Disclaimer: I own none of the Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT (thankfully), or Dragon Ball Super franchises. These all belong to their respective creators and I hold no claim over them.
AN: This chapter is different in the fact that it will just be a continuation of chapter 2, I will warn all of you in the future of chapters like this. Please review and enjoy.
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Vegeta scowled as he lifted himself off the ground towards the training ground floor, intent on wiping that cocky smirk off of his general's face. In the inside he was excited for the spar, in fact he looked forward to it every time they scheduled one. After their last battle 4 months ago that resulted in the unfortunate loss of the prince's armor, he had been training as hard as he could. His power level was now 2,800 compared to Rugu's 1,470 and he had a new attack that hopefully could take out Rugu in one shot if it hit.
Despite the 1,330 difference in power levels, Vegeta knew better than to underestimate his friend. After all, he just took out a saiyan with a power level of 900 like it was nothing. Speaking of which, Vegeta planned on making him a meta-elite as soon as he reached the minimum power level of 3,000. Vegeta allowed himself a smirk as he thought of the power levels of saiyans. His father had the highest with 5,500, then Nappa with 4,600, and finally Bardock with 4,000. In only a few years he would surpass all of them easily.
"Hey Vegete, I know my magnificence is blinding but you should really pay attention," Rugu said with that smirk still on his face. Vegeta didn't know just how annoying having that smirk directed at him would feel like when he taught Rugu how to do it, but he regretted it ever since.
"Let's get started then. Loser has to do the other's chores for a month," Vegeta said with his own smirk beginning to set in. Rugu didn't even respond and just raised his hand up towards Vegeta before pointing four fingers towards him.
"Well then, let me show you the original version of the Riot Javelin," Rugu said calmly. A ball of energy formed in front of each of his fingers before combining into a single, pointed mass of energy capable of piercing through almost anything. "Retribution Spear!" Rugu shouted as his attack shot towards Vegeta at high speeds. Right before it hit him, Vegeta hit it in the side and managed to completely change its trajectory. Rugu clicked his tongue in annoyance as it hit the wall, going halfway through it, it would have gone clean through if King Vegeta hadn't recently reinforced them. This was why Bardock rarely, if ever, used the Retribution Spear in battle. While having great piercing power, it had one major weakness. Its sides were completely unguarded and could do no damage so it was painfully easy to block or bat away as long as the defender didn't touch the point.
"Ha!" Vegeta laughed. "You should have known that I would research every attack you've learned for this battle. I know how to defend against any attack you can throw at me." Rugu simply frowned and shot an energy blast towards the floor to cause a smokescreen. However, before he could do anything, Vegeta had used his energy to propel the smoke away and pointed his finger towards Rugu like a gun. "Bang Beam," he stated as a beam shot from his index finger towards Rugu.
Rugu scoffed and put his hand out towards him and firing a Gyro Ball that went through the beam and continued towards Vegeta. The condensed energy that made it grey in color made it to where Vegeta had no choice but to dodge, or so he thought. "Right back at you!" Vegeta yelled as he brought his hands above his head before shooting them back in front of them and yelling, "Here's a new one! Galick Gun!" A concentrated purple beam shot out and hit the Gyro Ball technique, forcing it back to Rugu and combining with it midway to form a Gyro Ball surrounded by the purple energy shooting straight towards Rugu.
"Well shit," Rugu said as he flew above the beam and looked down at his opponent. The beam shot straight through the wall of the training room where Bardock and Nappa were fighting, shooting right in the middle of the two. The fighters just looked at the hole briefly before Bardock punched Nappa in the face, reinstating the fight.
"God damn it!" the king yelled out at the two. "Can't you two boys go one day without destroying a room in my palace?! Do you know how expensive walls are?! You know what? Don't answer that, the loser will have to pay for it from their allowance." Before Vegeta could say anything, Rugu came in with a knee to Vegeta's gut and a backhand towards another wall.
Vegeta growled and straightened himself before having to dodge a blue energy attack of some king that left a deep cut in the wall. "What in the world was that?" the prince asked to himself.
