Another Chapter! Sorry it took so long. A little bit filler/moving the story along. Also there were a few questions that needed to be adressed. Just keep reading this, the ending is......interesting.
Disclaimer: I don't own Avatar the Last Airbender or Dragon Ball Z, but i do own a naked Saru. Te he he!
Saur's P.O.V
Katara was leading me down several different streets. It was a little hard to absorb all the information around me. These humans are very strange.
For example, apparently they steal from each other, but it's nothing worth stealing, just these little pieces of worthless material, like silver and gold. Also, there are these people that go around solving disputes and stuff. What a waste of money! On my planet……well…..let's not talk about my planet.
These thoughts kept me occupied as Katara led me down several more streets. Finally we arrived in front of a little store that had a sign that read, Tailor, whatever that was. Katara led me inside.
She walked up to a man that was standing behind the counter, or at least I thought it was a man. With these humans it is always hard to tell……most of the time……there are special cases……sometimes…..never mind. Anyways, she said to this man…..lady…..person, " My friend here needs some new clothes."
"Ah, yes." He walked over to me and started to take something out of his pocket. I immediately jumped back a foot and got into a defensive stance. The man was a little surprised for a second before revealing that the item was in fact a measuring device. I relaxed as he started to measure me, but I noticed that Katara was emitting a strange noise and using her hand to try to cover it.
"Are you alright?" I asked.
"Ya, ya, I'm fine." She continued to make the strange noise.
The man continued to measure me, but he asked, "Did you have anything in mind sir?"
"Well, I was thinking about some roast duck with a tangy sauce and a baked potato, followed by some beast soup from Namek, and a snowy jelly frog for dessert." Katara started making that noise again, and when I gave her a questioning look she just shrugged.
"No, no sir, I meant what do you want your clothes to look like?" the man asked.
"Um…..I would like red pants and shirt with a black belt, and could you put a symbol on the back?" I asked.
"What did you have in mind sir?" asked the man kindly.
"Could you put the symbol for turtle on there?" I asked. Katara strait out laughed at me at this point. The man was surprised again, but nodded and went to get the clothes I asked for.
"When can we expect this to be finished?" Katara asked.
"I can have it finished by the end of the day. Come back in a few hours." Katara nodded and motioned me to go outside.
"Thank you," she said, as we walked out the door. We began to walk down the street and Katara asked, "Are you hungry."
"Sure, I guess. Can we get some roasted duck," I asked hopefully.
"No, I don't think anyone around here has that," Katara replied, stifling a laugh.
"Roasted duck here! Get some roasted duck!" yelled one of the vendors. I looked at Katara and she shrugged in response before letting out a laugh and moving off in the direction of the roasted duck vendor.
After fulfilling our cravings for roast duck and grabbing some concoction called…..ice cream I think. Doesn't really make sense to me, but I digress. We decided to walk around for a little while before my new clothes were ready.
We were walking down another street, but all laughter and conversation was somewhere behind us. I really couldn't think of anything else to say, so I was glad when Katara broke the silence. "So…..were are you from?" she asked. On second thought, maybe the silence wasn't so bad.
Katara's P.O.V.
Saru was silent for a time before answering. "I'm from planet Vegeta."
"What's it like?" I continued.
"It use to be a fairly beautiful planet."
"What happened to it?" I asked. The silence was deafening for a while.
"It was destroyed."
"Oh." I did not like where this story was going.
"I was sent away a few minutes before the planet exploded. I watched as my planet was destroyed before my very eyes," Saru answered, with head held low.
"I'm sorry," I said, wishing I hadn't broached the subject. "Do you know if anyone else survived?" He shook his head in response. His head dipped a little lower. "You know, I had a friend that was like you." His head slowly rose and he wore an expression that said Explain please. "He was the last of his kind too."
"Really? What happened to him?" he asked. It was my turn to be silent.
"He was killed taking down one of the most evil men in the world. It happened a few hours before you arrived." I was ready for a subject change now. "How did you escape?"
"Using a pod."
"No, I mean how did you escape from the piece of earth we captured you in?"
"I teleported out."
"Um…why didn't you do it earlier?"
"Do what?"
"Teleport?"
"I guess I was a little wiped after the long journey. My pod had a hull break, a tiny one," he said quickly, "and the lack of oxygen made me unconscious until a little before I landed. I guess the lack of oxygen scrambled my brains." We continued walking in silence for a while. We both tried to start a conversation, but our attempts were weak at best.
"Do you think it is about time to go pick up my new clothes?" he asked, breaking the awkward silence. The sun was going to set in a few hours.
"Ya, I think it's about time," I answered.
Saru's P.O.V.
We walked into the tailor shop, and after a short conversation the tailor came out with my new clothes. I untied my tail and lifted my armor over my head. I heard a short gasp behind me, and when I tuned around I saw that Katara had turned around and her face was bright red. The tailor appeared shocked too. I walked over to the tailor, who was holding my clothes, and touched the shirt.
Suddenly there was a crash of broken glass and another gasp of surprise from Katara. Four men armed with swords had surrounded her as she summoned some water to herself. I charged the first man, and he and another guard turned to face me. I did a small jump and took down the first man with a flying kick to the chest, which resulted in him flying out the window he had just broken.
After getting over his initial shock, the second man ran at me and I shifted to the left. He went running past and turned to face me again. He charged me and I allowed him to gain some ground. His attacks were a little slow and easy to dodge. Finally, he made a frustrated swipe at me, which I dodged, and his momentum forced him to continue moving forward.
He turned to face me again and attacked. His attacks were getting more and more desperate, and he tried a powerful downward swipe when he thought he had me. All he got was his sword stuck in the ground. As he struggled to remove his sword from the wood, I stepped on it to keep it in place with my right foot, and I swung my body around and hit him with my other foot. The kick sent him flying through a wall.
As I studied my handiwork, I suddenly felt a pain in my tailbone. Before I could react I felt a powerful blow to my head, and I blacked out.
Cliffy! For some reason i just love these. What happened? Next chapter: What happened, what's going on, what's next. I just have to figure out what is going to happen next. Warning: I may not get the next chapter out for a little while. I will probably get some time (finally) to read the Star Wars Republic Commando series, and my writing focus will shift to Life of Stud my Star Wars story. Hopefully i can get the next chapter before the end of this week. Till then, R&R.
