Dragon Ball GX, Side Story: The Alchemic Saiyan
Chapter 5: The Three Years Part 1: It's A Long Road Ahead
Edward Elric
After getting all worked up, I learned we weren't going to be entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a good 20 minutes, so I decided it was a good time to meet the person called Dende.
Adam gave me directions to his quarters, where I promptly knocked.
Almost instantly, the door opened and I was greeted with the Guardian of Earth.
"Hello there Edward, I knew you'd come to meet me sooner or later; its nice to finally meet you" he says kindly.
"AAAHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU'RE SHORTER THAN ME!" I shout in amazement.
"Yeah, I'm a young Namek; so I haven't finished growing yet" he explains.
"Yeah, same here; I'm a young huma…well…Saiyan now, but yeah, I still have growing to do" I laugh, finally able to relax over my height.
"Yeah, I'm assuming Adam told you about the Dragon Balls and Dragon Emeralds too right?" Dende adds.
Upon hearing his mention of objects called Dragon Balls and Dragon Emeralds, I became extremely curious.
"No…he didn't tell me-what are they?" I inquire.
With that, Dende gasped, realizing he had spoken unnecessarily to me.
"Oh…forgive me…but if Adam hadn't already told you…then I believe it would be best if I kept my mouth shut; we can't let too many people find out about the Dragons Balls and Dragon Emeralds, their power is simply too great. So I must not speak of the matter anymore unless given permission" Dende replies.
"Damn! Alright, I guess I'll have to wait for Adam to spill it" I whine.
I turned to leave for the outside area, when Dende said, "Hey, why don't you contact King Kai, he's always listening out for Earth cause of the stuff that's happened here, you can strike up a conversation with him, and perhaps he'll even bring down the Supreme Kais to visit"
"Um…ok, sounds like a good idea" I reply as I walk out the door.
Upon reaching outside, I looked for a phone, and soon realized there wasn't one!
"Hey Goku, how am I supposed to reach King Kai if there is no phone around?" I complain.
"King Kai doesn't use a phone, he's contacted via telepathy" Goku laughs, as though It was a common thing.
"HA HA! Good one Goku" I chuckle back, thinking his joke was pretty funny.
When he stared at me funny, I realized the truth.
"Oh hell…you're serious?" I reply, feeling pretty shocked.
"Telepathy is a very common power on our planet, heck across the universe here; its useful for intergalactic communications, even earth distances, cause its never interrupted by weather or other powers unless deliberate" Goku explains.
"But telepathy and the like are just science fiction, there's no such thing!" I argue.
Suddenly, Goku's voice was in my head saying, "Are you so sure about that Edward?"
I immediately screamed in a freak out to top all freak outs I'd ever had.
"Calm down, calm down; I was just using telepathy" Goku says assuringly.
"(Pant pant) Man, you almost gave me a heart attack, and they don't make automail hearts dude" I say breathlessly.
"Actually…they do here, but you wouldn't need one cause Saiyans don't get heart attacks, unless you get the heart virus, which you can't since Adam wiped it out" Goku replies.
"SERIOUSLY!" I say with disbelief.
"Go ahead, let me connect you to King Kai, he knows tons about Saiyans, cause I need to go train with Vegeta some more before we send you home to your Universe" Goku says happily.
Suddenly, I remembered about my brother.
"AL! HE'S HOME ALL ALONE, STUCK AS A SUIT OF ARMOR!" I scream in panic.
"Calm down kid, relax-Goku told me everything" a new voice says in my head.
"Are you…King Kai?" I ask, wondering if this was indeed the man I'd heard about.
"Well, It sure isn't your grandma! (Corny laughter)" the man jokes.
"Somehow, I know you're King Kai" I reply as my face turns sour, hoping he can see it.
"Oh lighten up, you're too tense; man, I sure hope Adam helps you unknot-you'll never live life till you can laugh" King Kai laughs cheerfully.
"Yeah, you try joking around when your brother's soul is trapped inside a suit of armor" I retort, hoping he'd get the picture.
Immediately, his telepathic voice stopped responding for several minutes.
"I'm so sorry…I'd forgotten just how bad things are for your brother; forgive my carelessness Edward" King Kai apologizes.
"Its ok…you were just trying to cheer me up King Kai" I reply back.
"Well perhaps you'd like to see what I look like, I look pretty funny-and there's some irony about my appearance" King Kai snickers.
"Sure, lets have it" I say blandly.
Suddenly, a picture flashed in my mind, and it was…funny! It really was!
The great King Kai, was a short stack blue man with antennae on his head!
"(Laughing) YOU WEREN'T KIDDING MAN! YOU'RE RIDICULOUS LOOKING!" I howl, my boisterous laughter ringing over the lookout and through whatever medium my mental speech was going through.
"Ok, take it easy kid, I make the jokes around here-not you" King Kai says seriously.
"Right, ok; so what can you tell me about the physical advantages Saiyans have over humans King Kai?" I ask with seriousness.
King Kai paused for a moment, then began with a question, "Do you know why people fear power?"
"Yeah, power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely; classic philosophy" I reply.
"That's not the entire truth; yes great power can corrupt-but that's not always the case" King Kai continues.
"While power is often feared, more often…it is coveted; people envy power" King Kai explains.
I was speechless, that was one of the reasons that people were afraid of Ki; I couldn't blame them though-that was the most terrifying thing I'd ever seen-yet also the most amazing and exciting.
"So when Adam teaches you all the great abilities, like Kaio-Ken, and Super Saiyan stages, do not be discouraged. We believe in you, that you can prevent the great cataclysm about to befall your nation, and still not abuse your power" King Kai replies.
"What…will I be like when my training is complete?" I ask nervously.
"After three years…(Chuckle) you won't even recognize yourself" King Kai says wryly.
