Ancient Wars and the Wars yet to Come

Piccolo cracked his neck as Lord Slug looked on with a smug look on his face. Piccolo "So whose going to start you or me?" Lord Slug "I don't know been awhile since I killed my own prey. Normal I have someone else do it for me or let the climate change I bring on do it. So it's been awhile." (Chuckles) "You chose."

Vegeta "I'm going to have to stop you right there." The two look up towards to see Vegeta in his still slightly broken royal armor. Continuing "Now I'm hoping you're not about to start a fight without me."

Piccolo "Vegeta." Vegeta "That's Prince Vegeta to you slug." Lord Slug "But I didn't say anything." Vegeta "Huh?" Lord Slug "You just said… O I get it you were talking to him." Vegeta "Your name is Slug?" Lord Slug "Yeah." Vegeta "O I see." Lord Slug "I guess this is kind of awkward."

Vegeta "Yeah…" (Back to the loud tough talk) "Now green man this is my quarry shove off." Piccolo "Yeah No. I don't care who you think you are. This is my planet and I'm going to defend it!" Vegeta "Like you could stop me."

Piccolo and Vegeta have a stare down while Lord Slug looks quite bored and irritated by the lack of punching. Lord Slug "Alright this is starting to irritate me. Are one you of you going to punch me nor not?"

Krillin "Hey Piccolo just let Vegeta fight him. He wants to and every second the planet comes closer to death. If he's not strong enough you'll get your turn in anyways." Piccolo sneers at what Krillin had to say but he looks at Vegeta then Lord Slug. Piccolo spits and then nods his head surrendering the fight.

Vegeta grins as he lands on the roof of the spaceship arms folded and eyes focused. Vegeta "So Slug is it?" Lord Slug shakes his head and says "Lord Slug." Vegeta's head dips a little "My apologizes. 'Lord' Slug do you have any last requests of me before I end you?"

Lord Slug "None. I'm not one for sentimentality and besides the universe isn't about to end so I don't see how I'm about to die." Vegeta "I can show you if you wish?" Lord Slug "Certainly I am in desperate need of some sort of test for my rejuvenated body. So bring it." Vegeta "O I shall and you shall regret challenging the Prince of All Saiyans."

Vegeta begins to spark with energy the cloud around the spot are pushed away the white aura grows in size and the Z-fighters are taken aback. Piccolo thinking "He's now stronger then when he fought Cooler. How? These Saiyans are like a bottomless pit of energy their never seems to be an end to it."

Vegeta is in a millisecond over to Lord Slug faster than the fallen one could follow. Vegeta's fist gets lodged deep in Lord Slug gut to the point that Vegeta pushes a bunch of the flesh into Lord Slug's back making it visible. Lord Slug has the air knocked out of him and some purple blood squirts out of his mouth.

Lord Slug takes a step back from Vegeta as his entire body seems to be feeling the effects of the punch. Vegeta retracts his arm back to his side and asks "Regretting challenging me yet?" Lord Slug too caught up in this own pain fails to response just continue to gasp for air. Vegeta "Well I guess I will just have to step it up a bit."

Vegeta smashes his face and then bashes him with the ship beneath them buckling under the pressure created by the fight. Vegeta punches him in the face then sending him speeding towards the ruined buildings of Central City. Vegeta speeds off after his limp body with energy of his aura causing the entire top half of Lord Slug's ship to collapse.

As Lord Slug is hurling towards the ground Vegeta gets a few more hits in until he hits the Palace building in the center of the City bursting though it smashing into the blackened lawn of Palace.

Krillin "Holy" (mouths 'shit' pauses then asks) "He is on our side right?" Launch "Damn!" Kunlun trembling a bit "Gosh Vegeta's powerful." Suno "Wow! Go Vegeta I guess?" Tien and Piccolo look at each other with concerned look.

Vegeta lands on the lawn as Lord Slug is picking himself back up from his crater. The Palace crumbles in the background. Vegeta "I must so you have sir some of the worst timing in the universe. Any normal day I would have given a single fuck about you killing this planet. But you tired doing it while I'm here and at the moment nowhere else to go. It's just bad timing."

