Fanfiction and the character Unlimited is property of Josh Kovatch, 2008
Unlimited: Story of a Dreamer
Chapter 4: A Day in the Life
As Unlimited stood outside in an enclosed area of Capsule Corp, the Z-fighters and company watch as he begins to explain his unique snapping ability.
"This skill requires utmost concentration and determination. In order to have a simple snap of your fingers achieve something like healing requires much intense mind power, not just strength."
"So how is it done?" Trunks asked impatiently.
The others, like Videl, Gohan, Goku, Bulma, and even Vegeta stood on the sidelines as Goten and Trunks watched with fervence.
Unlimited raised his eyes to the sky and thought hard about how to explain this unusual technique.
"There's 3 things you must do. First, you must calm your mind of all thoughts. Nothing must cross your mind at all, not about trying to make the ability work, not about the end result, not about anything."
The two kids looked worried about this, but they tried to clear their minds nonetheless, closing their eyes.
"Next, you must then focus all your mind on one and only one thing, what you want done more than anything at that moment. No matter what it is, as long as it is only one thing, it can be accomplished."
The boys thought hard about it, but then Goten opened his eyes and said, "Uhh, Mr. Unlimited, I can't think of just one thing."
"Yeah, me neither," Trunks concurred.
Unlimited looked down to them, and then took a few steps off to the left, his arms crossed, in deep thought. Finally, he turned to an open area and raised his hand with palm open and blasted the ground three times. The witnesses were startled by his action, and Vegeta stepped up and yelled, "HEY! I did NOT say you could damage MY property!"
Unlimited looked to the prince and smirked, making him even more irritated, but then the teen looked back to the 3 holes and changed his hand into a snapping form, and then said, "Finally, you must then focus your desire into the result, thinking only about what you want something to become, and then push all of that thought into your hand, and concentrate on the thing you are trying to change."
The dark teen snapped his fingers and light rushed from his hand to the first hole in the ground, and it began to close up, repairing itself from when Unlimited blasted it.
"There is no position to hold your hand in when you snap your fingers, just do it. First, clear your mind; next, focus on the one thing you want only; then, only think about the result of the thing you want done, and push all the energies from those thoughts into your hand and snap your fingers. Try to close up those holes."
"OK!" The two boys said in unison.
They closed their eyes to clean their thoughts away and then think of only repairing the divots in the ground. They stood there, eyes closed and bodies tensed for a minute, their demeanor much less calm than Unlimited. Finally, they opened their eyes with solemn looks on their faces and raised their hands in front of themselves. They each got ready and then snapped their fingers.
Shockingly to everyone, even Unlimited, the light began to emanate from their fingers and move slowly and skittishly to their targets. Goten and Trunks laughed with satisfaction, not realizing the light was beginning to shake erratically. Before they knew it, the light suddenly became pure energy and ricocheted out in all directions, threatening everyone.
Almost everyone gasped as they saw the energy coming towards themselves at breakneck speed. But before anyone was hurt, Unlimited had calmly raised his hand and snapped his fingers, and all the energy shards in the air froze, and the Z-fighters looked warily at Unlimited, whose face was taut and unwavering, never moving or losing concentration as he slowly collected the energy from all over the air into one ball in the center of the area. Finally, he shot the blast straight up where it disappeared.
The boys looked embarrassed as their mothers gave them angry looks as Unlimited said, "Don't worry about hurting anyone, I had it all under control. I just wasn't expecting you to get that far. I was thinking that you two were going to hurt yourselves instead of almost everyone."
Unlimited looked to them with a deep strength and a will to protect in his eyes, and then said, "But however, your mothers may think differently."
He indicated Bulma and Chichi, who were standing to the side with angry faces, and Bulma said, "Well, just as long as they didn't mean it, and no one got hurt, I guess I don't need to get mad."
Chichi also said, "Yeah, you were lucky Unlimited was here, Goten, or you wouldn't have gotten away from being punished so easily."
The two half-Saiyan boys flushed with embarrassment, and Goku chuckled and said, "Well, can't expect to learn moves like that on your first try, huh?"
