Hi! I hope you like this chapter! I do NOT own DBZ, or Raditz, or Bardock, or Naira (SSSS owns Naira...) So, don't sue me :P
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Bardock had been told by Naira to go to Sunrise Hill, so he had gone as promised. He had now been sitting at the top of the hill for hours, and he heard footsteps come up behind him. He stood up and turned to face a tall, now hooded figure with a yellow and black stick in his hand.
"Hello, Kasai." He growled.
Kasai grinned. " Now now, don't be so hostile. How're your boys? Your lovely lady?"
Bardock took a quick breath of self-control and stood to look the man straight in the eye. It took a lot of control not to kill him where he stood. "What do you want, Kasai?" he hissed through gritted teeth.
"Well...not going to answer my questions?" He spoke, turning his attention to the Argo Stick. "How rude..." He turned his eyes to look at Bardock.
Bardock gave a heavy sigh. "They're fine. I had a second son; Kakarot, he looks just like me and even acts like me too. Naira's fine as well. Raditz, on the other hand, I don't really care about."
Kasai stifled a laugh. "Are you sure you don't care about your son?"
"Nope. Well, there was this one time when we were on Planet Aduminta, but that was 3 1/2 years ago. I still don't care about him."
Kasai grew extremely interested. "What happened on Planet Aduminta?" Finally, I get to see!
Bardock gave a nonchalant shrug. "Raditz and I fought off tough guys, he ended up dying, I blanked out, next thing I knew, I had both my hands on Raditz's heart center and he was breathing again. That's pretty much it."
Kasai grew disappointed. He's hiding something... "Nothing...else?" He asked, semi-interested
"Hm," Bardock thought. "Not that I can remembe-wait. Why are you so interested in my missions?"
Kasai half-smiled. "Oh, no reason, no reason at all, old friend." His face was turning slowly to a sneer. Bardock grabbed the front of his armor and lifted him slightly off the ground. "Tell me NOW!" he snarled. "I have two stubborn, ignorant sons, so I could do this all day long, you little prick! You're lucky you're not dead!"
"Fine, fine!" Kasai yelped. "Just stop choking me, bastard, and we can get on with this!"
Bardock stared silently at Kasai and, detecting no lies within his body language, dropped him to the ground, letting him hit it hard.
Kasai nonchalantly got up and faced Bardock, a full blown smirk on his scarred face. "So, are you a Super Saiyan?" Kasai asked, leaning menacingly into Bardock's face, much to his disapproval. His smile was twisted and warped, completely off the charts of using the word "evil" to describe it. The expression was insane. Criminally insane, yet behind it such craftiness that it could send a chill down the spine of even a hardened warrior like Bardock.
The rattled Saiyan, taken aback by the question, shook his head. "Of course not, baka. Why would I be some stupid story?"
Kasai turned his head. "Oh really, then how is your son alive?"
Bardock spat. "'Cause the prick got lucky that the medics were able to restart his heart. Just 'cause I got him in a slightly better condition via ki transfer doesn't mean anything."
The tall, wiry saiyan smirked. "Slightly better." huh...he has no idea that he saved Raditz that day. "If you say so." He turned to face Bardock again. "So, fascinating children those two are." he said softly.
Bardock blinked. "Who?" he asked.
Kasai looked absent-mindedly at his fingernails. "You know, your son Raditz and the girl. The sweet girl called June."
Bardock took a step, a shudder of sudden realization creeping up his back. "It was you, wasn't it?" His voice quavered. "All those years ago. You set the fire. You wanted those kids dead." As Kasai smirked, his plot so many years ago revealed, the Saiyan captain was now nearly frozen with horror so that his voice was barely audible, twisted with rage and shock. "How did they scourge you? They were children, for Kami's sake! What in the Hell came over you!?"
"What came over me!?" Kasai shouted, letting his fury rise up. "You tried to kill me! I am merely taking out my revenge! How does that not makes sense to your thick head?"
Bardock finally released the pent-up rage and hit the opposing Saiyan across the face. "I did NOTHING that I hadn't needed to!"
Kasai adopted a maniacal grin. "Are you sure YOU weren't the one who saved Raditz that fateful day, dear comrade?" He was practically mocking Bardock now, with his unnecessary and odd topic changes. Bardock stamped his foot.
"That isn't what this is about!" He hissed. "What business do you have with those kids?"
