Dragon Moon Z! – By Ocramed
Disclaimer: SM, R1/2, DBZ and other properties belong to their respective owners.
Note: This story is a multi-genre story. C&C are welcome.
Special Note: This story is part of the SMST/TRT series, and is inspired by Team Four Star's Abridged Parody series.
Part 37: "The Android Saga" (III)
With the crisis over for the moment, the Z Fighters assess the situation.
"Huh," Krillin said, as he thinks about the situation a bit. "Well, that felt a bit…anti-climatic."
"Well, whoever was dealing with Frieza and his family ought to be ashamed of themselves," Vegeta growled.
"Why?" Tien asked.
"No real fighter would ever give mercy to his enemy."
"So says the one who was defeated by a woman with weird hair and her adopted son," Piccolo said with a smirk.
"Frak you, green man!"
"So…what now?" Yamcha said.
"I say we talk to them," Bulma said. "Personally, I want to get to know that boy, and see if he's seeing someone…special."
Meanwhile, Trunks felt a shiver run down his spine.
"You okay, Trunks?" Usama asked.
"I hope so," Trunks replied with a gulp. "At any rate, we better get our audience in on what's going on..."
Trunks turned towards the Z Fighters.
"Hey!" Trunks said with a wave. "Over here! I'm heading where Goku and his parents will be landing soon!"
"Should we trust these guys?" Chiaotzu asked.
"I don't see why not," Gohan said. "That guy over there seems to know Dad and Grandpa and Grandma…"
"Well, I don't know," Krillin said. "After all the things we went through, we could be walking into a trap."
"Hey, if you guys are hungry, we got snacks!" Usama yelled.
"Then again, if we ARE walking into a trap, at least it'll be on a full stomach…"
A short while later…
"Well, we got some time to wait," Trunks said, as he threw a capsule onto the ground to produce a large, portable refrigerator.
POOF!
"We got sandwiches, and drinks of all kinds," Usama said.
TING!
"And, I brought with me a case of my freshly baked cookies," Usama said, as she brings out a pastry box from pocket space. "Chocolate Chips, any one?"
"I'll have one!" Chiaotzu said.
"Hey, not before lunch," Tien said.
"Aw!"
"So, what's your name?" Krillin asked, as he sipped on some canned soda.
"I can't say," Trunks said. He then turned towards his companion.
"And neither can my companion say hers."
"Aw!" Usama said.
"Well, 'I can't say', it's nice to me you and 'Aw'," Krillin said jokingly, causing the rest of the Z Fighters to groan.
"Huh," Trunks said, while Usama giggled.
"So, are you and your friend seeing each other?" Bulma asked.
"Pardon?"
"Well, I noticed some lipstick kiss on your cheek."
"Um, well, Frieza's sister Ice, well, kissed me, rather than fight me."
"Sounds about right," Vegeta growled. "She'd date anyone just to piss off her father…"
Pause.
"And if I ever had a son who'd allow her to do that to HIM, I'd kill him!"
"Heh," Trunks said nervously.
"Well, my friend and I knew each other ever since, well, we were born," Usama said, as she looked down unto the ground, trying to be careful about her words. "I mean, we're not related or anything, but we're like brother-and-sister."
"Well, you two do make a cute couple," Bulma said with a wink and a smile.
"Um, yeah," Trunks said, as he and Usama blushed. "At any rate, we should all just focus on Goku and the others, 'cuz it's getting kind of uncomfortable around here…"
Two hours later…
"I see something!" Usama said. "Big brother, I think they are here!"
"Dad?" Gohan said.
"Goku?" Krillin exclaimed.
"Kakkarot?" Vegeta said.
"Ranma?" Bulma replied, which caused everyone to stare the Capsule Corp heiress. "What? He was my first love, you know!"
A crystalline ship arrives and hovers over the assembled warriors.
"ME-AW!" the ship yowled, as a portal opens up to deposit its companions…
"Hey, guys!" Goku said, as he waved at his friends and son.