"That is what I call Psycho Cut," Rugu said, his voice becoming more serious. "I developed it while training with my Razor Wind for a single powerful attack instead of the previous five smaller ones. You'll see I have a couple of other new attacks that only you will have seen." Rugu swung an outstretched arm with his hand fully extended towards Vegeta, sending another Psycho Cut towards him.
Vegeta was forced to dodge, but was caught by surprise when it suddenly became twice as big and put a small cut on his cheek. He smirked as he stopped holding back as well, the warm up was over. He began to shoot multiple ki blasts rapidly before raising his hands up towards the side. He was going to stop this now with a high powered Galick Gun. Right when Rugu broke through the smoke form the blasts, Vegeta fired his attack at full force. Rugu saw it coming and was too slow to dodge so he quickly charged up his strongest attack and sent it towards the beam of purple death. "Kami no Kuchiku-kan!"(this is Japanese for god destroyer, I thought that if a lot of other characters got Japanese attacks then Rugu would feel left out). A large beam almost the size of the Galick Gun shot from Rugu's two hands and into the beam. His attack had a huge edge on the front of the ki blast and thorn like extensions along the side of it as well. This made it to where it could not be batted away like his Rebellion Spear and also able to pierce through most things.
Vegeta grunted as he pushed harder against his opponent and managed to push the ki attack further and further away from himself. Rugu cursed aloud and used his Razor Wind attack to cut at Vegeta's legs, leaving small slashes across them and making him lose his balance. The attacks became even once again until they both exploded and released a large energy wave that upturned some floor tiles and left cracks in the walls. "That was a dirty trick…" Vegeta groaned as he shakily stood up.
"Heh, you should know by now that any attack is clean as long as they work…" Rugu said as he also stood up with some difficulty. King Vegeta silently tapped on his scouter and read both their power levels. Vegeta was at 1,000 and Rugu was at 480 after that last attack. He could tell that Rugu was already thinking of a plan of action to defeat Vegeta, but he also knew that if this was an actual battle Rugu would have already won. The two had agreed on no dismembering limbs, and if Rugu had cut off Vegeta's legs instead of small cuts then his blast would have won and killed the young prince. It looked like the prince knew it too and was a mixture of being proud of his friend and angry at his pride being hurt in front of his father.
Rugu stood up and flexed his hand, causing energy to run through it and surround the appendage. "This is a contact attack," Rugu said calmly. "Prepare yourself." Ki raced down Rugu's arm and collected into a blade that surrounded his entire arm. Vegeta prepared to block Rugu from rushing towards him so was surprised when the blade shot through his shoulder after Rugu softly saying, "Kami's Arrowhead." As Vegeta fell towards the ground he aimed a Bang Beam right towards Rugu's chest and fired. Rugu was able to keep it from doing any lethal damage but still was launched across the room and knocked out.
Vegeta hit the ground next before softly laughing and saying, "Well, looks like I win…"
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Vegeta woke up blearily and looked around warily. He was in a Healing Pod in the medical room of the palace. To his right was Rugu who seemed to be waking up also and to his left was Bardock who was already out and suiting up, flanked by Nappa. Vegeta and Rugu's pods both opened up and the two put on their armor. Vegeta had his usual royal armor with a blue scouter, fixed up and freshly polished of course, while Rugu had his old armor with a red cape and a red scouter. Vegeta's cape was a deeper red and reached to his back while Rugu's was a bit lighter and was cut off to a point near the bottom.
Bardock looked at the two strangely and pressed his scouter to see if they got any increase to their power levels. Sure enough, Vegeta was now at 3,300 with Rugu trailing at 2,100. Bardock himself was probably at Nappa's old level and Nappa himself saw a 400 level increase. He really did love saiyan power level increases…
"You two, follow me," Bardock commanded simply before walking away. The two followed closely, both ignoring the fact that he was probably the person who respected rank the least in the entire galaxy. They had learned that trying to reprimand him on it only resulted in a "special" training session where he said he'd respect them when they earned it. "I received clearance from General Nappa to take you two on a purge mission on planet N-3192. This planet is also known as Farasil and has some troublesome warriors known as mages. Their power levels are not very high, but they have special techniques that allow them to use elements like fire, water, and even the air in battle. We have two weeks to destroy them, travel will take 5 days. I have been chosen as squad leader. Rugu what do you think we should do?"
