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Previously on Part 8: Bardock finally revealed his identity to his son. Kageto got his body back after Fasha asked Destiny nicely. Kageto snapped and went beserk on Frieza but then stepped back out. Goku went to fight Frieza and Kageto looked forward in time but passed out from an excrutiating pain in his head when he reached a certain point in time. The story continues...
Part 9
"Kageeeeetoooo... Kageeeeeetooooo... Please wake up, Kageto."
Kageto was slowly regaining his consciousness and slowly opened his eyes wondering what happened. Fasha was standing over him trying to wake him up. The sky was dark which was unusual since it's always daytime on Namek.
"H-how long have I been out?" Kageto asked.
"I don't know," Fasha answered, "I was just flying back to the ship looking for you when I saw your body laying here. I thought you were dead."
"No, I passed out," Kageto said as he was slowly rising to his feet. He realized that they have resummoned the Dragon and he put two and two together. The Dragon being summoned is followed by a big chain of events. It means that Guru is alive again, all the Namekians plus Vegeta have been revived, Kakarot has achieved his Super Saiyan form and the planet is well on his way towards his own destruction.
"Damn it! I have been unconscious for way too long! I have unfinished business."
Kageto grabbed Fasha and used his Instant Transmission to lock on to Bardock's energy. He and Fasha appeared next to him inside of their ship and Kageto rushed over to the control panel.
"I am almost out of time. I must do this before..."
His voice trailed off as he was giving the ship a series of commands. He plotted a course to Earth and just as he finished all three of them suddenly disappeared on the spot. The ship lifted off by itself and was making his way to Earth.
Kageto, Fasha and Bardock suddenly found themself on a green field along with all the Namekians, Bulma, Vegeta, Gohan, Krillin and Piccolo.
"Hmm, that was a close call," Kageto said to no one in particular.
"What happened?" Bardock asked.
"They wished on the Dragon to bring everyone to Earth except Kakarot and Frieza."
"Why?"
"The planet will explode and they are fighting their final battle."
"What? You're telling me my son will die in that explosion?"
*Sigh* "Why don't you just look into the futur... Wait DON'T!"
Bardock was taken aback by this sudden outburst.
"Don't look into the future. I already did but then I felt a pain even more intense than the pain I felt when you traveled back in time. It was unbearable. It knocked me unconscious."
"Wait, you're actually saying that someone managed to travel through time?"
"That would be my first guess now that I'm more familiar with the situation. The thing is, I don't think I can go through that pain again. It was really devastating. I-I'm actually afraid of it. I'm afraid of what's coming. Not only for me, but for the two of you also. You will experience the same pain for an indefinite amount of time, because I have no idea of what will happen."
While talking they were walking over to the rest of the Z-Fighters. Vegeta was actually enjoying to be here.
"Vegeta, I'm glad you're alive," Kageto said to Vegeta, "Did you get to see Other World before they revived you? Last time I was there it had a long waiting line."
"No, I don't remember. Why are you here talking to me?"
"Vegeta, there is something I have to tell you. It's important so I need to speak with you alone."
"Hmph, fine," Vegeta said not too amused as he was rising to his feet. they walked over to a private spot near a tree not too far from there. "What is it that you wanted to tell me?"
"I-I have really been preparing for t-this moment. It's really hard for me to just say it but, I... am your... father's brother."
"W-what? My father has a brother?"
"Yes, I have been banned from the planet by the Tuffle King after I clearly won a match against your father. I have been holding back my past ever since I started my new life. I hated your father for countless reason but I think that even though you look like him, you are not him. You did try to be him but horribly failed. You can never be as evil as he was. I don't want that to happen to you, Vegeta. I have been watching over you, trying to find a way to make you a better Saiyan but I didn't because I couldn't. Try to understand that I just want the best for you. I'm the only family you have left and you're the only family I have left. I have to take care of you most of the time."
"Y-you're my uncle?" Vegeta stammered in disbelief, "You said b-before on Namek that you supervise Fate or something? What was that about?"
"I, Vegeta, am Destiny's warrior. I do Destiny's job which is to watch over the entire universe. Everything must go according to plan. Beside that, I am also the Supreme of our race. I am immortal and I will watch over the universe as long as I choose to."
