Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest

Everyone: "AAAAAHHHH!"

Ninomiya: "I see a light! The exit is up ahead! Hold on, everyone!"

*escape pod reaches surface* *currently in mid-air*

Andromeda: "We're going to fall back down now! Get ready!"

*escape pod falls to ground*

Andromeda: "Hngh! Phew… made it… well… Sakura…"

Chapter 19: Soul Biohazard

Dr. Joaquin took the ultimate life form chemical to transform into a radioactive monster! Just before he could kill our heroes, Isaac and Rufus made their final action. They exploded themselves with a bomb of nuclear power, taking Dr. Joaquin with them. Now, Sakura, Ninomiya, and Andromeda are outside Morph-Fluid Corporation, in what seemed to be some fields, full of peace and quiet. But our heroes had something else on their mind...

Sakura: *crying* "I…Isaac… R… Rufus…" *sob* "They… they were innocent… they went through… so much… I should… I should have done something…! WAAAHHH!" *hugs Ninomiya and cries on his shoulder*

Ninomiya: "Sakura… go ahead. Cry as much as you need to."

Andromeda: "… damn it! Why did this have to happen?!"

Ninomiya: "The creator was killed by his own creation. Karma did its job. Now, all we can do is move on."

Sakura: *sob* "Move… on… I… I know… but… can we… can we do something… in memory of Isaac and Rufus…? It's the least we can… do for them… now…" *sob*

Andromeda: "A memorial sign for them… yes… it would be perfect."

Ninomiya: "But what kind of memorial should we do?"

Sakura: *sob* "Let's… let's check the area. There must be… something we can use."

Sakura's cries diminished, although still present. Our heroes walked through the fields. They went up and down, left and right, looking for the perfect gift for the late Isaac and Rufus. Since the area resembled some plains, trees were relatively small, and rivers and lakes were not something to raise excitement. As they walked, they noticed that there were several animals in the previously-deserted area.

Andromeda: "Wild life in here is so varied! Deer, rabbits, mice, eagles, bears, cows, fish in the water, wolves, frogs, etc."

Ninomiya: "Bears and wolves… eagles and mice… aren't those bad combinations?"

Andromeda: "Well, as long as we don't get close to them when they're killing each other, it's perfectly safe." *eagle kills mouse in the distance*

Sakura: "There has to be somewhere that seems appropriate for Isaac and Rufus' burial!"

Just then, Sakura faced towards a very peculiar part of the field. They went closer, and were amazed. It was a flower circle, filled with every kind of flower imaginable! There were roses, violets, dandelions, dragon flowers, jasmines, foxgloves, etc. The beauty of it all caused Sakura to make the highest-pitched squeak ever heard in the Milky Way.

Ninomiya: *blocking ears with hands* "Oh, my freakin'… that made my head buzz!"

Andromeda: "… meh. The Andromeda galaxy has worse."

Sakura: "Guys, this place is perfect! I'm sure Isaac and Rufus would agree if they were here! Now, we need to make something that represents them."

Andromeda: "How about a sculpture?"

Sakura: "Yeah! That sounds perfect! OK, let's go get a dog-sized rock!"

And so, Sakura, Ninomiya, and Andromeda walked in different directions looking for a rock about the size of Isaac and Rufus. Unfortunately, they could only find small pebbles. Save for one, gigantic, heavy, difficult-to-break rock.

Sakura: "This is the only rock that doesn't fit in the palm of my hand."

Andromeda: "Well… I guess we're going to have to use some other obje—"

Sakura: "HYAAA!"

Using her tail, Sakura cut the giant rock to about the size of a dog!

Ninomiya: "Sakura, how come you're so good with these kinds of calculations if you never took Advanced Math?!"

Sakura: "Because barely anyone uses math learned after sixth grade."

Andromeda: "… true."

Now that the rock was the right size, our heroes used the remaining part of the rock and some wood to create hammers and sculpting gadgets. Unexplainably, Sakura and Andromeda were great sculptors! Ninomiya, however, was a beginner… actually, he wasn't even a beginner, he was just a zero to the left. Instead of sculpting, Ninomiya provided Sakura and Andromeda with food, since it was the best he could do at the time.

Ninomiya: "You girls want these two peaches?"

Andromeda: "Actually, I'm more in the mood for bread."

Ninomiya: "OK. And you, Sakura?"

Sakura: "How about some rice balls?"

Ninomiya: "Alright… wait, when did we re-supply? I don't remember us having this much food."

