning to make them longer as the story progresses, also, do you guys want power levels or not? I already have a list of the power levels. Please read and review!