"I-I can't b-believe it. How did you ever manage to..."
"... Become what I am now? Easy, I turned my life around and set my goals. I didn't let anyone stand in my way."
"Why are you here with us? Shouldn't you like be someplace like the center of the universe watching over everything at the same time or something?"
"No, I don't want to. Besides, it's easier to watch..." Kageto was going to say Kakarot but he thought twice about saying it. Vegeta is already too jealous of Goku. "... All of you up close than from afar."
"My father never talked about you. Why should I believe you?"
"Because we both know what a horrible Saiyan you're father was and how his words could not be trusted. He hated me ever since I defeated him in front of the very same Tuffle King he declared war against. And you think your father was a powerful, mighty, respected king who brings everyone to Justice. He used that word so much for his own selfish reasons that a chill runs through your spine everytime you hear it. Please believe me when I tell you that he's no role model."
"I-I-I don't know what to say. I just feel an urge to believe you. If it was someone else talking smack about my father I would have killed him by now, but with you I feel like I've known you for years and I know you wouldn't lie."
"Thank you, Vegeta, for listening to what I was desperately trying to get off my chest for so long. I have some things I must take care of. Maybe we can talk some other time."
"Hmm."
Kageto walked over to Bulma who on a cellphone was talking to his father.
"Yeah, okay, bye dad," Bulma said as she hung up the phone. She realized Kageto was standing next to her and proceeded to yell at him. "How could you guys leave me alone on an island on a far away planet in space? I woke up and Fasha was GONE! I had changed into a frog. A FROG! Then I almost got killed if it wasn't for Gohan catching me at the last possible SECOND!"
"We left you because those events were supposed to happen," Kageto began explaining Bulma the situation, "You were meant to change with Ginyu, you were meant to be saved by Gohan. We would have set up a chain reaction that would have changed the future if we would have stayed with you. What do you think is more important? YOUR LIFE or the future of COUNTLESS other people out there who a slight change in the future could change their lives? Huh?"
Kageto calmed down a little but a look of surprise and shame washed over Bulma's face.
"I'm sorry, Bulma, I'm taking out all my anger towards Frieza on you. I just came here to ask you a favor."
"Yes, what did you want me to do?" she asked timidly.
"Could you arrange a laboratory for my research?"
"A-a laboratory?"
"What? Did you think a fighter doesn't have any brains?"
"N-no, it's just..." she lied.
"No need to explain. I understand. So, can you do that for me?"
"Yes, sure I can."
"Okay, oh and I know what you are thinking about asking me. How could I ever have anything to do with research? I was interested in science when I was a teenager. I've had classes from Dr... from a doctor in the main laboratory. I could do everything with technology. Do you see this device on my wrist?"
"Yes, what is it?"
"I call it a Hunter. It's a fully operational super computer with it's own Operating System which I designed my self. It can connect to any electronic devices and kind of controls them. It works better if the device has the same Operating System. But that doesn't stop it. It can gain access to every detail in any higly secured computer within seconds."
"Y-you actually created that?"
"Yes, and I installed the Operating System in our spaceship that's on his way to Earth right now. It has voice recognition too. If you want I can intall it for you for free. I can record your voice, your father's, your mother's and of course some of the scientists. This is the most secure super computer in the universe. It fits half the length of your lower arm. How about it? I'll make one for you and update the ones back at Capsule Corporation in exchange for a laboratory. That's the least I can do. I can also share my results and new creations."
"T-t-this sounds amazing! I can't believe that our company is getting such a smart mind working for us."
"Uh..." Kageto said confused.
"This is gonne be great. You'll get a room and live with us, you'll give us a futuristic computer..."
"Technically we are already in the fu..."
"... And maybe design fully operational spaceships in less than a week with the speed you have."
"Bulma, snap OUT of it. I think you are making too much plans for now."
Slowly the light in Bulma's eyes were extinguished and she came back to reality.
"Oh, okay, my father will send some transportation vehicles to bring us there. I'll call the front desk and inform them of your arrival because you fly way faster. I'll tell them to prepare one of the empty unused labs for you. How big do you want it? We have a huge one and a medium one."
