CHAPTER 2: THE SAD SAIYAN.
It all came back to him the way it always did.
The sound of the explosion, the heat of the blast, the tyrant's laughter.
He remembered it all this night, as had all other nights since it happened.
It was gone, everything was gone, it had all been destroyed, but why?
"Not to give you monkeys more credit than you deserve, but he decided you were getting too powerful, so he decided to nip this problem in the bud." An unseen voice mocked him.
As the boy began to think it would go on forever, the horrible images began to fade into his subconscious.
When he finally awoke he found himself in a grounded bed mattress on a wooden floor. He easily figured out that his space pod had landed and that someone had found him and took him in. "Hmph, must be Gine's home world." the young alien mocked, remembering the weakest adult of his race and her kindness, which was unnatural to their kind.
Instinctively, the first thing he did was use his scouter to discover the power level of these unknown aliens.
He scanned 3 readings, 4, 5, and... 86.
"Hmph, guess their not THAT stupid, although their bodyguard is still no match for me. heh heh."
The alien laughed, confident in his ability, due to the fact that his last checked power level was 234.
He may be a 3rd class warrior, and he may be a young warrior, but he was still a SAIYAN warrior, and he saw this guardian as a beetle among ants, to them, this unseen warrior may be a titan but HE was a collosus.
Just then, he realized that the guardian was heading right for him and he started smiling.
"Heh, guess he noticed that I was awake, this could be fun." As the power level was right on top of him the door slid open.
"Nyuu, NYUU!" The saiyan's smile disappeared as he beheld the so called 'guardian'.
"What... the hell." standing in the open door was a young adult woman with the dumbest look on her face the saiyan had ever seen.
Then a second individual appeared. Another female, appearing significantly more intelligent than the pink haired imbecile.
"Oh, you're finally awake. thank goodness, I was afraid we'd have to call somebody. Uh, would you mind telling us your name?"
"...Krae'Nakh." the saiyan replied.
"nice to meet you, I'm Yuka." The woman said to him. just then, the other female came right up to Krae'Nakh and squealed in his face. "NYUU!!"
The saiyan was about to punch the stupid pest all the way to the moon before the other one rescued her stupid friend.
"I'm so sorry about that, I don't know what's wrong with her."
Krae'Nakh sighed and spoke on the lighter side "Well, at least you confirmed something for me, my scouter's definitely busted."
Kouta heard the commotion and came to check on his cousin and the strange girl they called Nyuu.
When he found them he saw that the boy with the tail was awake, and seemed to be trying to figure something out about his eyepatch.
"Hey, I'm glad to see you awake, my name is Kouta." Kouta said to the young boy, bowing respectfully.
The boy didn't seem to notice, or at least care. "Stupid thing, what the hell's wrong with this piece of junk." The boy muttered to himself, fixated with the device in his hand.
"Sorry about that Kouta, he says that there's something wrong with it." Yuka explained. "But at least I was able to get a name out him. Apparently, his name is Krae'Nakh."
Kouta nodded at this before once again trying to communicate with the alien child. "Hey, if you tell us what's wrong with your eyepatch, maybe we can help."
At this, Krae'Nakh lifted his head with an annoyed glare. "it's called a scouter, it's supposed to tell me how strong you are. But apparently, that idiot is around 20 times stronger than you."
He indicated Nyuu when he said 'that idiot', which annoyed Kouta a little. "Hey there's no need to call her an idiot." the alien just scoffed at this. "Whatever."
Suddenly, the boy's stomach made itself known with the loudest growl the cousins had ever heard.
Krae'Nakh had decided, given his options, to tolerate these people's existence for the time being. At the very least, they were willing to help him.
They sat him down at a wooden table and put some sort of food in front of him. there was, however, a small problem.
"Um, is this it?" the young saiyan asked Yuka, who he determined to be the one in charge.
"Uh, yes, is there something wrong?" She replied, obviously not seeing a problem.
"We obviously have different appetites as a species." the saiyan said, still staring at his food.
"Oh, well if you'd like something else, the refrigerator is right there." she said indicating a white cubic shaped box. "Thanks." Krae'Nakh said before getting up and moving towards the fridge.
Kouta was trying to teach Nyuu how to eat a rice ball when Krae'Nakh sat back down.
He and his cousin couldn't help but gawk at what they saw.
Krae'Nakh had almost a month's worth of food on his plate, and had begun stuffing his face.
The two cousins were at a loss of words, which only got worse when the alien child tossed a frozen steak into the air and threw something from his hand that seemed to explode on impact.
He then caught the freshly cooked steak and swallowed it whole, barely pausing to chew.
"Very VERY different appetites." Yuka said in complete shock.
After Krae'Nakh had finished eating he noticed, or at least acknowledged, the two who were staring at him.
"What, you said I could." Krae'Nakh said, guiltlessly.
"Yeah, I did say that." Yuka said, still in shock at seeing the traditional saiyan appetite in action, Kouta, however was focused on something else.
"Um, Krae'Nakh, how did you do that, with the steak."
"What, you mean toss it and catch it."
"N-No, you cooked it, in thin air, what was that." At last the saiyan understood what amazed them so.
"Oh I get it, you don't know how harness energy do you?" when the two cousins shook there heads, Krae'Nakh smiled.
Out in the backyard of the inn, all eyes were on Krae'Nakh.
Except for Nyuu's as she was busy chasing a butterfly.
"Okay, do you at least get the consept of every living thing having a form of energy inside them, you can call it whatever you want. Life Energy, Spirit Energy, Chakra, Chi, I've even heard Ki."
Having seen a few animes the young adults nodded towards the alien.
"All right, now for a demonstration." With that the saiyan got into a Horse Stance and, to the cousins surprise, he started glowing as an aquamarine aura enveloped him, the ground cracked under his feet as nearby rocks started levitating, and gusts of wind blew out in every direction.
Suddenly, the saiyan jumped into the air and as he did so he punched and kicked at speeds the Earthlings couldn't hope to follow.
Then he moved so fast the Earthlings thought he had teleported, and kicked a nearby statue so hard, it shattered into pebbles.
Then jumped skyward at similar speeds and threw a ball of energy at another statue, which exploded.
Then he appeared in front of the cousins with a smile on his face "So, wadaya think?"
The Earthlings just stared at him before finally stating their amazement.
"W-wow, just, wow." Kouta stuttered. "That was amazing Krae'Nakh, your people must be really powerful." Yuka exclaimed, causing Krae'Nakh to smile.
"Yeah they... they were." At this, the young saiyan stopped smiling and started to frown, signs of potential tears on his face.
"Krae'Nakh.. what's wrong." Yuka asked, sensing his sadness.
"I-it's nothing, I just- I need some air." and with that the young saiyan levitated into the air before shooting off like a rocket.