Chapter 9

:The Search for The Legendary Super Saiyan

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Dragon Ball Z. All rights are owned by their respective owners,Toei, Toriyama, etc. This is purely a fanfictional work done by a simple fan done for fun. I do no get profit from this in any way.

Trunks and Videl silently watched from a balcony in the palace as the ship carrying Vegeta and Broly disappeared into the evening sky. "Gosh, Vegeta's impatience sure makes me sick sometimes." commented Videl. "I know what you mean but at least this free's us up to investigate this place without him getting in the way. There's something that just doesn't add up and I want to find out what." said Trunks as he then walked away with seriously determined look on his face.

Videl and Trunks began flying towards the city they could see accross the horizon to begin their investigation. "Do you really think this 'Legendary Super Saiyan' really exists? I mean it all seems kinda far fetched to me." said Videl as they began flying over a forest. "I agree with you Videl, but my father doesn't. That's the problem." explained Trunks as they dodged the trees of the forest they were flying through.

When they reached the city they discovered that they were nothing but abandoned ruins. "No matter how you slice it, this planet looks barren." said Videl as they floated above the ruins. "Those cities we thought we saw from space must be nothing but ruins." Trunks concluded. "But I wonder why would that Paragus guy build his city in a rundown place like this? Huh? What's that over there?" asked Videl as she spotted what looked like a pipeline connected to the city. "Looks like they're pumping some sort of energy from underground." said Trunks. "But why would they need to do that?" asked Videl. "Hmmmmmm? Wait! I've got it! They must send it to the palace. It's the only place we saw that has plants growing." once again concluded Trunks. The two heroes then followed the pipeline to see to what more this would lead them.

The pipes lead to a couple of craters were they found little aliens working there under guards. They landed nearby where an older alien had collapsed and what appeared to be his grand-daughter trying to help him. "I'm sorry, sorry! We're not goofing off! Grandpa's not feeling too well!" the little alien said, trying to protect her grand-father from what she thought were more guards. "It's okay, we're not your bosses." said Videl in a reassuring way. The little alien blinked at first, being a bit confused but then went back to helping the old man. "It seems kinda pointless to try and build anything on this planet." said Trunks. "It is pointless. We were here after the Super Saiyan destroyed everything on our home planet. We work all day and they hardly feed us. *grunts* Those Saiyans are heartless." said the little alien as she tried to lift a heavy piece of equipment without success. Trunks and Videl looked at the little alien wth surprise on their faces but the also couldn't help but feel bad in the back of their minds at hearing the little alien's statement since they themselves were part Saiyan.

Suddenly, one of the guards came out of nowhere and kicked the little alien to the ground. "Get back to work! Stop fooling around!" yelled the guard as he started whipping the little alien in the back. The old man quickly hobbled his way to his grand-daughter's defence, covering her with his own body and willing to take the punishment for her sake. "Shamo is not to blame. It's my fault!" cried out the old man. "Oh? You want some too?" mocked the guard as he went to stomp on them with his foot. Videl however, had seen enough, she'd never seen anything so cruel in her life and she wasn't going to stand by any more. Videl quickly powered up and tripped up the guard before he could hurt the little aliens. "Stop it! You have no right to treat them like that!" yelled out Videl.

Dispite having been knocked down, the guard apparently still had a trick up his sleeve since he then blew some sort of whistle. Immediately, about a dozen other guards surrounded Videl and she got ready to defend herself as neither side made a move for a tense few seconds. Suddenly, Trunks walked up to behind the guard who had originally called the alarm who was laying on his back. "Hey! If I was one of you guys, I wouldn't even think about messing with her." said Trunks, looking down at the guard with a smirk on his face. Trunks then gave an nod that said 'Do it' at Videl and she then returned it with an affirmative nod of her own. She then went into a series of quick kicks and fast punches that were to fast to be seen by the naked eye. These 'demonstrations' seemed to frighten the guards enough that they quickly ran away.

