Chapter 13:
It was over. The raid of the Dark Namekians has come to an end, leaving our warriors exhausted. They all look up into the sky for about a minute or so, until Ryuko and Oritsu jolt back up immediately remembering B'az is still here and in critical condition: "Shit! We forgot about him!" Ryuko quickly heads to B'az's location: "Oritsu! You go get Dende! I can still sense his energy within the lookout!" Oritsu nods and runs off to find Dende.
Within the lookout was a safe room that Dende ended up hiding in. Oritsu opens the door to find the guardian. Dende was surprised to see this: "Oritsu?! What are you doing here!? Leech is out wreaking havoc, you shouldn't be here!" Oritsu was a little shocked that Dende didn't notice, but he lets out a sigh before telling him: "Well…He's already been taken care of" Dende takes a sigh of relief: "Phew! That's great! Did Goku and Vegeta Jr get my message and stop them?" Oritsu retorts: "Actually Dende, we were the ones to stop Leech and the dragon from wreaking chaos onto Earth. Wait, that's not important right now Dende! What is important is that we need you to save someone with your healing powers!" Dende replies: "Right!"
Oritsu and Dende scurry back up to the surface of the lookout. Oritsu and Dende head to Ryuko who's with B'az's unconscious body. Dende realizes who this is and questions Oritsu: "Are you sure that it's okay for me to do this?" Oritsu reassures Dende: "It's fine. He ended up asking for help to stop his father." Dende extends his hands outwards over B'az's body and begins to heal him.
B'az's eyes began to open as he sits up to see the other warriors. Other than the others, he sees a clear blue sky "It's finally over. I'm free now.." B'az states as he smirks. B'az then bows to the others: "I am truly thankful for your help. I'm forever in your debt." Ryuko says: "Don't sweat it dude. Say, we could use someone like you for our group, y'know?" B'az raises an eyebrow: "Group? Whatever do you mean?" Dende answers for Ryuko: "Well, these guys are the next generation of warriors here on Earth and stop any threat coming here."
Dende continues: "These are the Neo Z-Fighters"
Ryuko chimes in: "You'd fit right into our group man. Welcome to the team." Ryuko reaches out his hand. B'az does the same: "Thank you. I am B'az. A Warrior Namekian." Ryuko responds: "Good to meet you B'az. I'm Ryuko, the grandson of Goku Jr." Ryuko points to Letuce: "That's Letuce. The grandson of Vegeta Jr." He then points to Oritsu: "That's Oritsu over there." He'd lastly point to Vejin: "And that's Vejin." Vejin shrugs this off: "Tch.." Ryuko leans close to B'az to whisper: "It's alright. He's not exactly the most open about things. Say now that I think about it, we should go get something to eat!" Oritsu ecstatically agrees: "Dude, I'm starving! I could eat a whole buffet!" B'az replies: "I appreciate the offer but I have no need for food. I would like to stay up here for a while if you don't mind." Ryuko nods: "Not a problem B'az. Alright guys..Let's go get some food!"
Ryuko jumps off the lookout. Followed by Oritsu and Letuce, and finally Vejin. The four arrive back down at Capsule Corp where they see Goku Jr, Vegeta Jr, and Kiki. The three were already waiting for them outside. Goku Jr proudly smirks to them: "Good job, boys! You managed to pull it off yourselves!" He continues: "Also…" Goku Jr teleports and smacks the back of Ryuko's head. Ryuko grabbed onto his own head: "Ouch! Seriously grandpa!?" Goku Jr continued: "Just what the hell were you boys thinking?! Going in that situation blind!? You could've been killed in an instant!" Letuce smirks and chuckles to himself. Vegeta Jr sees this and smacks the back of Letuce's head. Letuce does the same as Ryuko and grabs onto his own head: "Jeez! I'm sorry grandpa!" Vegeta Jr replies: "While that was an incredibly stupid move of yours, you did manage to come back alive..I'll give you some credit." Kiki just sighs in the distance while giving Oritsu a death stare. Vejin just shrugs all of this off: "Heh…" Goku Jr continues on: "Anyways, just don't rush into a battle like that next time, okay?"