Unlimited smirked at Goku as Trunks asked, "But how come you're so good at it, Unlimited?"
Unlimited's smile disappeared as he thought back to his mental training when he first got the powers, and then answered, "These powers came at a price."
The Z-fighters looked at him wondering what he lost to gain such mastery and he told them, "Before I acquired these powers, I was always quiet, but then I would have moments of emotions. I would laugh and joke and everything. When I got these powers, my mind was stressed with the goal to achieve the strength I wanted, and thus, my emotions were dulled further and further. Finally, I have reached the point where even a meaningful laugh is rare, and my emotions have become very suttle, and I am now always quiet. It's a heavy price."
The Z-fighters looked thoughtfully at Unlimited, but then Videl stepped up and said, "I was just about the same way before I met all of these guys. I was always irritated by everything, and all I wanted was to keep getting better in fighting. But then I met all of these people, and I actually changed. I'm sure you'll find your emotions again."
Unlimited looked to the girl and smiled warmly, which was a first for the teen, and he said, "In any case, these powers have more than compensated for any loss I have received. I was already losing my emotions anyway while I didn't have them."
"So how did you manage?" Bulma asked.
"I went through the days with my unwavering belief that I was destined for higher things, and soon, I was granted that destiny."
Unlimited lifted his deep blue eyes to the sky again. He watched the clouds move as he stood in a world he thought he would never stand in. Talk to people he didn't think existed. Be someone he'd never think he'd be.
Unlimited sighed and said, "I'm glad that I've met you all."
"Yeah, us too!" Goku said, and the others agreed except, of course, for Vegeta.
"Thanks," Unlimited said, and then Bulma said, "Well, getting close to lunch, would you guys like to stay?"
When she indicated the Sons, Goku and Goten instantly said, "YES PLEASE!"
Meanwhile, Chichi followed her husband and son inside, as Vegeta walked off to enter in another door to go back to training, leaving Gohan, Videl, and Unlimited outside.
"It's also good to see that you two are still together since I've been gone," Unlimited added.
Gohan and Videl stood together and Gohan laughed a bit nervously, and then Videl asked, "So, how much have you seen of us together?"
Unlimited said, "I've been here since Buu was destroyed. Before that, I looked into the past and I was able to see the effects of his attacks. I looked back to when you first went to Orange Star High, Gohan."
"Oh, so you saw about Saiyaman and stuff, huh?" Gohan said meekly.
Unlimited affirmed and then continued, "I found it incredible how someone who was so fixed on being stronger than everyone else could fall for someone like Gohan."
He indicated Videl this time, and she blushed a little and said, "I don't know how it really happened. I mean, after the Cell Games, I did nothing but try to find out who that little boy was that fought Cell, as well as try to get stronger than him. But then, when Gohan came to my school, I knew immediately there was something different about him. I had heard about a mysterious Gold Fighter that day, and I remembered the fighters at the Cell Games changed their hair gold too. When Gohan sat near me, I watched him, thinking there might be some connection. But then he came out as Saiyaman, and when he began to help me, I first felt angry about him taking my space. But then, I felt this feeling in my heart, something I knew was respect. When I found out that Gohan and Saiyaman were the same, I wanted to show him that no matter what, I was the best!"
She looked to Gohan, and she added, "And I am, aren't I, Gohan?"
The half-Saiyan blushed, and nodded very slightly, and Videl laughed lightly. Unlimited smirked and then asked, "So what made you like him so much?"
"He was so helpful when he taught me how to fly, even though I was blackmailing him to do it. He just seemed like he didn't care about himself, and only about making me happy. Although, I could be wrong."
She looked at him and he defended, "No, I really was putting you first, honest!"
Videl shook her head and continued, "He did so much for me. Even when he advised me to cut my hair and I flipped out at him, I knew he only did it to help me out. When the tournament came, I had been with him a long time, and I felt this feeling in my heart, and I knew I loved him."
