DBZ: Rebirth of the Saiyans
Discclaimer: I can't really think of a continuation for the little disclaimer "story" I've had going, so... I don't own DBZ. But I wish I did because then I'd be rich. Maybe when I get through the rest of high school, collage, get a job, and become super rich, then I'll buy DBZ and pay some anime drawers and directors to start it up again. But that's not very likely... at least the super rich, and buy DBZ parts, I do intend to do the rest.
Well any ways, I'm sorry this took so long, I've been really busy with studying for finals, because my school is practically the only one in the country that hasn't taken theirs yet. But lucky for you and me, we had a snow day today, Thursday a.k.a. the first day of finals, and so they, for some reason I like, canceled tomorrow, the second day of finals. So I decided to put the finishing touches on this chapter, enjoy!
Chapter Ten
The plane droned on forward toward a destination that was unknown to its passengers, just like this new dimension was unknown to them. The old engines vibrated the junky plane so much that you could hear bolts rattling in loose sockets. Vegiren was muttering venomously about the dilapidated plane, "Disgusting piece of junk. Can't believe this scrap heap's holding together. Damn Veisen and his great and his ideas, using energy to power a machine, of course it would overload. And I cant believe I didn't realize that..." the angry teen continued his dark mutterings unheard because of the droning engines.
Toryu, Gonjin, and Veisen all sat in silence, except for the engine noise, and contemplated their situation.
Toryu thought back to their meeting on the strange pathway. What might have happened if they had decided to go the other way? What could have been at the other end? Was there anything at the other end? Did that pathway even have another end? How might things have worked out differently?
Veisen on the other hand was more worried at were they were going and what would happen to them. Were they being taken to a prison? Who had that strange man mistaken them to be? Will we ever get home? How will I explain this to Mom if do go home? Thinking of that, he asked himself a new question. Is it even worth going home to that?
Gonjin on the other hand was only worried about one thing. When are they going to serve dinner?
The flight continued in silence, except for the engines, until Gonjin glance out his window and gasped in surprise. While the others couldn't hear him over the constant droning of the engines, his brother and his friend both saw this reaction and rushed over to see what was wrong. When they tried to get his attention, he pulled their heads forward, so that they too could see, and they too, gasped in surprise and wonderment.
Floating in the distance was their apparent destination. A huge plant hovered above the ever-present carpet of yellow clouds, its surface was a lush green land, dotted here and there by large sapphire-blue bodies of water.
Eventually Vegiren noticed their strange behavior and looked out the window, his arrogant expression changing to awe at the beautiful sight before he regained control of him self.
The all stared at the approaching planet until a loud, but still barely audible, voice sounded over an intercom, "Now approaching Grand Kai's planet a.k.a. Fighter Heaven."
"Fighter Heaven, huh," Gonjin smiled at the strange name, "that sounds like fun."
"It does," Toryu smiled at his little brother and then frowned, "I wonder who this Grand Kai is, though?"
Several minutes later, the junky plane landed on a small platform identical to the one they had taken off from. As soon as the engines had died down, the voice spoke again, "So what quadrant are you guys from?"
The four all looked at each other, what the heck did the voice mean by quadrant. Toryu just shouted the first thing that came to him when he thought of a quadrant, "North!"
The voice came again, sounding amused, "Oh, some more for North Kai, huh? Like he needed any more, his team has won all the tournaments in the last two thousand years." The voice laughed before continuing, "What race are you then?"
This time it was Veisen who answered, "Earthlings."
"WHAT!" the voice yelled over the intercom, making them all flinch, "More Earthlings! Like the others weren't good enough! They're the reason North Kai always wins. If you guys are even half, no a quarter as good as the other Earthlings here, then North Kai will never lose!" The voice was silent for a while before speaking again as the door slid open with a his, the ramp falling to the platform with a thud, "Well, North Kai probably wouldn't have ever lost anyways. Oh well, a guide will be here shortly to escort you to the North Kai's area. Hope you guys have fun."
As soon as they were clear of the platform the engines started again and the plane took off, but stayed on the planet, it apparently had another destination, before returning to that strange building.
Gonjin and his friends, all naturally in tune with sensing energy, felt the approach of a rather large power. It had to be that guide the pilot was talking about because all of the other powers they could sense were further away and not heading toward them. Whoever it was still had a ways to go so they all relaxed, waiting for its arrival.
Gonjin went for a walk in a nearby forest to try and find something to satisfy his hunger.
Vegiren leaned against a tree with his arms crossed in front of him and his eyes closed, wondering how things could have gone wrong so quickly.