"Oh you know..." Kasai said, "That June girl...she's more than meets the eye. Internally, have you EVER tried to seek out her true power?"
Bardock cocked his head. "It's 3,000. An incredible achievement for a 15 year old, but is that really worth such an obsession?"
Kasai stifled a maniacal laugh. "Baka, it's not 3,000, heh... it's really, if you must know, it's 10,000. More than you! Oh, but that's only the start of the fun!" Kasai was acting completely deranged right now. "Imagine what would happen...if I made her bring out that power and then controlled the girl!? HUH!? I would be the most powerful person this world had ever seen! I COULD BECOME GOD WITH THAT GIRL!" He made a warped laugh to end that sentence.
Bardock's eyes widened, and he made a rush toward the insane bastard in front of him. Too quickly, though, Kasai blasted into space, leaving Bardock confused, frazzled, and seething with anger and hatred. DAMNIT! If all of this is true...should I warn June? Maybe...it may just be better if she handled it herself. Kasai is a bluff. Always has been. He would never go through with something like that... Right..?
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June rested her head against the rough surface of a tree. She hummed a soft melody, tracing shapes into the ground with a stick, in her own little world. Every now and again, she would disappear into the woods alone, a time she kept to herself. She stopped drawing for a second, looking at the stick. Her mind started showing images of her and her brother drawing shapes in dirt. She shook her head to shoo away the memories and threw the stick while shouting "Damnit!"
Although, the place where she usually hung out alone was a special place to her. She looked around to the back of the tree, and, implanted in the tree itself, was a handprint. It was a handprint of long ago, before Planet Vegeta was born. She put her hand into the handprint, and it was about two times bigger than hers. Around the handprint itself was a faded golden color, as if the hand used was made out of gold.
"I wonder who that handprint belongs to..." She thought out loud. She turned around, letting her head hit the tree softly. She began to drift off into sleep...slowly...
"Hey! It's not nice to throw sticks at people!" An annoyed voice shouted from behind her. As quick as can be, June got up and put herself into a defensive position, but out of the trees came Kasai, nursing a bump on his head.
June put her hand behind her head in shame. "Sorry Kasai, I didn't know you were there..."
Kasai stifled a smile, the complete opposite of what Bardock had the horrors of experiencing. "It's quite alright," He said, tossing the stick aside. He walked up to the tree, looking all the way up at it. "Isn't this the Gold Tree?" He asked, cocking his head.
"The Gold Tree?" June asked. "It's the tree where I usually go to clear my mind. I don't know the type of tree it is."
Kasai walked around to the back of the tree, observing the handprint. "Ah, well, nevermind, that isn't what I came to talk about to you," He said, placing his hand against the tree. "Do you remember the fire from when you were little?'
"How could I forget that fire?" June asked, rubbing her arm. "We were foolish to charge into the forest while it was Dry Season. If it wasn't for Raditz's father, we wouldn't be alive."
Kasai smiled. "No, no you wouldn't. But, it being Dry Season would have made no difference, you know.
June's gaze went sharp. She was in "I will find out or you will die" mode now. She spoke "Why is that?"
Kasai grinned. "Call your little friend here, he should hear this as well."
June called Raditz and in a few minutes, the two young soldiers were looking up at the man they thought was their savior. "What is it, Kasai?" Raditz asked. "June told me you had something to say about the fire from when we were little."
Kasai nodded. "Yes, well, if you wanna know what set the fire, I'll tell you."
The kids leaned forward. "Really? Please!"
The tall man nodded. "Some fire obsessed scientist lit it up."
June growled. "How dare he!"
Raditz smacked his fist against the tree, removing some bark and scraping his knuckle. "Tell me who that motherfucker is!" He snarled, red energy emanating around him. "I'll flay that sonofabitch! I'll FLAY him!"
Kasai grinned, his eyes widening with madness. "His name is Kasai." He said.
The kids stood there for a moment, stunned beyond belief and trying to make sense of what they just heard, but before they could react, the insane monster laughed hysterically and flew off into space.
Raditz started after him. June tried to grab his shoulder, but she missed. Raditz took off in a fury of wind shouting Kasai's name, but the crazed man merely turned around, taking the stick and lighting the top, giving Raditz a good taste of his Flame Shot. He fell back to the Forest, slamming hard against the ground. "Raditz!" June shouted. She ran over to him. He coughed and sat up.