Lord Slug out loud "How is this happening? I was rejuvenated. I should be invincible! What is going on here!?" Vegeta chuckles "What is happening Lord Slug is that you have meet your better today and your better is going to kill you." Lord Slug "I didn't spend hundreds of years in exile plotting my revenge on my people just to lose to a spoiled little prince like you!"

Lord Slug's clothing rips as his arm extents rushing towards Vegeta. Vegeta jumps backwards and starts dodging the speeding appendage. While is earns some surprise from Vegeta it earns gasps from the Z-fighters as they get a look at his elbow and the move itself.

Piccolo mumbles to himself "Cousin." Piccolo to the group "He's a Namekian." The others look at him then look back at Lord Slug in confusion. Lord Slug slips back into position his hand goes to his head and he rips of his helmet off revealing his bald head and antennae.

Escarole wakes out suddenly with all of her wounds gone. She looks up to see Dende having healed her and Yamcha standing over her smiling. Dende meanwhile was looking far less sure of what he was witnessing.

Yamcha his right hand behind his head "Well welcome back to the world of the living. Not that you died mind you but it was close before Dr… Dende was it? (Yamcha looks to Dende and Dende nods yes Yamcha turns back to Escarole) here saved you."

Escarole looks to Dende and seems to have a fight with herself about what to say. Dende backs away a bit as he begins to worry that she is about to attack him. Escarole "Thank you… For taking you sweet damn time and waiting until I was almost dead before finely bothering to help."

Dende head drops and Yamcha shakes his head. Yamcha "Sorry kid she's thankful. She just has a real piss poor way of showing it." Escarole "Don't ever speak for me pretty boy." She gets up to see Bulma, the Colonel, Moori and five other Namekians looking on.

Escarole "So more green men." Moori "Dr. Brief sent us out to look for his daughter and we were looking to repay the kindness that humanity has shown us by helping in any way we can." Colonel Stryker "I think I can safety speak for humanity right now as a whole by saying your help is greatly appreciated in this our darkest hour."

Bulma "I can vouch for that." Escarole "Well isn't that just heartwarming maybe we should all get into a drum circle and sing a song. Weaklings." Yamcha "You realize that it was a weakling as you put it that just saved your life." Escarole "Whatever I got better things to do." Moori "Wait. I must tell you of this evil." Escarole "Make it quick! I have said evil to kill."

Moori "I believe the villain doing this is a Namekian. To be precise a Super Namekian. One of a hand full of our kind that rejected our peaceful way of life and tried to take over our world. Instead of worshiping the kais they sought to bind themselves to the demon realm. They formed a burning legion they destroyed our ancient civilization and nearly enslaved our kind to demons realm. Thanks to the kais and the dragon ball we banished them. The Burning Legion how ever went on to spread chaos and misery around the universe. They all however began dying many years ago from extreme old age. This I believe is the last of the legion come to finish our people off for not worshiping their demons."

Colonel Stryker "So there was even more chaos and death in the universe before the Saiyans and Frost Demons?" Moori nods. Colonel Stryker thinking "The fish creature seemed to worship these Super Namekians. God! We were so unprepared. It's a universe full of monsters and were all helpless children. Anyone can strolls up and slaughter us. Until now it has been dumb luck and chance saving us. We need something more. Something to give all of mankind the abilities of these monsters."

Escarole "So what? All I'm hearing is I'm about to fight a really old slug that unlike your lot has a spine.' Moori "I don't think you fully grasp the gravity of the situation." Escarole "Look you can guard the Earthlings while I take care of your bogey man."

Escarole goes to take off when Yamcha yells "Wait!" Escarole annoyed "What is it now?" Yamcha "I'm coming with you." Escarole scoffs "Did you just forget about the fact you just got your ass handed to you by some cannon folder."