Andromeda: "Some escape pods had supplies. I figured the animals would prefer the taste of each other's heads over rice and bread, so I went ahead and took them."

Sakura: "It's done!"

Finally, the sculpture was done. It looked exactly like Isaac and Rufus! Our heroes took the sculpture and put it at the center of the flower field they found earlier. Once they did, the surrounding animals approached to observe the master piece. It was a very beautiful and peaceful scene, worthy of the late Isaac and Rufus.

Andromeda: "Look at all the animals! They must know that it was Isaac and Rufus who saved us all! How kind of them to join the funeral!"

Ninomiya: "They even stopped killing each other for this!"

Andromeda: "… (My god, does Ninomiya know how to ruin the mood…)"

Meanwhile, under all the ruble of the ex-Morph-Fluid Corporation...

"…" *arm raises* "Grr…" *moves ruble out of way* "… RAR!" *runs like an animal*

15 minutes later

Sakura and the others have been praying good luck in heaven to the sculpture of Isaac and Rufus for 15 minutes. All the animals have remained silent as well.

Sakura: "Isaac… Rufus… we know you're in heaven… and we pray for you the best of luck. Be happy and never forget your friends: Andromeda Cosmos, Ninomiya Ikeda, and myself, Sakura Ikeda…"

Andromeda: "I think that's good enough. We can't spend much time in here. Dazper City should be no more than two hours from here."

Ninomiya: "Andromeda's right. We better hurry since it will get dark soo—"

Distant, echoing voice: "GGGGRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Ninomiya: "Whoa! What was that?!"

Andromeda: "It sounds like… DAAAAMN IIIIIIITT!"

Sakura: "It came from where I think it came from, didn't it…?"

This scream sparked great fear on our heroes! We could keep it a secret until the beast actually gets to them, but since it's so obvious, it was Joaquin! He was still alive, although badly injured from the explosion. When our heroes arrived, they saw a monstrous Joaquin, screaming in anger and ready to obliterate all around him.

Andromeda: "How the hell did that guy survive?! It was a nuclear explosion, for God's sake!"

Sakura: "Isaac and Rufus sacrificed themselves for nothing?! Damn that guy!"

You know things are going to get nasty when Sakura curses.

Ninomiya: "It's coming after us! What do we do?!"

Andromeda: "We fight! It's going to keep chasing after us until it kills us, so we might as well do this now. Besides, the explosion did appear to weaken Joaquin somewhat."

Ninomiya: "And do we have a plan?!"

Andromeda: "Nope."

Sakura: "Alright, let's do this for Isaac and Rufus!"

Our heroes charged at the monster! Unlike last time, they were actually able to fight their enemy properly. Yet, they were still at a disadvantage, as Joaquin's massive size was too much for our heroes to withstand.

Ninomiya: "No way! This guy's a monster! … I mean… a monstrous monster! … I mean…"

Andromeda: "A blood-thirsty foe wanting to devour our heads, I know. There must be a way to… hey, look, the animals!"

Every single animal in the area surrounded Joaquin! They all began attacking, hoping to overwhelm the monster with their numbers! It appeared to be working!

Ninomiya: "The wildlife used Ambush Attack! It's super effective!"

Andromeda: "Oh no! Joaquin got even angrier and is throwing the animals all over the place!"

Ninomiya: "… (Damn it, I need to stop making comments…)"

Andromeda: "Alright… it's now or never! METEOR SUMMONING!"

Andromeda charged at the monster, slashing its arm with her powerful weapon. She managed to deal great damage, even cutting its arm off and destroying it with the meteor, making sure that it doesn't recover it, in case Joaquin had the ability to impale his arm back (which would be disgusting, makes me wonder why this fan fiction isn't rated M…). However, Andromeda was then struck by Joaquin's other arm, knocking her away, unconscious.

Sakura: "NO! ANDROMEDA!"

Ninomiya: "How dare you, Joaquin! Take this! PANDEMONIUM WHIRLWIND!"

It was Ninomiya's turn. He used his (stolen) signature move, Pandemonium Whirlwind. The strong winds and rapid slashes from Ninomiya's sword also damaged Joaquin considerably. Ninomiya managed to cut Joaquin's other arm off, cutting it into little, tiny pieces to render it useless. But Joaquin still had his feet, which he used to stomp Ninomiya. The stomp almost killed Ninomiya, but it knocked him out cold instead!