"I'll take the huge one."
"Ok then, I'll arrange it for you."
Bulma dialed a number and was soon giving instructions to whoever she was talking to. Kageto walked over to Bardock and Fasha who were enjoying the nature.
"All right, it's time to leave. We are going to the Capsule Corporation to check out my new lab and then we'll find a way to earn money so we can go shopping. These are hardly the proper clothes to be walking in public."
"How do you know so much about humans?"
"They are predictable. We have to adapt to their culture. Oh, and we must find a way to endure the damaged time period that's a few months away. Meanwhile we should lay low."
"What about Kakarot? Is he alright?" Bardock asked.
"Yes, he's fine. He'll escape the explosion at the last second. Let's go."
"Where are we going?" Fasha asked.
"West City."
Kageto charged his ki and shot upward. Bardock and Fasha were right behind him. They made their way to West City where it wasn't too hard finding Capsule Corporation. They landed on the big round square in front of the main entrance. They walked through the sliding doors and headed to the front desk.
"Good afternoon, may I he..." the front desk lady said before she interrupted herself to give Kageto and his crew a once over. "...lp you?"
"Yes, Miss Briefs has reserved a big lab for us."
"Yes, she has, please f ollow me." she said as she was walking towards a locked door. She put her pass in front of a scanner and the door opened with a beep.
"Please enter this room to register in the system. I have been informed to give you a high level security red card. There are three different cards: Green Cards for level 1 security, Blue Cards for level 2 security and Red Cards for level 3 security. You must input some information, fingerprint, DNA, and eye scan to recieve your cards."
"Ok, thanks. Did Miss Briefs mention anything about a system update?"
"Yes, are you also the ones to install the new security system?"
"Yes, and it's not a security system. It's an Operating System."
"Please forgive me. You can setup everything in this same chamber. It's also the control room to the entire facility. May I ask what the estimated time of completion is?"
"Less than an hour."
"Ok, I shall leave you to it. I trust that you know how to handle with your own Operating System when you complete it so it wouldn't be any problem registering yourselves in the system. Do any of you need something to drink?"
"No, thank you."
"If you need anything or have completed the installation, call me and I'll show you to your lab."
"Thank you, uh..."
"Melinda."
"Yeah, Melinda."
"See you soon," she said as she walked back to her desk.
"Ok, let's begin. If you two want to walk around you're welcome to do it. Please find a way to earn money if you do. Then go buy yourselves some clothes. When Bulma arrives, she'll show us where we're staying."
"Ok, Kageto, can you handle it all by yourself?" Bardock asked.
"Yeah sure, go have fun, you two."
Bardock and Fasha walked out of the room and made their way to West City. Kageto was clicking away on his Hunter.
"All right, initialize cloning sequence."
*BEEP* Initializing... Estimated time of completion: 10 minutes. Please stay within 1 mile range of device. *BEEP*
"Hmm, that was that. After this no one will need cards. I must create a Hunter for everyone in this place."
Kageto walked out to the front desk.
"Can you show me the way to my lab, please?"
"Yes, sir, right this way."
Melinda walked over to the opposite door and put her pass in front of the scanner. No respose.
"Oh, excuse me, allow me."
Kageto slided his finger on the screen of his Hunter and the door opened.
"It's still in the process of cloning, I'm sorry about that. It will be finished in approximately 10 minutes."
"Oh, that fast? I thought it would take hours. I was afraid the system would be down for sometime."
"No, it's only gonna take a while."
Melinda walked through a hallway to the door at the end of the hall.
"This is it, I believe you can enter by yourself. Miss Briefs told us to put the latest technology in it for you. You must be a very good friend of the Briefs family if they are willing to give you everything. That reminds me, they have also prepared a room for you and each your..."
"Crew."
"... crew in the main building."
"Thanks Melinda."
"You're welcome... Uh, do you mind?" she asked pointing at the door they came from who closed on it's own.
"Oh, sorry, I should have left it open."
Kageto slided his finger a few times on the screen and the door opened. Melinda walked back to the front desk. Kageto again tapped and slided on the screen and the door in front of him opened. He entered and gazed upon a complete laboratory with everything he would ever need for his inventions.
"This is worth getting used to."