Yamcha "Look I know I'm not the strongest around but you're going to need help" (far more authoritatively) "and I don't take orders from you." Escarole turns from and says "Fine." She takes off full speed. Yamcha then takes off after her.

Colonel Stryker "You know for being the person that killed him. Your ex seems to be rather chummy with the Princess." Bulma looks at him shocked "Okay couple of question come to mind. Number one how did you know me and Yamcha were dating at one point? Number two who do you know were now broken up.? And number three what are you implying?

Colonel Stryker "The answer to the first two is that I'm a spy and you're a high value asset and three I don't know just noticing something weird to me is all." Bulma "What a second are you implying the possibility that Yamcha wants to get with the Princess." Colonel Stryker "Nope just saying it weird and all."

Bulma thinking "Well I kind of thought I didn't like Princess Murderer but if Yamcha likes her than I guess I'm going to have to help because Yamcha is going need all the help he can get with that piece of work. Bulma genius in both science and love." She suddenly developed a grin with a maniacal nature upon her face.

Colonel Stryker noticing Bulma and her look sweats a bit sighs them mumbles "Should have kept my mouth shut I just needlessly complicated things didn't I." Colonel Stryker thinking "Sorry pal I just made your life ten times harder. My bad."

Random Namekian in a whisper "Man this relationship things these aliens have to go through seem awfully strange Elder." Moori "Yeah glad we don't have to go through that nonsense." Different Random Namekian "I just can follow any of it." Moori "I don't think were supposed to." Random Namekian "Punching seems easier." Moori "It is. We desperately need a new home away from these crazies." They nod their heads in agreement.

Lord Slug "Very well I will show you monkey who I really am." Lord Slug begins to grow in size and in power as Vegeta looks on. The other Z-fighters gasp as Lord Slug is soon the size of Godzilla. The monster's clothes grow with him. He fails to grow larger than the Tree of Might but still is an impressive sight to say the least.

In Lord Slug's new booming voice towering above Vegeta "Now shall can we continue little Monkey?"Vegeta grins his teeth a bit at that comment and with all of his might he punches Lord Slug in the leg. Lord Slug shakes a bit but doesn't fall. Vegeta looks to him in shock as Lord Slug looks down and says "And I thought you were short before but now you are just an ant."

Lord Slug kicks Vegeta away. Vegeta quickly catches himself to find Lord Slug's hand coming right for him. Vegeta dodges it but out of the palm comes a blast. The blast shoots Vegeta away despite his block sending him into a building.

The building collapses as Lord Slug stomps down on the ruined office building. He stomps on it multiple times until the area is flat. Lord Slug leaves his right foot on the rubble. Lord Slug laughs and says "That takes care of him."

The rubble of the building however begins to levitate as a bright white light starts coming through the cracks. Suddenly there is an explosion that sends Lord Slug's leg into the air. Lord Slug stumbles back but doesn't fall.

Vegeta stands in the crater created by his blast his arms to his side. Vegeta charges Lord Slug attacking his chest then going for his head. But no matter how hard Vegeta seems to punch and kick Lord Slug seems to not take damage as a black aura starts to come from Lord Slug.

Lord Slug gets faster as he flicks Vegeta away like he were a bug. Vegeta catches himself again in the air now very pissed that he doesn't seem to be getting anywhere. Vegeta fires a ton of blast at Lord Slug that have little to no effect as they blow up harmlessly on Lord Slug's skin.

Vegeta earns at best a chuckle from Lord Slug who says "The Tree of Might's gifts are truly great. I felt them like insect bites before they would have injured me, now I feel as though I have powers greater than a god's."

Vegeta is rolling over in his mind about what to do when a light flashes above the two. Both look to see a bright white ball of energy. It is shining and burning through the red clouds of blood, bathing the area in its light. Vegeta sees it takes a second then realizes what it is.

To Lord Slug's side falls an Oozaru not as large as Lord Slug but with Lord Slug only being a head's length taller than in. In her black armor and now stocky body. In her booming voice she speaks "How about you pick on someone you own size you over grown Slug."