However, Videl felt so confident that she continued showing off with her displays of skill when suddenly Goku appeared right in front of her and one of he punches unfortunately connected with his face right as he rematerialised. "Uh? Sensei Goku?" exclaimed a shocked and surprised Videl. "Hey Goku!" greeted a stunned Trunks. Goku fell to the ground on his butt and clutched the side of his head that had been hit. "Ah! Aye aye aye aye!" exclaimed Goku while clutching his head in pain. "Sensei Goku what are you doing here?" exclaimed a very frantic looking Videl. "I'm not sure. I was just following a Saiyan's energy. What are you guys doing here?" asked Goku. "My father was asked to destroy this Legendary Super Saiyan and we had some extra flyer miles to spend." sarcastically answered Trunks. "Really? I guess King Kai must've talked to him as well." Goku thought out loud.

"How good of you to come Kakarrot. Or as you now prefer to be called, Goku." suddenly said Paragus from atop of the crater. "Hey, how do you know that name? You must be a Saiyan!" Goku pointed accusingly at Paragus. "Yes and you must be Bardock's son." said Paragus but Goku just continued to stare as he didn't seem to recognise nor care about the mentioning of his father's name. "Bardock's son?" muttered Videl, wondering about what it meant. "Now, would our guests care to have some dinner?" asked Paragus. "Are you kidding? That sounds fantastic!" exclaimed Goku, always hungry and always thinking on his stomach.

Goku was brought to the palace and was given a huge bountiful meal. "Take your time, enjoy and let me know if you need anything." said Paragus as he then left. "Well, It' not Paragus. Now if I was this Super Saiyan where would I be right now? Oh well, no use in thinking on an empty stomach!" Goku shrugged off as he then went and engorged himself.

Meanwhile, Videl and Trunks had snuck away some of the food from Goku's banquet and brought it to some of the little aliens they'd rescued earlier in a storage building. "So? Was it Paragus who destroyed your home planet?" asked Trunks, trying to get information from their new friends. "No, it was not Paragus." said one of the little aliens as they engorged themselves on the luxurious food. "It was someone bigger." said another. "Bigger and stronger." agreed one more as they continued to rapidly eat. "Hey, slow down you guys, your gonna pop!" playfully warned Videl. "No we won't!" reassured the one called Shamo as she then stuffed what looked like two meatballs simultaneously in her mouth. "And it couldn't be that Broly, that guy's a toothpick. Maybe Paragus is telling the truth, if this Legendary Super Saiyan does exist then we might have a lot of trouble on our hands." said Trunks, still sounding speculative.

Meanwhile, up in the observatory, Paragus was watching a great big object in the night sky and laughing maniacally. "Yes, yes, you're right on target Comet Cumori! Come and get us! Destroy us! Waaahahahaha!" exclaimed Paragus while laughing maniacally. "My lord, I'm afraid." said his alien subordinate, sounding genuinely frightened. "Come now Moa, there's no need for you to be afraid anymore." calmly said Paragus as he made his way down the stairs. "But sire, the comet is coming closer by the day. It'll hit us within a week." Moa questionned worriedly. "Oh, don't you worry about that." forebodingly smirked Paragus as he then brutally shot his subordinate who's high pitched scream haunted the night air along with Paragus' laughter.

Meanwhile, Goku, Trunks and Videl returned to the ship and after a severe scolding from Chi-Chi about making her wait and worry so much they all went to sleep. The next morning, Videl woke up and found that Gohan was still sleeping peacefully in his bunk below her. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Videl hopped down from her bunk with her back facing Gohan's sleeping form and quickly changed out of her pajamas into the set of training clothes she borrowed from Gohan's wardrobe. But then, just as she finished putting her shirt on and completing her change, Gohan woke up. "Hey Videl, what are you doing?" asked the still somewhat drowsy Gohan. Having been taken by surprise, Videl jumped when Gohan spoke and then she slowly turned around nervously. 'Shit! I was hoping he wasn't going to wake up until after I was gone.' privately thought Videl. "I-I was just getting ready to go out and hopefully get some more Super saiyan training today." Videl nervously said. "Well that's great and all, but why are you wearing some of my old clothes?" asked Gohan, sounding a bit confused.