"He turned his head to the left and saw a door leading outside.
"Hmm, it's own entrance and exit. Not bad, Bulma. How did they finish this place so fa... Oh, right, the capsules."
"Computer, Estimated time of completion?"
*Two minutes and twelve seconds*
"Hmm, what is that?" Kageto asked no one in particular as he walked over to a large control panel with a huge screen occupying half of the wall.
West City
Bardock and Fasha were walking through the busy streets of West City.
"This place is big. It's a shame that none of these humans can fly," Fasha remarked, "It would make their lives much easier."
"Yeah, I think so too."
Along the way everyone was eyeing them. Bardock and Fasha paid them no attention and they continued their way.
"Step right here," said an announcer in a megaphone, "and give it a try against the Amazing CRUSHER! You can win 10.000.000 Zeni if you last one minute against him. You there gentlemen, how about it? No, how about you?"
"That sounds like a great opportunity," Bardock said to Fasha.
"Yes, I think I'm going to give it a go."
"Why you?"
"I haven't really fought for a long time, Bardock, at least give me this chance."
"Alright, give him something he'll never forget."
"Anyone else want to go against CRUSHER?" the announcer screamed.
"I want to go against him," Fasha said as she stepped forward.
"No, I'm sorry, lady, no women allowed. It's for your own protection."
"I don't need your protection. I know how to fight."
"Don't get overconfident. You go against Crusher at your own risk."
"I know," she said in a sexy voice.
"Ladies and gentlemen. We have another competitor going against the Invincible CRUSHER!"
"Um, you might want to lose the Invincible, because when I'm done with him, he's gonna look Veeery DEFEATED!" Fasha said with a smile mimicking the announcer's voice.
The announcer turned different shades of red and turned to the crowd.
"Alright, we'll begin in 3...2...1... FIGHT!"
A giant heavy muscled man rushed towards Fasha bending over with the intention of lifting Fasha up and throw her out of the ring. Fasha did a cartwheel over the hunched over fighter and kicked him in his behind. He immediately stood straight and grabbed his buttocks while screaming in pain. The crowd was laughing at the sight of it. Crusher turned around and this time planned to storm her and pin her down but before he could grab her, she disappeared and appeared behind him. He looked at the empty spot in front of him wondering where Fasha might have gone when he felt himself getting lighter. Fasha's feather-like hands lifted him up and threw him backwards where he landed on his head. He laid there clutching his head when she approached him.
"Give up already, I win," she said.
"GRAAAAAH!" Crusher screamed as he stood up and stormed her. She lifted him up and threw him out of the ring.
"I-I-I c-can't b-believe it. T-t-this lady is the w-winner," the announcer said as he was slowly making a run for it.
"Where are you going?" Bardock asked as the announcer bumped into him trying to escape from Fasha, "You owe the lady 10.000.000 Zeni."
"Umm... Yeah, here, take it, leave me alone!" The announcer said as he threw him a bag of money and ran away.
"Hmph, impostor," Fasha said as she approached Bardock.
"You can say that again."
"Let's go shopping now!" she said with the excitement of a little girl.
Capsule Corporation
The transportation of the Namekians have arrived. Bulma led the way through the front door. The front door opened and out of the speakers a female voice said: "Welcome to Capsule Corporation."
"That's new," Bulma said surprised as she looked upward to where the voice came from, "I wonder where he is."
Just then Kageto came out of the west door to walk to the main computer room through the east door next to the front desk.
"Kageto! I'm so glad you finished. I assume the speakers were your idea?"
"No, the speakers were always there. I just gave them a purpose."
"I can't wait for you to show me what you've improved around here. I trust my father hasn't left his lab and didn't realize any change around here, huh?"
"Nope, he stayed in there the entire time. I didn't even get to personally meet him yet. Anyway, follow me."
Kageto led the way to the computer room while all the Namekians began filling up the lobby.
"Oh, before I go, make yourselves at home in the Atrium. It's those big sliding doors in front of you. Have fun!"
All the Namekians walked through the doors and the seven last ones were each carrying a large round stone. Dende was really admiring the place and looked at everything. Kageto and Bulma entered the computer room. The first thing Bulma noticed was the new display on the enormous screen.