Vegeta screaming "What the hell are you doing here! This is my fight and you were supposed to be taking care of the woman! I knew there was a reason why I never trusted you with anything!" Escarole "I got some smaller slugs to do your shit babysitting job" (sarcastically) "and you really looked like you had everything under control." Vegeta eyes grew bloodshot as he was foaming at the mouth in rage.

Escarole smiled in delight at the rage she was causing in her brother but as Vegeta was focused on trying to cow his sister he fail to notice Lord Slug's hand come up and back hand him away. Escarole chuckles at that and both she and Lord Slug have a stare down.

The fight of the giant's begins with Escarole and Lord Slug punching at each other. They step on building and crush the as though they were made of cardboard. The two wreck all sorts of havoc.

The Z-fighter now joined by Yamcha look on in amazement all except Piccolo who is just getting angry. Vegeta gets back up fuming at having been forced out of the fight and is now reduced to a spectator.

Escarole punched him in the jaw then says "You know for a big guy you move pretty fast." Lord Slug kicks her in the chest and says "I could say the same for you." The rock'em sock'em match continues as they unleash devastating attacks on another with both showing signs of wounds but only Escarole slowing down.

Piccolo thinking "Lord Slug has taken so much damage from both Vegeta and Escarole but none of it is slowing him down. Growing shouldn't have given him this much of a power boost. It's like he's fighting with someone else strength. The tree must be feeding him energy and stamina that means we are fighting the collective stolen energy of Earth. He wouldn't slow down. He will just keep coming."

Piccolo "She can't win. None of can win." Suno "Come on Piccolo I know she killed most of us. But look at her down there she is dishing out the pain." Launch "Yeah I really owe her one but she is kicking some ass." Tien "No Piccolo's right we are not just fighting him but the tree to. We have to destroy it or were all going to die."

King Kai "I might have an idea on that that and it will involve Kami. Let me call him." The phone rings as King Kai and the other Z-fighters wait on while the brawl of the Kaiju occurs in the background. Krillin plays with his thumbs. Yamcha taps his leg. King Kai mumbles "Come on pick up."

Finally the ring stop and it sounds like someone picks up. King Kai "O thank me listen Kami…" Kami's voice but robotic "Hello you have reached Kami the Guardian of Earth's voice mail box…" They all groan with Piccolo saying "What the Fuck?" Kami "If this call is urgent say urgent if it…"

The entire group screams out "Urgent" and the thing seem to switch off. Kami "Yes this is Kami Guardian of Earth what do you need?" Piccolo "What the hell having you been doing exactly you realize the world has been endanger?"

Kami "Yeah I kind of noticed what with the sky of blood and the hundreds of winged demons that showed up and just tried to kill me thank you very much." Piccolo eyes rolling "Are you okay?" Kami "Yeah I didn't need that second kidney any ways."

Piccolo "We don't have kidney's." Kami "It was a sarcastic…" (He groans) "What is this about!?" Piccolo "Well you don't have to yell. See, see how that feels." Kami "You little…" King Kai "Okay we don't have time for this. Look Kami do you have the Sacred Water." Kami "Yeah."

King Kai "Good here's the plan. This tree thrives on death and corruption it pure medamn evil. The Scared Water is pure enchanted good. The water will not be enough to kill it but if it's poured on it roots close to the source it will hurt it a lot. It will be like pouring poison on it the tree. It will feel it big time. It won't be able to help slug or defend itself the perfect time to kill it."

Escarole gets slammed into a building with her breathing heavily all cut up from the fight. She is slow to get up as Lord Slug walks over to her. Lord Slug points a finger at her face about to kill her.

Lord Slug is blasted in the back of the head by Vegeta. Lord Slug looks to Vegeta. Vegeta "No one kill my bitch of a sister but me!" He unleashed a series of blast on him as Escarole gets back to her feet. Lord Slug stretches his arm and grabs ahold of Vegeta and grabs ahold with the other of Escarole neck.