Andromeda, Ninomiya, and all of the wildlife had been defeated. All that stood now was a raging, gigantic creature, and the lonely Sakura. There was no one left to help her, and with Joaquin's power, it all seemed lost.

Sakura: "No! Andromeda! Ninomiya! … grrr! Isaac! Rufus! EVERYONE!"

Monster Joaquin: "GRRRAAAAHHHH!"

Sakura: "Why… why does this have to happen?! I… I never saw the truth outside of Waterleaf Village… All of the innocent people have to fight for survival, even to the point where they sacrifice themselves for others. While all the bad people… all the bad people get the power and riches and everything! No! It's… it's not fair! Because of one evil entity, all of my friends have had to suffer, have had to fight involuntarily, have had to be part of a stupid war! I thought there was a balance between good and evil! I thought the good were rewarded and the evil were punished! Must this life be so cruel?! Is the true way... the evil way?!"

Never before had Sakura gone into such deep thinking. Her life-long beliefs seemed to be all vanished. These ideas upset Sakura tremendously. But as she thought of the evil way being the truthful way, she looked back at Joaquin and remembered King Avarez.

Sakura: "No… the evil way is not the way, either. King Avarez, Sizere, Dr. Joaquin, all of them ultimately suffered a horrible destiny, too. And was it worth it? Was it worth living an inferno to develop an evil mind and gain unreal power? Just to end up like the rest?! NO! Reality can't be this cruel! I don't want to believe it is! This is… I can't…! AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Monster Joaquin: "RRRAAAAARRRR!" *begins charging mouth laser*

Sakura: "Are we all just going to die?! This can't be the end of it! I will… I will change it! My destiny won't fall to this!" *jumps really high in the air* *gathers A LOT of red energy on both hands* *puts hands together* "OVERSOUL FLASH!"

At the same time, Joaquin fired a massive blue laser from its mouth towards Sakura, and Sakura fired an extremely powerful red beam towards Joaquin. Sakura's beam was an unknown move, even to her, but her mind just guided her to its casting, even the name. The read beam divided into two, whirling around each other like spirals. Seconds before the Oversoul Flash clashed with the laser, the two beams spread out enough to surround the laser. Once the laser was captured by the beams, Sakura raised her hands towards the sky, sending both the Oversoul Flash and the laser inside it to the clouds. Up there, the beams and laser became a single, gigantic blue sphere with red sparks around it! Then, Sakura swung her hands downwards. The blue sphere fired an even bigger beam, bigger than the Oversoul Flash and Joaquin's laser together (about as wide as a soccer stadium). The beam struck Joaquin with immeasurable power, completely disintegrating the monster! Now, all that stood on Joaquin's place were ashes, blown away by the wind. Sakura fell back down to the floor, exhausted.

Sakura: "I… I made it… everyone… ugh…" *faints*

One hour later

*gasp* "Oh no! What happened here?! A swordsman, a warrior princess, and a girl with… a tail… too? Bah! It doesn't matter! I have to take them home! They might still make it!"

A mysterious teenage girl appeared to our heroes' rescue. She gathered them all, seemingly without much problem, and took them to her home. Who could this new character be? Will our heroes heal after this epic battle? Find out next time on Lost Origin: A Saiyan's Quest!

To be continued…

Bonus skit

While Sakura and the others pray for Isaac and Rufus in Heaven, Isaac and Rufus arrive Heaven.

Isaac: "Oh… god… Rufus? Well, we're still in the same bod—whoa! Is this… Heaven?!"

"Hello, Isaac, Rufus."

Isaac: "Are you… are you God?!"

"Ahahaha, no. I'm just a normal angel, greeting people over here. Anyways, welcome to Heaven. It's like Earth, but with less bad people."

Isaac: "Oh, really? Well… this is certainly not what I expected."

Angel dude: "Oh, just wait till you get to visit Hell. It's quite comfy over there, opposite of what people think. Also, feel at home, but don't make more friends than you would in a year. Because you'll probably be reincarnated by then."

Isaac: "We can reincarnate?"

Angel dude: "If you sign the Reincarnation Certificate, yes."

Isaac: "You know, you don't seem like the kind of benevolent, well-spoken angel I'd expect from Heaven's gate."

Angel dude: "Relaaaax, dude! Once you're in, all you have to do is sit back and enjoy the view, with all the hot chicks, and the beach, and surfing, and 70's music... so smooooooth..."

*facepaw*