Veisen and Toryu sat discussing their predicament and formulating plans on how to get home or what to do if the people here turned out to be hostile. In the end they decided that they would just have to deal with it as it came.
Meanwhile, Gonjin was having quite an adventure in the forest. He had been walking through the forest, looking for some fruit he could eat when a loud hooting erupted above him, making him jump. Looked up to see a black furred monkey hopping from foot to foot on a large branch, waving what appeared to be a large apple in front of him.
The teen's mouth watered as he stared at the giant fruit, "Hey, Mr. Monkey, could you share that little fruit you've got there?"
The monkey hooted some more, tucked the apple under one arm, turned around, and shot off through the trees.
"Wait Mr. Monkey," Gonjin jumped up onto a branch and took off after the monkey, easily catching up with his unnatural speed, "I just want half"
The monkey hooted in surprise as the boy drew even with him, but then went even faster, bringing it's tail into play as well as all of it natural skills. There was one thing the monkey didn't count on, however, Gonjin's tail! Before the monkey could get too far ahead, Gonjin wrapped his tail around a branch and with his now free hands, grabbed the monkey around the middle. The monkey was stopped so fast that it lost its grip on the apple and the fruit went flying off and dropped to the ground, rolling away down a steep slope.
Gonjin screamed as he saw his food rolling away and tossed the monkey up into the air as he dropped to the ground and sprinted off after his snack, the monkey following suit as soon as he made it fell back down.
Gonjin was sprinting full speed down the hill, leaning over to reach for the apple, which was only inches out of his grasp. The monkey suddenly swooped down out of a tree and snatched the fruit, startling Gonjin, and making him trip and tumble down the hill until he slammed face first into a tree.
The teen immediately jumped to his feet holding his nose and shouted at the monkey who was again, dancing around on a tree branch, "Hey! Come on! Can't I at least have one bite?!"
At this the monkey stopped dancing and, to Gonjin's horror, ate the entire apple in one bite. Gonjin collapsed to his knees, tears coming to his eyes, "My... dinner..."
Suddenly a voice sounded from behind the boy, "Bubbles! Stop tormenting the poor kid!"
Gonjin turned around, tears instantly disappearing, vaporized by his curiosity. A few feet behind him stood a rather large (fat) man who had blue skin, much like the man they had met at that strange building. He wore a bell shaped black robe with an insignia on the middle. The robe had gold trimming on the edges and red sleeves with white cuffs covered his arms. His feet were just visible beneath the robe. He had a pair of small black glasses covering his eyes and the top of his head was black and had two long antennae sticking out. The lower part of his face was wider than the rest and two whiskers protruded on either side of his large, smiling mouth.
"Hi, since I've never seen you before, I'm guessing that you're new, so I'll introduce myself. I'm King Kai, otherwise known as the North Kai, but just call me King Kai, I watch over the north quadrant," the man snorted as he laughed, but that seemed to make him even more likeable.
"North Kai? Oh!" Gonjin finally realized where he'd heard that name before, and smiled happily at the stranger, "You're the one that voice was talking about! The one we were supposed to go to!"
"Really, well talk about coincidence," King Kai laughed again and continued, "What's your name then?"
"I'm Gonjin," the boy said, eliciting another round of laughter from the Kai.
"Well, Gonjin, Stand up so I can have a look at my new fighter," Gonjin stood and the Kai studied him from the feet up, Well, he doesn't look like much, but, then again, that's what I thought about Goku at first. He suddenly stopped, half-way up, and stared in shock at the brown tail waving happily behind the boy, "YOU HAVE A TAIL!"
King Kai's scream made Gonjin jump back as the amazed Kai whimpered in amazement, "It's impossible, Vegeta and Goku were the last full blooded saiyans in existence, their bloodline should have weakened by now, dulled by human blood. Unless there were several generations if inbreeding," the Kai suddenly stopped and focused, his long antennas twitching as he focused on the blue orb called Earth, and came back to himself with a gasp, It's true, he thought to himself, everyone on earth is a partial saiyan, some are even close to being full blooded!
Gonjin was in a stupor, I wonder what's wrong with him? Is he scared of my tail? He had absolutely no idea what was going on.
The Kai's attention snapped back to the confused boy as he stared intently at his face. Again surprise and utter shock as he now stared at what seemed to be the air above Gonjin's head, "You're... alive!
Back by the platform, Toryu, Veisen, and Vegiren watched as their apparent guide descended from the sky, So he knows how to fly too.
Flashback...
Gonjin and Toryu stood before their master, bubbling with excitement and curiosity over their new lesson. It was true that while both of their energies were far greater than their master's, it was he who was wise and intelligent, so it made sense that he was the one who discovered most of their new uses for this power.