Letuce notes: "Y'know, Vejin." Vejin looks over to Letuce. Letuce continues: "Ever since 2 weeks ago, you've started to change here on Earth." Vejin shrugs this off again: "Please, like I'd really listen to that nonsense…" Letuce retorts: "No, but it's true. Ever since the tournament you've grown accustom here on Earth. Not to mention you saved our lives against Leech and his sons. You saved us Vejin." Vejin just turns his back: "Tch…" Vegeta Jr chimes on: "I used to be like you. Very hard and stubborn and didn't want to admit that you managed to pull off heroic deeds." Vejin stops what Vegeta Jr was saying: "I'd only saved these guys because I want a decent fight. A true saiyan doesn't need any heroics. A saiyan needs to live on the thrill of battle. You got that old man?" Vejin would poke at Vegeta Jr. Vegeta Jr swipes Vejin's hand: "Alright hot shot. How about we go for a round then?" Vejin stands face to face with the elder saiyan: "Gladly…I won't hold back against you old man!" Goku Jr quickly gets in the middle and stops this from happening: "Alright, alright. Settle down you two. Let's not have a fight already. For now, let's just relax for a bit. Let's get some food. My treat!" Vegeta Jr puts his hands back down: "I suppose a meal can suffice." Ryuko, Letuce, and Oritsu were drooling at the thought of food: "I could really go for a huge buffet right now…" Kiki smacks the 3 of their heads: "At least be mature for your age!" Oritsu says: "Sorry sis! Alright guys, let's get a bite to eat!" Ryuko, Letuce, and Oritsu all rush towards Goku and Vegeta Jr.
Kiki just shakes her head seeing them run off. Vejin stands next to Kiki. Kiki tells Vejin: "Despite their immaturity, I'm sure when they need someone to protect this world. They'll answer the call." Vejin rolls his eyes: "Let's go..You probably shouldn't miss out on the food." Vejin starts heading towards the group. Finally, Kiki follows behind Vejin. The threat of Leech has been neutralized and the Neo Z-Fighters can rest easy now.
Dark Namekians Arc: END
Meanwhile,
On a darker planet, known as Yardrat, covered in lush forests, clear rivers and tower civilizations, a man stood on the edge of a cliff. His body seemed so still it was almost lifeless, until... SNAP! The man almost instantaneously opened his eyes turning around and looking up to the sky. Something what seemed like a meteor was in the sky. Like a ball of fire hurling into the planet's atmosphere. But the man seemed worried, his fists were tightly clenched and his teeth were grit. He'd leap into the air flying towards the ball of fire, however, he was too late to notice as the ball of fire pummeled him into a nearby mountain and the meteor landed on a nearby mountain range. As the man recovered from the blow he'd look at the crash site to discover that the meteor wasn't a meteor at all, but rather a pod.
And amidst the smoke was a power, a strength unlike anything the man had felt before...no other strength rivaled this other than...him. As the stranger got out of the pod, they'd look directly at the man with a strange smirk before approaching him with immense speed. The man would raise his fists prepared for an assault but the stranger instead stopped in front of him, opening his mouth to speak: "Well now...This is an interesting sight to see...A fellow saiyan here on this outskirt of a planet. Say, why don't you come and join me? Having a comrade in arms would be…rather beneficial for the two of us.." This saiyan's charisma left the man in a state of shock for a few seconds before snapping back to reality. The saiyan continued: "So what do you say, hmmmmm?"
The man appeared to be astonish at the sight of him: "A-A fellow Saiyan?" Revealing his own tail as it would drop down from his waist. "What- H-How? I thought the Saiyans had died at the hands of Frieza hundreds of years ago?!" He appeared to be in shock, as the man had just started to escape his tormented past, now his past comes waltzing on his doorstep. The saiyan quickly swift steps next to the man: "Well…How about we say..A hole within time itself formed its way here. My offer still stands, my friend." The man would extend his hand to the stranger, but would halt suddenly. Staring at the palm of his own hand, the man would clench his fist, reveling in the journey he's taken to get here. "I don't see why not, I'm sure you have quite the story to tell..though a hole in time is quite intriguing. I had managed to get to this time by training in a different dimension. Though it came at a terrible cost." The saiyan's grin would widen hearing this: "Excellent. Now that we can work together, let's rebuild what the saiyans were once capable of, shall we?" The man questions him: "Wh-What do you mean? What were saiyans capable of?" The saiyan would answer him: "Our conquest. The ideal life of the saiyans is a thirst battle. Never ending conquest. Our goal is to become the strongest race in the universe through our limitless potential and our lust for battle and conquering the universe. We shall start with this planet here." The man would shake his head: "This time period is different than what we're used to...comrade. The days of planet-conquering Saiyans have long since passed. I've seen it for myself. We need to forget the past, it's what led to our end all those years ago, repeating history won't do us any good. We can't just rid this planet and start here!"