She admitted this openly, and visibly blushed, and Gohan wrapped an arm around her as she continued, "But, it was only when he was hurt at the tournament and then later assumed to be dead at the hands of Buu that I realized it for sure."
Videl looked up to the boy and smiled as she stared deeply into his obsidian eyes, and he returned her gaze. Unlimited then broke their moment as he asked, "Then what about you Gohan? What made you like her?"
Gohan looked to the teen and said, "Well, I didn't really know much about dating and stuff when I first met her, and at first, I only knew her as a classmate. But then I saw her fighting crime, and I saw the way she could handle any problem. I really admired her when we first fought together, even though she didn't know it. But then, when she started following me when I was Saiyaman, I felt like she didn't just want to know how I was so strong. I felt like she wanted to know who I really was. When she did find out and there was nothing hidden between us, I felt suddenly happy to be around her. When she got hurt at the tournament, I had a sickening feeling that she could be badly hurt, and that's when I knew we had something more than just friendship."
Gohan tightened his hold around the girl next to her, giving a warm smile to her, and the two just held each other as Unlimited rolled their words around in his mind.
Unlimited then said, "That was why I came to resurrect you before, Videl. When I looked into the past, I saw you after you were told Gohan was dead."
"Yeah, I found out for sure that I loved him, and to lose him crushed me. I wanted to see him again so we could have a chance together."
Unlimited said, "I wanted to help before just to show off my powers, but I came into this dimension and found a deeper reason. It was really too bad that I couldn't help you out. I just wanted to see the two of you happy after that. It makes me angry that I couldn't be there to help you."
Just then, Unlimited had begun to clench his fists, his teeth gritted, and then, spontaneously, his bracelets fell off his arm. Electricity flowed around him as the two teens looked suddenly worried about the situation, thinking that Unlimited was about to explode. But before he did any damage, he calmed quickly, and then his bracelets rose from the ground and reattached themselves.
Unlimited sighed and said, "But that was the past. After Buu, I watched to two of you go through nearly normal teenaged life in high school. It was awhile before I made sure you were in love."
"So you've been spying on us, what about when we were together before you first came to us?" Gohan asked scrutinizingly.
"Don't worry, I only listened to what you were saying, not watching."
Gohan breathed a sigh of relief as their privacy remained intact, and Videl said, "So you've been kind of a guardian angel or something, huh?"
Unlimited nodded, and said, "It's been a great reason to be here and protect."
"Thanks," the two answered in unison, and then looked to each other and laughed.
Gohan then said, "So where are you going to go now?"
Unlimited thought about it, and then said, "I'm not sure, but I'll probably just travel across the Earth, healing disease and stuff like that as I go. I can always come back, you just gotta think of me and ask me to come back."
"Sounds good, 'cause you're going to give me a few lessons in the skills you have! I would love to heal!" Videl said, becoming very determined to surpass Unlimited, even if it proved impossible.
Just then, a voice from inside said, "Hey, if any of you guys are hungry, then come inside."
"Oh, that's me," Gohan said, grinning goofily.
"I didn't expect that," Videl said sarcastically, and then looked to Unlimited and asked, "Do you ever get hungry?"
Unlimited grinned and said, "Yes, don't worry, I'm somewhat normal."
The three then turned and walked towards the house, but Unlimited hung back as the couple walked holding hands into the house. Unlimited stared into the blue sky, wondering what the future held now, and he thought, Something's not right. I'm waiting... I will not let anything hurt this place or any of them.
Lunch went by like it would for all five Saiyan-blooded males present: Appallingly. The amount of portions going into the 3 men and 2 boys was overwhelming, although the women of these five males were not as disgusted as you would think. Videl ate a little something and Unlimited ate a normal portion, easily hundreds less than any of the Saiyans.
"So, what's the plan for life now? Is it going to be like it was before you got here?" Bulma asked Unlimited.
"I don't know what the future will bring, but until then, I'm just going to hang around this dimension for awhile. I'll be here when you want me."
"You know, you're welcome to stay here tonight if you want," Bulma offered, although Vegeta didn't look too approvingly of that, and Unlimited accepted.