"You shouldn't've done that." she said gently.
The boy lifted himself to his feet and pressed his nose into June's hair. "I wanted to get back for what he did to us." He said quietly, inhaling her pine-like scent and feeling drunk by it.
"He messed with us." Raditz said. "He hurt you, and I won't stand for that. You have a scar on your leg that you need to cover with boots. He made you self-conscious and untrusting. I won't stand for that!"
She hugged him. "Thanks, Raditz." she sniffed.
Hand in hand, the two flew back to the town.
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"Where WERE you!?" Naira shouted at her son, making him shrink to the ground.
"Out saving my girlfriend..." He responded, getting back up. When he got back up, he came face to face with his father standing at the doorway, staring at the girl behind Raditz, his eyes squinting slightly. I see what Kasai means...He thought to himself.
"Yes, dad?" Raditz asked, cocking his head.
"Nothing." Bardock replied, turning around in the doorway, walking out of it.
"Anyways..." Raditz turned to June, "Wanna go watch TV?"
"Sure!" June chirped, both of them headed for the living room, but when they got there, Kakarot was staring at the TV screen.
"Kakarot, c'mon, leave." Raditz told his brother.
"But oniisan, there's a guy talking about Kasai!" He said, pointing to a guy on the screen.
"WHAT!?" Raditz and June both shouted together. They went to the screen and watched the report.
"...In which case, the body of the killer was found inside SmallTree Forest in a puddle of his own blood, the killer's weapon on the ground next to him." The reporter spoke. Suddenly, he tapped the speaker on his ear. "Wait, wait, I'm getting a report that the man killed was named Kasai, a former scientist who worked with many people to help create the Blutz Wave project. At this time, it is still unknown who the killer was, but we do know for a fact that, indeed, this was Kasai. This is Space News Channel 22, Arkon J. signing out."
All eyes in the room flipped to Bardock. The Saiyan crossed his arms. "Oh yeah, look at me! Just 'cause somebody dies doesn't mean that I was responsible, okay!?"
Raditz turned to his father. "You met with Kasai, right? What did he talk to you about?"
Bardock just nonchalantly shrugged. "Oh, you know, the usual stuff, about you, June, being deranged, but he did say something about me being a Super Saiyan. Now that came out of nowhere!"
"Ehehehe, yeah..." Raditz nervously laughed. "Uh, June, I think you better leave, this might get a bit personal..."
June got the message. "Alright, see you around!" She said, giving him a goodbye kiss and then walked out the door.
His father raised an eyebrow at his son. "Raditz...is there something...you're not telling me?"
Raditz coughed. "No... I... um..."
Bardock took a step forward and glared into the eyes of his son. "What is it? Tell me NOW!" he hissed.
Raditz bit his lip and shook his head.
Bardock growled and shook the boy by the shoulders. "We all know this is important, Raditz. Spit it out!"
Raditz struggled free of his father's grasp and ran to the stairs. "Knowing won't help anyone!" he shouted, flustered and stressed. He bolted into his room and jumped onto his bed, slamming his face into the pillow. He heard footsteps and someone entered his room.
"TELL ME NOW!" He heard his father's voice shout.
The boy covered his ears and tried to block it out. Bardock grabbed his son's unruly mass of black hair and yanked him up off the bed, bringing Raditz only an inch from his face.
Wincing and struggling, he looked into his father's eyes. Instead of usual deep onyx, they were a light teal. Raditz gasped in fright.
Teal eyes...
Raditz groaned at the reminder of his secret.
Bardock shook him by his hair. "Tell me! Tell me! Tell me you brat, Tell me!"
"LATER!" Raditz screamed at the top of his lungs, breaking free of his father's hold and backing up a bit, his gaze still locked onto Raditz. Raditz took in a deep breath. "Father...I'll tell you later, alright? I have A LOT on my mind right now. Give me a chance, dad!"
For a moment, silence ensued, then Bardock took a deep breath, looking away. "Fine. You can tell me later." He finished, his eyes returning to their normal shade of onyx. He turned around and walked out the doorway, slamming it behind himself.
The boy, left alone, sighed.
Why can nobody understand? he wanted to scream.
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June stood at the top of the shady hill, her dark hair billowing in the wind. She heard footsteps behind her and swiveled around.
A young man in a hood was standing behind her. "Hello." he said kindly.