If Rugu was surprised that Bardock was asking him what to do surprised him, he didn't show it. While battling them and taking their time gave them more time to test out abilities and become stronger, turning into Great Apes would let them purge the entire planet in 1-3 days. Usually he would choose the first option, but with these strange techniques he would like to purge the planet and then use the remaining time to learn all he can form the ruins of the town. Little did he know that this would become a common trait for him and earn him a feared and respected monomer in only a few years. "I say we go ahead and turn into Great Apes, wasting no time. If there is not a full moon then we should create the Power Ball to transform. Afterwards we can use the remaining time to see if there are any interesting techniques in the ruins."
"Why?" Vegeta asked questionably. "Their techniques must be weak if we can kill them all."
"Well, if someone stronger uses them, then they can become much more useful. There are some opponents that ki blasts probably won't work against, so using an elemental attack, which is probably a variation on ki attacks, could work instead. Although most of them would probably be destroyed in the purge, it would be a necessary sacrifice to being able to have enough time to get as many as possible. Getting there would take 5 days, purging 1-2, so we would have 2 more days to use on searching instead of fighting the remaining survivors and would be able to go back home before 2 weeks have passed."
Bardock and Vegeta both agreed with Rugu's argument and continued to walk towards their space pods that would take them to Farasil. As they walked the prince and meta-elite thought about the benefits of having Rugu on their team and their battle plans while Rugu was thinking about strategies to use on the planet and what he might be able to find on it.
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"Zarbon, what is the status on the Rugu monkey?" Frieza asked his subordinate. Ever since he heard of the boy he had been almost as interested in him as he had been the prince. If he played his cards right he could get both the prince and the young general. He would break Vegeta's pride and Rugu's mind, making them both into emotionless killers that would only answer to him. He would simply beat Vegeta and make Rugu watch him doing it. Not being able to do anything to save the person he was supposed to protect would destroy him, and a clever word here and there would force him to his side. Maybe convincing Rugu to come to his side to stop hurting his friend would work…
"He is now completely healthy my lord, and more powerful. Currently he is heading to planet N-3192 like you commanded to purge it for sale. Speaking of which, may I ask why you sent him there?" Zarbon asked the lord.
"Well, I plan on destroying the planet in a few years, unfortunately sooner than I planned thanks to Beerus' recent visit… And I want to see if Rugu is worth my time?"
"What do you mean my lord?" Dodoria asked. "How can a foolish monkey be any more interesting?"
"You see Dodoria, I allowed a little tidbit of information to slip through to his ears. Usually all they would know is that there is a planet with strange warriors, but I told them their unique attacks. The average saiyan would just destroy the planet one city at a time to increase their power level, but a smart being would try to learn the unique skill in case they needed it. The only thing about this boy that interests me is his brain, so if he acts like every other saiyan then he might as well die with the rest of his race. But, if he is smart enough to learn…then he will become a very interesting subject…"
"I see Lord Frieza. May I have some fun with the monkey as well?" Dodoria chuckled evilly.
"Why of course my minion…this will be a team effort after all. But I have an especially fun plan in store for the child, and you will be a big part of it."
The two subordinates smirked as their lord cackled, sadistic intentions for the future forming in his mind.
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AN: a quick update for you guys. With Christmas Break finally rolling around I will have much more time to write. Next chapter will see Bardock, Rugu, and Vegeta on planet Farasil to take part in their first purge. Ahhh it's such a sad day when the little saiyan blows up the nest *sniffs* I get tears just thinking about it. Also, what is Frieza planning for our young general? Oh, one more thing, Rugu is not as strong as Vegeta, but his willingness to use dirty moves and his mind for strategy makes him the winner in a real fight between the two, but his tricks are almost always lethal so in a friendly spar he loses as you saw (But barely). Tell me what you guys think of the fight scene, too short? Not short enough? Anyway, see ya next chapter. Ja Ne!