"After all, reviving yourself must take a lot of energy," Bulma said.
"I can't compare that to anyone else, so I guess I'll take your word for it," Unlimited said smirking.
Then, Goku finished was must have been close to the 200th portion and leaned back and said, "Alright, that was excellent!"
Gohan finished and agreed as Goten and Trunks continued to eat. Vegeta got up and left the room to go back to training.
"I'll never understand how someone can be so rude," Unlimited said, and then Bulma quipped, "If you think he's rude now, try living with him."
The group of people laughed, even Unlimited chuckling a little.
Sometime later, at about 2:00 in the afternoon, Unlimited was outside the main house, trying to help Trunks and Goten perfect the snapping technique. Meanwhile, Goku, Chichi and Bulma sat in the sitting room talking, although Goku wasn't really talking with the two chatty women. Vegeta was, no doubt, in the Gravity Room again, and Gohan and Videl were up on a balcony around the back of Capsule Corp.
"So what do you think of Unlimited now that he's talked to you?" Gohan asked his girlfriend, wondering if she would finally be happy just to be with him.
"He's definitely someone you wanna know, and I think he'll be a big help if he wants to see us together," Videl asked, her double-meaning not lost on Gohan.
"Yeah, maybe we'll get some privacy now," Gohan said, when they were never alone, always being interrupted or whatever.
"We have that right now, you know," Videl said.
Gohan looked down to the girl at his side and gazed deeply into her crystal blue eyes. Videl returned his gaze, and then came closer to the half-Saiyan. Gohan then wrapped his arms around Videl's waist and pulled her into a kiss so suavely, she was surprised, but she held onto him by his neck and enjoyed it. The two, in a world of love and support for each other, didn't want anything to separate them again. Videl suddenly began to kiss Gohan harder, and he noticed she was particularly warm. They continued kissing like this until they eventually needed to breathe. They pulled apart and looked at each other, wondering if that really happened.
"I liked that," Videl told her boyfriend.
"Just liked?" Gohan asked teasingly.
"Alright, fine, it was the best thing of my life," Videl said, teasing Gohan back.
The two didn't kiss again but just stood there, looking into each other's eyes, holding each other close, and then Gohan said, "Don't let me leave you, Videl."
"I won't, Gohan, or else I'm coming with you. At least that way, we can be together in another world," Videl said, and then giggled a little.
The two would stand there for many minutes, never wanting to leave the other's side.
Just then, however, they felt a huge energy begin to mount from where Unlimited was.
"Whoa! What's that?!" Videl exclaimed, and Gohan answered, "Let's find out."
They let go of each other and flew down to the ground and ran to where the boys were with Unlimited.
When they got there, they had noticed that the others that could sense were there too, even Vegeta. The teen couple came up next to Goku and looked to Unlimited, who was the center of attention right now. Encased in his threatening black aura, his energy spilled over and made the ground shake. Electricity shot from his body occasionally, striking the ground and searing it or going out in midair. His aura spun fast around him, and the Z-fighters looked at him with worry, Unlimited's arms crossed and eyes narrowed.
"What's he doing? He started to do that when me and Trunks were trying to snap again!" Goten asked.
"He's training," Goku announced, and the others looked at him with confusion.
"Training? HOW?!" Vegeta spat, and Goku answered his rival, "Remember what he said? He puts himself in a pool of power to strengthen his body."
They looked to Unlimited, who stood there this whole time, his powers near their max, his black aura pulsing around him. He seemed lost in thought, staring off into space, and soon, his energy spiked even more.
"Whoa, how is he doing that? He's even stronger than on the day we fought him!" Gohan said.
The other sensing Z-fighters were shocked at what they were feeling from Unlimited, when suddenly, a voice came from nowhere and said, "Goku. Can you hear me?"
The Z-fighters looked up and Goku said, "Is that you, Piccolo?"
"Yeah, it's me. Listen, we have a problem. Remember how Frieza got out a month ago from Hell?"
"Yeah," the Saiyan replied, not liking the look of this.
"Well, I just got word from King Kai that the other enemies are planning to stage an all-out invasion of Earth."