"Dad!" Gohan said, as he ran to his father, in order to hug him…
"What's up?" Ranma said, as he and Usagi sits down their bags.
"Oh, Ranma!" Bulma said, as she hugged the martial artist. "You're back!"
"Hey!" Yamcha yelled. "You weren't THIS enthusiastic when I returned from the dead!"
"Hey, Bulma," Ranma said, as he hugged his friend.
"I'm glad that you are okay, Ranma," Bulma said.
"Uh-hum?" Usagi said.
Bulma turned to see Usagi standing there.
"Bunny!" Bulma said, as she hugged her best friend.
"Hey, girlfriend," Usagi said with a smile, as she hugged back. "Don't get any ideas. Ranma and I are STILL together."
"Hey, don't blame a girl from dreaming, you know…"
"Grandpa!" Gohan said, as he turned to hug his adopted grandparents. "Grandma!"
"Hey, kiddo," Ranma said, as he and his wife hugged their grandson.
"Have you been a good boy while we were gone?" Usagi said.
"Yep!" Gohan replied, as he nodded enthusiastically.
"So, you three idiots decided to show up," Vegeta said. "And what are you dressed as?"
"This?" Goku said, as he sees his outfit, which was not his traditional orange gi.
"Yeah, you guys look like you stepped out of a wuxia movie," Krillin said.
"Oh, we spent time on another planet training, after we picked up Goku from Yardrat Prime," Usagi said.
"Training, huh?" Piccolo said.
"What type of training?" Tien asked.
"Well," Goku said, as he looked at his parents, before looking at his fellow fighters…and Bulma. "You see, after I escaped the destruction of Nemek, I ended up on Yardrat, where I learned the 'Instant Transmission Technique' from the natives."
"The…what?" Yamcha asked.
"The Yardrats learned to move from one location to another," Goku said.
"Why didn't you use that ability to return to Chikyuu, Goku?" Bulma asked.
"I'm getting to that," Goku said. "I learned this technique from the Yardrats, but learned that there was a limit to the technique. When Mom and Dad came to pick me up, I suggested that we go to Jeegoo, where I could master 'Energy Bending'."
"I thought you knew that already, Goku?" Krillin asked.
"I knew how to 'bend' energy, but only to enhance my existing techniques," Goku said. "Mastering Energy Bending would allow me to convert my body into 'pure energy' and back, thereby allowing me to ignore the physical limitations of the Space and Time."
"Oh, I see…"
"And Usagi and I, having already mastered Energy Bending, learned to adapt the technique for ourselves," Ranma said.
"And we could give poor Tho-Ohki a rest," Usagi said, as she pets her pet cabbit.
"Me-aw!" Tho-Ohki said with a nod.
"But that still doesn't answer baldy's question," Vegeta said. "Kakkarot could have been here sooner."
"Vegeta, why do you think Ice was with her father and brother?" Usagi said knowingly.
"You mean…Frieza's sister was really working for YOU?"
"We kept in touch since the incident on Namek," Usagi said. "It was Ice who supplied me and Bulma with additional star charts, which would allow us to ultimately find Goku's location. Afterwards, Ice kept me in the loop as to what her family was doing, and even ran interference for us."
"So, you're saying that Frieza was not a threat?" Piccolo said.
"No, I'm saying that the threat was manageable…"
Pause.
"But who is this?" Usagi said, as she turned towards Trunks and Usama.
"Yeah, well, we're trying to figure that out," Krillin said.
"Hi," Trunks said. "We are, um fans of Goku's and wanted to get his autograph."
"We do?" Usama said in surprise, before catching on to what Trunks was implying. "Oh, we do! Yeah, that's it…"
"Goku, can we have your autograph?" Trunks said.
"Well, sure."
"…In private?"
"That's odd, but, okay," Goku said.
"Great!" Trunks said, as he turned towards his companion. "Wait right here."
"Okay," Usama said with a nod.
With that, Trunks walks away with Goku following him.