"Wow, it's beautiful."
"That's not quite it's purpose but I agree. We must register you in the system to give you complete access to the entire facility. Please step onto this pad on the ground."
The moment she stepped on it there was a beep.
*Beep* Identifying...
Identification complete.
Bulma Briefs...
Power level: 3
Gender: Female
Register? Yes/No*
"Yes, full access."
*Full access registration...
Please put your palm on the scanner.
Scanning...
Scanning complete.
Please look through the eye scanner.
Scanning...
Scanning complete. Eye pattern saved.
Voice sample required. Please speak this sentence:
"The bird flew away through the window."
Voice sample saved.
Registration complete.*
A menu popped up on the screen with all the information of the entire facility.
"Wow, this is amazing! And you said it has voice recognition?"
"Yes, you can talk to it wherever you are with this."
Kageto held a Hunter in front of Bulma.
"Wow, I get one too? This is so awesome."
"Put it on."
Bulma put the flat device on her arm.
"Isn't it supposed to..."
The Hunter wrapped a comfortable sleeve-like material around her lower arm tightening itself around her arm. The screen adjusted to the width of her arm and it felt like her arm was wrapped in a pillow.
"Wow, you keep surprising me every second, Kageto. This thing is amazing."
"Your device and of course mine too is like a miniature version of this one," Kageto said while pointing at the big screen, "You have full clearance so you are able to gain access to everything you want. I am in the process of creating more Hunters for all the employees in Capsule Corp. For that purpose I created a sophisticated machine that mass produces it. I reconfigured all the card scanners next to every door and inplanted a proximity and recognition sensor in each one. Whenever you approach a door, it will recognize your eye pattern. If your eyes are not visible because you are wearing sunglasses or something, it will scan your Hunter code and still let you through. If you are not wearing your Hunter and your eyes are not visible, it will give you the option to scan your palm or it will ask you to say something. It doesn't matter what you say. It will recognize your voice. If you want to open the door from a distance, you just say so. With this Hunter you can control all electronic devices all around the facility. Even when you're not in the room or on the other side of the building, you can turn on the coffee machine or open any door anywhere."
"This is the best invention ever!"
"I know. Could you do me a favour? Can you go take care of Vegeta?"
"Oh, right, I was about to do that. Thanks for reminding me. He needs to take a shower. He stinks."
Bulma hurried out of the room. When she left, Kageto chuckled.
"Heh heh heh, Vegeta's going to have someone to take care of him. I don't know why he actually listens to her in the first place. Maybe because she's not afraid of him and actually stands up to him. But come on, Vegeta is infinitely stronger than her but he succumbs to her orders. I think he's in love. Ah, isn't that cute."
"It sure is," said Destiny in his mind.
"So, I finally hear from you after a few hours. How come you didn't say something before. I actually forgot you were still here."
"Ah, I was sleeping."
"You can sleep up there?"
"Oh, come on. I'm not some abnormal living thing that never sleeps."
"Oh. Sorry. I just assumed that you never slept."
"Yeah, I can understand why."
"So, don't you think Vegeta and Bulma make a perfect couple?"
"Yeah, especially when they have a child together."
"WHAT? They're going to have a child?"
"Yes, but you wouldn't know that because you can't look into the future with the timehole coming up. What you CAN do is READ MY BOOK and you'll figure it out. You'll also figure out why there's a hole in time. You should REALLY use my book more often."
"Alright, alright, I get your point. I will read the Book."
Kageto summoned the Book of Destiny and opened it. He leafed through it and found Vegeta's name. He read his future and then searched for Bulma. He read hers too and searched for someone else. He read the future of whoever he was looking for and he closed the Book.
"T-t-this is unbelievable. I-I-I just c-can't believe it. I must tell Fasha and Bardock as soon as I find them."
End of Part 9
Damn it. 13 pages. Hope you enjoyed this extended chapter. My maximum page limit just went down the drain. Who is this person Kageto found in the Book of Destiny? Find out in the next chapter of Kageto: The Supreme Saiyan and the Fate Protectors. kagetoworld yahoo .com
With the speed I'm writing I'm proud to announce that the next chapter will be posted soon.