It had been nearly a year since Gonjin had accidentally destroyed that mountain, and their abilities had increased dramatically. Both Toryu and his brother knew how much energy to use when they wanted to do something. Toryu no longer only barely singed a tree, but blew it into shrapnel, knowing not to use too little energy. His brother never blew up another mountain, so he had things under control.
Master Hahn had promised them that they would love this new technique. "What you need to do first is, obviously, tap into your energy. You can use as much as you want, but I wouldn't use too much at first. The only other step is to focus your energy beneath you pushing at the ground, I'll let you find out what happens all on your own," the master smiled to himself, This is going to be entertaining."
Gonjin immediately shouted out that he was going first and brought out his energy, and pushing it underneath him. Toryu jumped back with a shout of surprise as his little brother suddenly shot straight up into the air! The boy rocketed up about twenty feet, before he lost his focus in his shock, and fell a few feet before regaining control.
Gonjin wobbled a little bit, dropping another few inches before he stabilized, and a huge smile spread across his face as his usual happy-go-lucky attitude took over. He then proceeded to fly around the valley that surrounded their master's house, performing loops and other acrobatics as his brother stared in amazement. The boy laughed and shouted as he flew, "I'm flying! I'm flying! Like a birdie! A birdie! Yay!" The boy suddenly rose another fifty feet in the air, and, with a burst of power, disappeared into the distance with a sonic boom that sent Toryu sprawling. Master Hahn just stared, his eyes almost wider than his mouth, he couldn't believe that Gonjin had mastered flying so quickly, That wasn't exactly what I was expecting... I swear he reminds me more of Goku with each passing day.
Toryu had recovered from his shock and jumped to his feet with a smile, "My turn now!" His smile widened as he floated into the air.
End Flashback...
The short man approached Veisen and Toryu, Vegiren was still leaning against the tree a ways off, a large smile on his face and his arms behind his head. He was dressed in a red T-shirt and tan shorts with brownish shoes. Oddly enough, his face lacked a nose. His black hair was... large... but it wasn't spiky and sloped off to either side. "Hi guys, my name's Krillin and I guess I'm your guide. It's nice to meet you."
Toryu kept silent, not sure what to think of this "Krillin."
"Oh, the strong silent type, huh. Well I'm sure you guy's will love it here, and as long as you like fighting then you'll have a blast." Krillin looked around with a confused expression, "Hey, I was told there were four of you, so where's the other two? I know I sensed them earlier."
Toryu smiled at the short man, deciding that he was to be trusted because he at least looked human and he was nice enough, "Let me introduce everyone then, I'm Toryu," he pulled his friend forward. "This is Veisen, the grumpy one leaning against the tree is Vegiren, and my little brother Gonjin went for a walk in the woods."
Krillin looked in the direction that he pointed in to see what Vegiren looked like. The short man screamed and recoiled in shock as he stared at the teen, "V-Vegeta, he looks just like Vegeta, well at least he doesn't have a..." His gaze shifted down to the glaring teens waist and disbelief covered his face as he stared at the brown tail wrapped around his waist, "T-t-t-ta-tail!" Krillen's heart almost skipped a beat as he whipped back around to see similar appendages waving behind both Veisen and Toryu.
The short man closed his eyes and shook his head, Okay Krillin, pull yourself together man! It's just a dream or an illusion or something. They'll be gone as soon as you open your eyes, They weren't gone and they still had tails, darn it, why me... wait a second!
During this little display, Toryu, Veisen, and Vegiren all had separate thoughts running through their heads.
I wonder if he's okay... and what's so wrong with us having tails?
I think this guy's a few cards short of a full deck... and what's wrong with tails?
Humph... moron.
Krillin's head whipped up as he stared intently at the air above each of their heads in turn. Shock and wonder coursed through him, showing in both his voice and expression, "You're all... alive?"
"What the hell kind of Question is that!?" Vegiren stomped over to the short man, his arms still crossed in front of him and a malicious expression on his face, "Of course were alive you pathetic little shrimp, and why shouldn't we be!?"
Krillin sighed, his expression serious.
In the woods, Gonjin was very confused by King Kai's last statement, "Alive? Of course I'm alive, why wouldn't I be?"
The Kai sigh and his expression turned grave, and he and Krillen spoke in unison, even though they were miles apart, "You shouldn't be alive because this is Otherworld, the place souls come after death."
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3,126 words (not includind this)... Wow, no wonder it took me forever to write. I know some authors write a lot more than that for a chapter, but I've never written anything so long in my life.
Oh well, onward to chapter twelve (it's actually chapter eleven, but with the prologue it's twelve)!