With that, we began to talk about various other things regarding Saiyans, until Adam came and took me to begin the training.
At last, the time had come; we were ready to begin, and all of Adam's friends had come to see me off.
"Now then, any last things you'd like to say to Edward before he begins his 3 year journey into Saiyan-hood?" Adam says lightly.
One person came forward, and it was Ulrich-Naruto's Son.
"I wish I could join you, but Dad says its not necessary to do that now since it's a time of peace; good luck Edward Elric-I hope you gain all the power you need to defeat the bad guys" Ulrich says cheerfully.
With a nod, I shook his hand, and said bye to Adam's friends, and walked through the door with him.
Back in the Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood Universe
Winry Rockbell
It had barely been a whole half day since…the man I loved died.
Last night, my life long childhood friend, Edward Elric was Killed in Action.
Before me, lay an empty casket, as there was nothing left of him after the tremendous explosion-not even the beloved automail I had made for my friend.
And at the head of the grave, was his tombstone, and it read,
"Here lies Edward Elric, Son of Trisha Elric and Van Hoenheim, who died in service to his country: 1899-1914"
As I read it, I cried, remembering something Ed had mentioned to me before, "People don't come back from the dead…ever"
I quickly broke out into loud sobbing, as the Führer himself read his testament of Edward's bravery and courage.
I immediately buried my head into the chest plate of Alphonse's armor.
"I'm so sorry for your loss Winry" Riza Hawkeye says as I receive an unexpected hug from her.
"(Sniffling) I…I didn't even get a chance to tell him…(Snort) how much I love that bean sprout midget" I weep.
"Brother isn't dead; he may seem dead-but I bet he is out there somewhere" Alphonse states firmly.
"I want to believe that too Al…(Sniffle)" I say as I hug Alphonse again.
Then, my Grandmother gave me a hug too.
"I agree with Al Winry, Ed is out there still; don't lose faith child" Penako says comfortingly.
I hugged my Grandmother back, still sobbing heavily.
"That lug better return…or I'm gonna cry forever" I weep, my bitter tears spilling onto the ground.
Envy
As I stood beside the bawling group in my solider disguise, I felt disgusted.
How could one pipsqueak cause so much uproar and sadness-even if he was one of Father's prime sacrifices.
"(Muttering) Why? Of all the over the top, melodramatic, showy things; they have to cry over the Fullmetal Pipsqueak" I say under my breath.
Suddenly, Roy Mustang came over to me and said something I wasn't expecting.
"Did you ever meet the Fullmetal Alchemist?" he asks with curiosity.
"Uh…no, didn't get the chance" I reply quickly, hoping he wouldn't catch my hesitation.
"Yeah, Edward was always traveling-not that surprised" Mustang says as he looks at Riza Hawkeye.
I quickly took the time to admire the humans, and saw their despair.
Even Lust and Pride were here at the funeral.
However, I motioned that it was time to fly the coop. As we didn't belong here.
After Roy Mustang to talk to Riza, Lust and I just waltzed out of there.
As I turned my head one last time to see the humans, I felt a pang of desire for their kind of companionship, what they experienced and felt.
Back in the Dragon Ball Z Universe
Edward Elric
As soon as I entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, I was flabbergasted.
IT WAS BARREN!
Asides from the small villa we had stepped onto after exiting the doorway, it was an endless barren expanse of nothingness; white and eternal.
"This is a joke right? We're gonna train here!" I complain, completely dissatisfied with the conditions I had been presented with.
"Absolutely not!" Adam snaps back, as though he agreed with me.
Then, he walked over to a huge panel full of knobs and dials, just like the one outside the chamber. After several seconds of twisting and adjusting dials, I heard a loud warbling.
Suddenly, the scenery around us changed, and it was a tropical jungle!
"We're gonna train here first" Adam smiles.
I was admiring the amazing surroundings, when suddenly Adam yelled, "Edward, think fast!"
Without warning, the ground beneath me changed into two gargantuan fists, and tried to clap me between themselves!
I barely managed to clap mine in time so I could transmute an opening in the palm of one of Adam's giant stone palms and jump out.
As I panted, I averted my gaze to Adam and bellowed, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT! YOU ALMOST KILLED ME YOU NUTCASE!"
"A likely story; even if you hadn't managed to escape my stone clap in time, I'd have healed you before you could begin to suffer" Adam replies nonchalantly.
"Well you could have killed me!" I scream.
"The point of that exercise was to gauge your physical strength and reaction time; you failed on both Edward. If you were an already trained Saiyan, I would have expected you to be able to smash those things with your bare hands with 12 feet between you to spare" Adam explains calmly.
As he said all those things, I stood there with my jaw hung open clear to the ground.
"Like King Kai told you, you won't recognize yourself after this training; unlocking your Ki will make you more powerful than you can possibly imagine" Adam says with a smile.
I was about to ask how he knew that King Kai had been talking to me, but he cut in mid thought and said, "Alright, now you try to use Alchemy against me Edward"
I decided now would be a chance to get back at him for his previous trick.
I quickly clapped my hands, and slammed them into the ground.
Instantly, the ground began to rumble toward him, and a giant pair of hands formed, then they smashed him between their palms.
"HA-DIRECT HIT!" I yell with triumph.
"You'd think so wouldn't you Edward" Adam whispers beside me.
Before I could even move my head, I felt a fist connect with my jaw and shatter it, sending me sprawling over 1000 feet, and through 12 trees, breaking over 20 bones and bruising countless organs.
"You're pathetic Edward; what would you do if you faced an opponent with that kind of power?" Adam chastises as he floats over me.
All I could do was moan pathetically as the pain consumed me.
Suddenly, there was a snap, and the pain was gone.
"We have A LOT of work to do Edward" Adam says with an annoyed tone.