"Dad?" Gohan said with concern.
"It'll be okay, son," Goku said. "Count on it…"
After Trunks and Goku departs, Ranma turned towards Usama.
"Hey," Ranma said, as he examined the girl with a fighter's eye.
"Um, hello," Usama said nervously. "So…how was your trip back here…?"
"Ranma, quit it," Usagi chided. "Hi, my name is 'Usagi'."
"Um, hello…Usagi," Usama said.
"I haven't seen you before."
"I'm new around here," Usama said, as she looked at Usagi, and then at Ranma…
"Are you okay?" Usagi said with concern, as she notices how conflicted this girl was.
"Uh…um, I'm sorry!" Usama cried, as she tearfully ran away.
"Okay, what did you do, Ranma?" Usagi said to her husband.
"I didn't do nothing!" Ranma protested. "Honest-!"
"Hey, guys, look!" Yamcha said, as Goku goes 'Super-Saiyan', and then Trunks. They then saw Goku blocking Trunk's sword strikes with only a finger…
"Impressive," Bulma said, as she notes this on her data pad.
"So?" Vegeta said angrily. "Anyone and their mother can go 'super'."
"So says the non-super-saiyan," Tien said.
"Oh, frak off, tri-clops!"
"Well, that makes Goku, Bunny and the new guy 'Super-Saiyans'." Bulma said.
"What?" Vegeta said in disbelief.
"That's right," Krillin said. "Bunny went Super-Saiyan on Cooler, when you weren't here, Vegeta."
"You GOT to be kidding me!" Vegeta yelled. "How did a 'fake' like her become something that I've been striving for years?"
"I, um, not sure," Usagi said with a shrug. "I think, for me, it was when I thought I would be alone in the Universe, and my desire to save those that are close to me."
"Maybe in order to become a Super-Saiyan is based on need, not desire?" Gohan said.
"Well, I NEED to become a Super-Saiyan," Vegeta said. "And I'll find a way to become one, whatever it takes!"
"Usagi, can you still turn into a Super-Saiyan?" Bulma asked.
"Well, it is a lot easier now, from when I first transformed," Usagi said with a shrug. "In fact, I've gotten better at it, thanks to Goku and Ranma."
"Can you show us?" Krillin said.
"Yeah, I want to see!" Chiaotzu said.
"Okay," Usagi said, as she powered-up…
FWOOSH!
"Whoa," Yamcha said, as everyone witnessed a more powerful Usagi standing before them…
"I am NOT impressed," Vegeta said.
"Grandma, if you're a Super-Saiyan, how come your hair is white instead of blond?" Gohan asked.
"The best reason I came up with is that I'm already blond," Usagi said with a shrug. "That, or the fact that my Lunarian heritage is influencing my look…"
Meanwhile, Usama was looking at Usagi with loving eyes.
'Mother,' Usama thought to herself. 'It's good to see you again…'
"Well, I guess this means that Bunny wears the gi in the family," Krillin said jokingly.
"Ha, ha, but no," Ranma said. "Watch this…"
FWOOSH!
"Whoa!" Yamcha said, as Ranma's eyes turn yellow, and his hair turned white. Tattoos of feathers appeared on his face like a crown of sorts along his forehead.
'Daddy,' Usama said, as she sees this.
"What's with the tats, Ranma?" Bulma asked.
"Well, this is the thing," Ranma said. "It turned out that I am one-quarter Juraian, and that these tats are the manifestation of 'Light Hawk Wings'."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Normally, they manifest themselves physically, either as actual wings or something else, depending upon the needs the Juraian warrior."
"I've heard about Juraians," Vegeta said. "They are nothing more than a bunch of tree-loving aristocrats."
"So says the prince of all the Saiyans," Tien said.
"Keep dancing on that landmine, human…"
"So, you're part alien?" Bulma asked.
"Apparently so, on my mother's side," Ranma said with a sigh. "Unfortunately, that was the extent of what the officials from Jurai were allowed to confirm, citing not wanting to create a crisis or some junk…"
Pause.