Piccolo "Well hurry the fuck up and get here. The rest of you help Kami." Kunlun "What are you going to do Mr. Piccolo." Piccolo begrudgingly says "Help those two." Piccolo's body begins to grow as his purple gi rips. His feet touch the ground as he is now the size of Lord Slug and Oozaru Escarole.

Kunlun looks on in surprised and shocked but the others who have seen him do this before just look on. Piccolo brings two of his fingers to his head the points and fires his special beam cannon at Slug who dodges it.

In dodging the beam he loosens his grip on both Vegeta and Escarole. Escarole rips her neck free of his hand and Vegeta pries his body loose of the demon's stranglehold. Lord Slug jumps back as he is now fighting three opponents.

Escarole, Vegeta and Piccolo get in a line of sort giving Escarole and Vegeta a breather. Escarole with annoyance "So green man when were you planning on doing that little trick before?" Piccolo "Not planning on it all you two seemed have the situation 'in hand' as it were." Escarole fake laughs then says "O I forgot you're a wanabe comedian."

Piccolo "Well I'm the funniest person left on this planet." Escarole "Well that's just not true. The midget and the pretty boy are way funnier than you." Vegeta "I have to agree with the bitch on this one." Lord Slug thinking "All these people can do is talk."

Kami and Mr. Poppo arrives on a magic carpet with a jug of Sacred Water in Kami's hand. The two of them look as though they have been through the ringer cut up and bruised. Piccolo thinking "Well part one is complete now for two and three."

The tree seems to shake an unearthly moan coming from nowhere rings out. Krillin "Aw what in the hell was that?" Branch descend from the canopy thrusting towards the Z-Fighters and Kami. On the ground shoot up roots of the tree aimed at the same target.

The group panics at this except Tien who fire a tri-beam at the roots then the branches to push them back. The other soon follow suit trying to give Kami the opening to pour the water. The group surrounds Kami and starts to escort him to the surface.

Piccolo smiles at the plan working but the dark aura around Lord Slug grows in size and becomes even darker. Lord Slug charges the three trying to get past them and save his benefactor.

The three charge up blasts, Vegeta the Galick Gun, Escarole the mouth blast and Piccolo the Masenko. Lord Slug fires a blast out of his hands and a beam struggle ensues with the three at the clear disadvantage.

The tree gets closer as more and more branches and roots come at the Z-fighters. They easily start to get overwhelmed as they coming closer. They start to quickly exhaust their ki and stamina due to the constant barrage.

Branch get to Chiaotzu grabbing ahold of his arm and pulling him away. A root seconds later grabs ahold of Yamcha foot and pulls him away. Then Suno and Launch leaving only Tien and Kunlun guarding Kami and Mr. Poppo.

The four land mere feet from where Kami decided it would be best to use the water. The rush to the spot but Kami trips on a root that emerged to stop him. A good deal of the jug spills on the ground away from the target. To the shock and the horror of others.

The tree makes a sound that could be compared to a giggle as the three are nearly depleted and are about to be overtaken. Meanwhile the others captured by the tree are under attack begin cut up and tortured.

The ground seems to come up and grab Kami as the other fighters look on in horror. But as the last hope of life on earth seem to be extinguish Kami yells out "Now Mr. Poppo!" Mr. Poppo who reached the spot at the largest root of the tree takes out of his pocket a vial of the water and chucks it at the ground.

The vial smashes on the ground the water seeping into the ground. In an instant the tree gives a monstrous roar of pure agony. The tree's tendrils lose focus and flail around sparing the others in its grasp.

The power feeding Lord Slug terminates leaving him helpless. The three power energy quickly over powers him. Their blasts punch through his body cutting Lord Slug in half before detonating and vaporizing him.

Kunlun and Tien both setup and fire two tri-beams at the trunk of tree. It rips the tree out of its ground sending crashing onto the ruins of Lord Slug's spaceship. Tree due to the attack and the sparks of the ship catches fire.