The saiyan's expression changed from a smirk to a disappointed and deadly stare: "Are you saying that we should cast aside our saiyan ambitions of conquest? To become the strongest warriors in the universe? You know nothing of us saiyans, you traitor…" The man would look back down at his hands, flashing back to a time when these hands were once covered in blood. Looking back up at the stranger, he'd say. "I may not, but I've seen with my own eyes what needless bloodshed brought to our people. We can't allow ourselves to fall victim at the hands of tyrants any more. Perhaps our days of battle hungry Saiyans may truly be over.." The saiyan stops for a moment to think. However, that moment passed by rather quickly: "That may appear to be true in this day in age, but we are no longer bound to tyranny! Don't you understand! You cannot change your saiyan heritage to battle…We are a proud warrior race! WE FIGHT! If you don't wish to fight me…Then I SHALL FORCE YOU TO!" The crazed saiyan quickly forms a blast within the palm of his hand and throws it in a nearby populated city. "W-Wait!" The man reached out his arm to the ki blast, however it was too sudden.
As his hair got blown back with the shockwave of the explosion passing the two, the man would stand in awe of the scene he was witnessing. Turning back to the man with gritted teeth, he'd say. "You didn't- You don't understand! We Saiyans may not be under the wrath of Frieza anymore but that doesn't mean we should become tyrants! We can gain strength, we can become the strongest in the universe but that doesn't- that shouldn't make us gods! Battle, there's ALWAYS battles to be fought, but it's the side you choose that defines us not as people but as representatives of the last remaining Saiyans! We should not be feared! We should be respected!"
"Why should they listen to a handful, when we can show them what we're capable of! WE ARE THE LAST OF THE SAIYANS! AND WE MUST SHOW THEM WHO WE ARE!" The crazed saiyan would then hastily head towards him and pummel him into the ground senseless. Each punch grew stronger and stronger with each blow. "WE RISE FROM THE ASHES! AND WE FIGHT! WE FIGHT AND THEY BOW DOWN TO US! IT'S TIME THAT WE NO LONGER BECOME THE OPPRESSED!" The man would raise his hands to block but each blow was so devastatingly strong he couldn't hope to defend. Taking every blow head on, he'd cough up blood. "We..." He'd fall to his knees. "We can't...repeat our past...not again..please, it's n- cough...not the way." The saiyan just laughs at him: "Heheheheh...You still don't get it do you...We saiyans are meant to be the strongest warrior race in this universe. We are the destined rulers of it! We are the last of our dying race, and we have to revitalize it! Or else we are doomed to perish!" The saiyan picks up the man by his shirt collar: "This cycle of life is nothing but cruel and unforgiving. You have to do everything it takes to get what you want. Even if it costs those you hold dear most…But sometimes one can get away, and it throws your balance off…Don't you understand? I'm only trying to correct you to revitalize the saiyans." The man looks at him with a weak look. He smacked the saiyan's hand away, causing him to fall to the ground: "Ghhhh…"
As this was happening, more and more of the planet's local natives would gather around the area, until they closed in enough to hear and see the two. They'd ask questions and make comments in their language, the only thing non-native speakers would make out is the name "Saito" until one of them would stand out from the crowd, yelling "Saito! What's going on?" The saiyan looked over to see the local yardratians and noted: "Ah..So Saito is your name then?" The man, now known as Saito would look at them, raising a palm towards them. "Stay back!" The man would wince in pain. "Please Aero, this is a matter of my people!" The man would look back up at the stranger. "Y-Yes my name is Saito.." The saiyan did nothing but smile. The smile was wide, it looked inhumane, like the devil was smirking: "Heh…Then how about we awaken that inner saiyan spirit again. Shall we?" The saiyan's body began to glow, surrounded by overflowing aura. It began to glow and grow and power up to a point where it was about to explode. The man's eye would widen as he realize what he was about to do. "W-Wait- NO- " The crazed saiyan would unleash a powerful explosion of energy, killing all those yardratians would incinerate, leaving nothing but their bones. Their bones turned to ash. And ashes to the wind. All those Yardratians around Saito were completely pulverized by the mad Saiyan.