"But anyway, I learned to manifest Light Hawk Wings after perfecting the Hidden Lotus Technique, called 'Sage of the Hidden Lotus'," Ranma said. "That's when I learned about the wings, and learned that of my alien heritage."
"So, I guess there will never be a 'Super-Human'," Krillin said with disappointment.
"Why do you think I created the Hidden Lotus Technique in the first place?" Ranma said. "Learn that, learn how to become a Sage of the Hidden Lotus, and you can become 'Super Human' yourself."
"Really?"
"Yep," Ranma said with smile. "After all, after going through Master Roshi's training together, I consider 'brothers-in-arms'."
"Oh, yeah!" Krillin said with a smile. "Thanks, Ranma!"
Soon, after powering down, Goku and Trunks rejoin the group.
"Well, that's it, then," Trunks said. He then turned towards his companion.
"Hey, it's time to go!"
"Oh, okay!" Usama said, as she runs to Trunks. As she does so, she takes one last look at her parents…
"Where are you going?" Bulma said.
"To another time and place," Trunks said. "But, we'll see each other again…"
Pause.
"Count on it," Trunks said, as he looks at Bulma, then at Vegeta…
"Bye!" Usama said, as she waved good-bye.
With that, after climbing aboard their space craft, the mysterious pair of teenagers disappears.
FLASH!
"Okay, before I begin, I got to whisper something into Piccolo's ear," Goku said.
"If it's about what I think it is, I'll keep my tongue," Piccolo said.
"Oh, that's right, you have sensitive hearing," Goku replied.
"If it's about the Androids, I think we all deserve the right to know."
"What androids?" Krillin said.
"Son?" Ranma said.
"Well, our friends learned of some…information regarding Dr. Gero," Goku said.
"That quack?" Ranma said.
"Who is this…Gero?" Vegeta asked.
"He's one of the Red Ribbon Army's top scientists," Krillin said.
"So?"
"Well, the Red Ribbon Army tried to kill Goku and his parents on many occasions, Vegeta," Bulma said.
"Interesting," Vegeta grinned evilly. "Heh."
"Vegeta!"
"What? It's not like they succeeded, obviously."
"Apparently, he's creating living weapons of mass destruction against me and the rest of us," Goku said. "And, we have one year to prepare for when Dr. Gero releases his weapons."
"This is ridiculous!" Yamcha said. "It's like EVERY year, we risk getting killed by someone. What about my baseball career? What about my adorning fans?"
"Ranma, can you help me master the Hidden Lotus Technique?" Krillin asked.
"Sure," Ranma said.
"Oh, Bulma, I got to tell you something," Usagi said. "I think I managed to find a cure for the acidic blood problem, from the Necromongers."
"Now, THAT is a story I can't wait to hear," Bulma said.
"Well, I'll be seeing you all…in Hell!" Vegeta said, as he walks away.
"Where do you think you're going?" Bulma said.
"This is Kakkarot and his idiot parents problems, not mine," Vegeta said.
"I didn't know that the great Vegeta, the prince of all the Saiyans, were a coward."
"I am NO coward, woman."
"Then prove it. Prove that you're a better fighter than Goku."
"Um, I'm still here, guys?" Goku said.
"Maybe then, you CAN become a 'Super-Saiyan'?" Bulma said.
"Prove it, eh?" Vegeta said. "Fine. I'll prove, once and for all, who is the better fighter! HAHAHAHA!"
Bulma merely shook her head in reply…
"You know, Ranma, I think I see a blossoming friendship between Bulma and Vegeta," Usagi said, as she whispers into her husband's ears.
"Really?" Ranma said in surprise. "But…those two are so different."
"True, but considering that we might face a deadly threat a year from now, I could see Bulma finally settling down with someone."
"How do you know this?"
"Who do you think I ended up with after all these years?" Usagi said. "Besides, am I not the champion of Love and Justice?"
"You…do have a point, there…"
Tbc.