Between the crackling of the fire could still be heard its moans of pain. The cloud of blood dissipate as sunlight shines down upon the planet once more. The sunlight yet shines on nothing good. It reveals an Earth without green or blue just black and red. The dead are still dead and the Earth a graveyard.

The tree does not become ashes like a normal tree, no cloud of ash and dust instead the tree seems to burn into nonexistence. The fire tries to spread but there seems to be no fuel for it and it burns itself out.

The group gathers itself up and goes to Capsule Corp to meet the Namekians and Bulma to use their Dragon Balls that followed them to Earth to restore the planet and humanity. On to the ruined Earth Dende summons Porunga.

Porunga "So what you want?" The others look around confused until Moori speaks up "We taught the Dragon Earthling while we have been here for the last few months." After that Bulma says "Okay we want the Earth and her ecosystems to be restore to what it was before the Tree of Might."

Dende nods "We wish that Earth was back to the way it was before Tree of Might destroyed it." Porunga "Can do." In seconds the Earth become itself again blue and green. The life of the planet restored.

Bulma "Next we want all the people along with their things restored." Dende nods "We wish that you would bring all the people and their shit back." Porungu "Sure." The people around the planet were coming back to life and the shit along with them. They all had a very common theme of pure confusion about what in the hell just happened but otherwise fine.

Dende "Alright so what's the third wish?" Bulma "Right… O I wish that Chi-Chi was returned to Earth from whatever planet she has been trapped on for the last couple of months." Porunga "Right well… I cannot do that." Bulma "Come again?"

Porunga "Yeah well you see I don't think I have the power to do that if she is unwilling and at this very moment she is very unwilling." Bulma "Why?" Porunga sweating "Yeah not willing to say. But I can say that she is going to come back in a few more months."

Bulma "I'm sorry I'm still trying to wrap my head around this why isn't she coming back?" Porunga "Personal reasons also I think she is getting some training in." Bulma "Okay well shit anyone else have a wish they want because Chi-Chi too 'busy' to come and be with her friends?" Piccolo "I don't get it."

Escarole walks up away from Vegeta towards the group. Escarole "I wish the Prince Vegeta tail's were to come back." The others look in amazement and Vegeta looks stunned and his tail comes back. Escarole looks at theirs stares and sighs saying "I knew this was a bad idea." She takes off leave the crowd stunned.

Moori "Well I suppose we can wait a while longer for our new home." Yamcha thinking "Huh I think I might have had an effect on her after all." Bulma thinking after seeing the happiness on Yamcha's face "Well what's his face has better instincts then I thought. But the two of them are going to need help because she's a lot like Vegeta when it comes to emotion. Still I haven't fully won Vegeta yet but I'm a great multitasker. This is going to do wonders for both of them I just know it.

Bulma in a smile "So Yamcha I think she wants you to go after her." Yamcha "What?" Bulma "Go after her." Yamcha takes off after her. Bulma looks over to see a Vegeta trying his best not to smile after being gifted back his tail. She smiles at him and he turns his head. Bulma thinking "I will get you yet Prince."

Yamcha manages to catchup with Escarole who is visibly frustrated and annoyed. Yamcha midflight asks "What wrong?" Escarole "You people that's what. You all have to make a big deal out of nothing. I wish I never made that stupid wish. You all just have to pretend to care all the time." Yamcha "We weren't pretending. We were suspired and happy for you. "

Escarole "That makes it worse. Look I don't know what you're trying to do so stop it. I want to be left alone. A concept I'm sure your all quite unfamiliar with but it is what I want so drop it." She knocks it into high gear leaving him in the dust. Yamcha thinking "Well I guess she is just unfamiliar with sympathy or carrying. I guess she still has a ways to go yet. But this is a good first step.

On Master Roshi Island, Roshi sleeping bubble bursts and he gets up stretching. He itches his nose and says "O what a beautiful day. Yet why do I feel like I missed something?" (He looks around to see nothing amiss) "Huh guess not." He says this as dead body of a demon washes up on his beach.