Videl had been dreading this moment ever since she'd started to wear them. "W-Well you see all my other training clothes were wrecked in our spars and the battle with that monster that attacked us ruined my last pair. So I asked your mom for help and she gave me some of your old fighting clothes to wear for training." Videl nervously explained, feeling awkward. "Oh? Well that's okay. So, how does it feel wearing my clothes?" Gohan teasingly asked while adding a snicker. Videl felt embarrassed and a bit awkward at the question at first, but then decided to play along. "Well, to be honest the clothes feel quite a bit baggy but comfortable to move in, the shoes feel a bit tight and your underwear feels sooo liberating!" Videl said. Saiying that last part as a joke to get back at him. Now it was Gohan's turn to look stunned. "Y-Y-You're w-wearing my underwear too!?" exclaimed a blushing and and very awkward feeling Gohan. "*giggles* No, I was just joking, that would be sick. I still wear my own." Videl responded with a giggle. "Well that's good to hear, but you do look good in it. If I didn't know better I'd almost say you looked like me. It's like looking in a mirror, only, you know, if I was a girl. I like it." commented Gohan. Videl blushed at the compliment and looked at her feet as she also twirled her foot nervously on its toe. "Thank you Gohan, I'm glad you like it. But I'd better get moving if I'm gonna train today! So see ya later!" Videl said as she then ran out of the room and out the door, leaving a smiling Gohan to get back to his rest.

Videl made her way accross the corridoor to the recreation room where she found Goku and Trunks having breakfast together. Trunks was just finishing up bringing Goku up to speed on what had happened to them the previous day. "So? Vegeta's off on some wild goose chase for a week trying to find this Legendary Super Saiyan and you guys find out that Paragus was lying about some things by liberating some aliens from Paragus' control right?" Goku said, summing up what he'd been told. "That's right, I'm convinced that Paragus is lying to us but it's my father who needs to hear about this and he's not here at the moment so it's pointless to confront Paragus now. We may as well wait for his return in the meantime." Trunks finished explaining. "In that case we have no choice but to wait. But in the meantime we might as well busy ourselves with someones training." Goku said with a smirk as he cast his eyes towards Videl who had been standing in the doorway all this time. While surprised at first to see that Goku was aware of her presence, Videl however returned the smirk as she knew what Goku meant.

A little later, Videl, Goku and Trunks were standing outside near the ship. 'Alright Videl! Remember, the power responds to a need, not a desire. You have to create that need. Just think about what makes you mad and about what you're fighting for and use it, channel it, make it your power." Goku told Videl, encouraging her with his teachings. "Right! I know what to do." affirmed Videl with a nod. She then buckled down into the 'power up stance' and began to imagine all the wrongs she'd ever seen in her life. She thought about Cell's cruelty, about the suffering of all the little aliens on this planet and most of all she thought about Gohan being badly injured by an evil green warrior. Suddenly her hair turned golden for just a few seconds and then it was gone as she collapsed in exhaustion. "Woah! You nearly had it there! Alright, just take your breath and do it again. Let's see if you can do better next time." Goku encouraged. Videl just looked up with a look of determination in her eyes and got back up to do it again. They would continue to practice for the rest of the day.

Author's Final Thoughts: And so the search is on just like in the movie. Vegeta's going to be gone for about a week as opposed to about a day in the original movie. Which should give plenty enough time for Videl to work on her Super Saiyan transformation. And I hope you like that little scene with Gohan finally seeing Videl wearing his clothes.

P. S. I've been having trouble with the horizontal lines of the editor. Every time I have to go do any odd numbered lining, either 3 or 5 etc. The darn thing malfunctions and one of the lines erases itself! I'm on my last nerve with this! Can anyone help me with this? Have any of you encountered this problem before? You can either PM me or leave it in the reviews if you have any suggestions or help? Thank you.