June's ki sparked through her wrists. "What do you want?" she hissed through gritted teeth.
The stranger shrugged. "Only to tell you I got back for you."
She straightened up, perplexed. "Huh?" she asked, stupefied.
"Oh, I killed Kasai for you." he smiled.
June smacked a hand to her mouth, then lowered it, going back on the defensive. "Why should I believe you?" She stomped her foot. "Who are you, anyways?"
Brushing dirt off his arms, he replied, "Brisingr is my name." He said calmly. "And this-" He tossed a yellow rod to the ground. "Is why you should believe me." June looked at in utter shock. "No way..." she breathed. Brisingr continued.
"See, I knew what Kasai was doing to you and your friend, plus he had plagued me before as well. I guess I decided his reign of tyranny was over."
June didn't know whether to smile or scream. She stood her ground as Brisingr kept on talking.
"He made my life hell, y'know. Much like the King-"
"Wait!" June broke him off. "You hate King Vegeta as well?" Ever since her brother got executed, her blood was cold toward the ruler of her planet. The reason her family had been torn limb from limb.
The man stood his ground. "Oh yes, I hate him very much so. He was the reason that my brother was executed, or rather, sent on a mission to his death, but, he is the King, and therefore, we must obey his orders...or should we?" The man spoke, walking closer and closer to June. "You look a bit too young to have a power level of 10,000, you know. The only person I know with that power level beyond that is none other than the strongest Saiyan on the planet." The man tapped his foot. "Now...what was his name again? Some sort of root?"
June blinked, then laughed. "Are you saying I'm 10,000? Now I KNOW you're crazy! Only Bardock could beat that!" she chucked, wiping a tear from her eye. "No, silly, I'm only 3,000."
Brisingr snapped his fingers. "Bardock! That was his name!" He put his hands nonchalantly behind his head. "Did you know he has a power level of 30,000? [See bottom for explanation of this crazy high power level]."
June shook her head. "He...does?" She stammered, suddenly afraid of the warrior.
Brisingr shook his head. "Yes, but you, my dear lady, also have a power level of 10,000, that is...no lie. I can tell because I can feel internal power levels. Don't call me a liar, little girl."
June stamped on the ground, gritting her teeth. "I'll call you a liar whensoever I please, dickface!" she snapped. "And you will NEVER call me a 'little girl' again if you want so much as a shadow of a chance to live!"
Brisingr just nonchalantly shrugged. "Then don't believe me, but when you're running amok around Planets, unable to control yourself, don't come crying to me. I'll just give you a big bowl of 'I told you so'. So, about King Vegeta, haven't you ever wanted to, y'know, get back for all he did to you?"
June scratched her neck. "Of course I wanted to, but I never could."
"What if you were stronger?" Brisingr coaxed. "Like I told you, 10,000, remember? Just go in there and blast him all over the place! You can run out and nobody would know it was you!"
June inwardly sighed. "I don't hurt Saiyans." She said quietly. "I'm not prepared to sink to his level. He has a son, and If I kill him, it'll mess the kid up. I would be no better than him."
Brisingr smiled again, wider this time. June could only see his mouth and eyes, for the rest was covered by hood and shadow. She thought she caught a glimpse of something familiar, but it flicked away in a heartbeat. "Who says you need to kill anyone? Just shake 'em up a bit. It'll be fine."
"Uhn..." June mumbled uncomfortably. Brisingr had some way to get her to think the way he did to influence her. She was disturbed by it, but it finally broke her. "Fine." she said. "I want to hurt the king."
Brisingr smirked, the slowly pulled his hood off. June took a staggering step back in utter horror, realizing what she had just agreed to.
"Kasai!" she screamed.
The deranged maniac smiled. "Thanks for agreeing."
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Now, the power level explanation. Since, in this Timeline, the Planet didn't explode, Bardock has been training non stop to increase his power level, not to mention the fact that he keeps coming close to death and then healing, which also boosts his power level. Heck, he SHOULD be up to 40,000, but of course, that's only in our role playing :P
And also, if you're wondering where we got the design for the Argo Stick, it's actually a long, yellow stick with a screw top. It was meant for a broom, and the broom fell off, plus, it looks kind of cool, the way it's battle-damaged and all, haha...we have no lives...
Anyways...hope you enjoyed Chapter 2, we made it EXTRA long for everyone, we went about 1,500+ words since last Chapter. Sayonara!