Everyone suddenly looked shocked at what they heard, and Goku said, "What?! How?!"
"They plan to open a hole in between the dimensions to come here. I'm not sure how they're making the hole, but we may have the old group of losers here again," Piccolo explained.
The Z-fighters heard this but then Unlimited suddenly said, "I knew this would happen."
Everyone directed their attention to Unlimited now, whose eyes were now turned to them, although his energy had not dropped.
"What do you mean?" Piccolo now asked the teen, whose powers remained incredibly high.
"I can see all that is happening, and from what I can tell, more enemies than you thought are coming back. Frieza, the Ginyu Force, Cell..."
"Cell?!" Videl suddenly stammered.
"Cooler, Bojack, Broly..."
"What, Broly again?!" Trunks and Goten yelled.
"And, I'm afraid, even Babadi with Buu..."
At that moment, everyone looked horrified, and Goku said, "Man, this is not good, if Buu gets back to Earth again, then we are in loads of trouble."
"I'm going to try and speak with them in hell and try to scare them off."
Unlimited then stared into space, and the Z-fighters heard his telepathic voice say, "Attention denizens of hell."
Then the Z-warriors were startled to hear Frieza's voice say, "Huh? Who is that?"
"Hmph, I'm sure it's nothing," the voice of Cell then said.
"You think?" Unlimited asked, "Do you remember a fighter who came and fought Goku and all of his friends about a month ago?"
Down in hell, all of the denizens who had watched that battle, being everyone, dropped their jaws, and then they heard the wizard Babadi sputter, in pure terror, "T-that Unlimited boy?"
"That's right," Unlimited told the evil denizens, a hint of satisfaction at their apparent fear.
There was silence as the villains looked to each other and then they heard Babadi, "Hey, maybe it's not a good idea to invade, you know, maybe we should wait a little while?"
"Why?"
This voice startled everyone. Unlimited, the Z-fighters, and even the hell inhabitants. It was cold, but strong, and the sound of the new voice sounded much like Unlimited but with another, very deep voice, giving it a strange demonic sound. The teen standing in the realm of the living hardened his gaze on the empty space.
"That Unlimited isn't as tough as you think. I'll help you bring Earth down, and kill all that have put us here!"
"Who is that?!" Goku asked the dark teen, who turned to him and said, "He is the reason they are all returning to this realm. Unfortunately, he also may be strong enough to defeat me."
Everyone who heard this was astonished, and then they heard the other Unlimited voice say, "How right you are, fool! I'm glad you didn't lose your brain when you got those powers!"
Unlimited turned to the sky again, "You still don't understand my powers, do you? Even though you may be stronger than me now, in 1 hour, my strength can easily double."
"HA! I'm not going to fall for that bluff, and you should know better than to believe that you can tell me that! After all, we are the same person!"
"The same person?" Goku wondered out loud.
The Z-fighters once again looked at Unlimited, who smirked and said, "Well, if you are so strong, then come and get me."
They heard a growling from the other being in hell, and then Unlimited finished, "Stage the invasion if you want, but you will not defeat any of us, Infinite."
"Infinite?" Videl asked, confused about this entire situation, as were all the other Z-fighters.
Unlimited looked to them as the telepathic link closed and he said, "We should go to the Lookout to plan for this, and I'll tell you who that being was."
After an extremely brief time of peace, a new threat of invasion surfaces. And it isn't enough for all of the Z-fighters' greatest foes to come back. Now, this new opponent, Infinite, has taken the lead of the hell denizens. Who is this new foe, and how does Unlimited know about him? More importantly, can he stop him?
Preview for Chapter 5: Reunion for the Invasion: The Z-fighters begin their plan to stop the invasion of Earth from doing any serious damage. As all of the Earth's greatest fighters congregate to discuss the plans, Unlimited coordinates the defense of Earth. But then, he explains who this new foe is, and how strong Infinite really is. Can the Z-fighters stop this threat to Earth? Stay tuned for the next installment of Unlimited: Story of a Dreamer!