Saito's eyes would widen, as he saw the people who taught him, nurtured him, and forgave him, incinerated before his very eyes. A traumatic flashback of the past ensued but unlike the last time, this time he wasn't crying. No, there were no tears. He simply stopped caring, all he could feel...was pain. His mind went blank, as his body surged with power, his hair would glow a bright golden color and the pupils would fade from his eyes. A scream was let out, so blood curdling, raw, and powerful any normal person would be shaking. As the man floated up in a swift upright position, he'd stare at the man who was to blame for this feeling, this rage. He didn't care that he was a fellow Saiyan, he didn't care about his moral grounding, he just wanted this pain to go away. Letting out another feral roar, he'd rush the man with a fist full of flames, charging at him full throttle.
The man did nothing but smirk at Saito. He saw this man's inner saiyan spirit awaken from him. He began to cackle: "Hehehehehe….AAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YES! THERE IT IS! THERE'S THAT SAIYAN SPIRIT I HAVE BEEN CRAVING TO SEE!" The saiyan would rush towards Saito the same way he did. Just as Saito extends his arm to form a fist, the saiyan quickly went straight for Saito's face, grabbed it, and completely slammed it into the ground: "THIS IS THE PINNACLE OF OUR SAIYAN RAGE! YOU USE IT AGAINST YOUR ENEMY! INSTILL THEM WITH FEAR!" He picks up Saito by the leg and swing him around his head before slamming him down into the ground again. He'd kick Saito back up and slam his head down several times: "UTILIZE THAT INNER BEAST! YOU UNLEASH IT!" He'd pick him back up again and drag him along to mountain side. The mad saiyan notes: "You have ways to go before you're even close to me…You would've been good practice for me if my limbs were tied. But in the end, I'd still come out on top." The saiyan holds a blast within his hand. He pushes the blast against Saito's side and push him into the planet.
Despite the pummeling he was receiving, in a fit of blind rage he didn't care. Destroying his own body, he still tried throwing his own feeble attacks, though not able to land a single blow. Once he was slammed onto the ground he tried to get back up but found his body was unable to cooperate. Though the pain surging through him wouldn't go dissipate, with one last attack he'd open his mouth and let out a quaking feral roar. Firing off a massive ki wave towards the crazed Saiyan.
"A valiant effort...But, I'm afraid this will have to end..." The saiyan tells the downed Saito. He'd deflect the blast and charge up his own. The blast grew in size, nearly covering the area with it's light. It was as if the planet's sky changed color. After a minute, he'd fire it towards the planet.
As the attack was deflected, the power that surged through Saito's body would fade. The realization that his life was in vain, and that everything he had done was meaningless settled him. His body would relax as he closed his eyes. He tried to think of any good he had done with his life but unfortunately there was nothing. He instead opened his eyes accepting his fate head on, figuring it was the only thing he could do to make his death as traditional as a proper Saiyan's death could be.
Once the blast made contact with the planet, it began to quake and crumble before the saiyan's eyes. The saiyan looked down in disappointment at Saito before flying off. As the gigantic mass of energy hit the planet's surface. The planet would collapse in on itself, Yardratian cities would crumble to the ground, the citizens running for their lives evacuating to whatever shelter they could. But alas, their fate was sealed along with Saito's.
Planet Yardrat had been completely destroyed by a Saiyan. Leaving nothing in it's wake but shattered meteors and dust, there were seemingly no survivors. And no trace that the planet was ever there.
Chapter: END