Chapter 7: Meeting a Legend
"To be honest, I'm kinda nervous," Ling said to Trunks
"You are?" Trunks asked.
Ling nods, "Yeah, we just heard so many great things about him. I can't help get butterflies in my stomach,"
Trunks smiled and put a hand on Ling's shoulder, "Don't worry sis, I'll be there by your side,"
"Thanks, bro," Ling smiles warmly and puts her hand on Trunks'. His watch suddenly starts beeping, "It's time," he said and gets up, "Alright everyone, Goku is going to arrive at any minute!" Trunks said to the Z-fighters.
A young Gohan jumps off the rock he was sitting on and happily looks up at the sky as did to the other.
After a little while of waiting, Vegeta growls, "He's not coming! You two are lying to us!"
Ling glares at the Saiyan prince and turns Super Saiyan, "My brother said Kakarot will come any minute. So wait!" Ling shouts. She knows Goku's Saiyan name by Gohan and he told her what Goku's Ki feels like. Calming and warm.
Vegeta flinches when seeing Ling's Super Saiyan form. He glares at her jealousy, "Are you giving me orders?" Vegeta growls.
"Yeah, I am. You got a problem with that?" Ling asked angrily and folds her arms.
"I do! I'm a Saiyan Prince! I take orders from no one!" Vegeta shouts.
Ling scoffs, "That title has no meaning. The only three pure Saiyans left and two Half Saiyans. It's pathetic you're holding onto such a worthless title,"
DON'T YOU MOCK ME YOU LOW-CLASS TRASH!" Vegeta shouts with anger. He powers up to max and fires a large Ki blast at Ling. The female Super Saiyan was quick and deflected the blast high to the sky. Vegeta follows up by teleporting to Ling and trying to punch her.
She easily dodges and lures Vegeta up to the sky so Bulma won't get caught in the crossfire of their fight.
"H-Hey should we stop them?" Krillin asked nervously.
"No," Trunks said coldly, "He started this fight so he should pay the consequences and if things go too far, I'll step in," he heard many unpleasant stories about Vegeta. Whenever Bulma talks about him, a sad and heartbroken look forms on her face. Gohan backed up her stories. Often saying Vegeta is an arrogant, selfish and angry man.
One look at him, Trunks can see those stories were true. A man like Vegeta should be taken down a notch. Trunks and Ling have secret talks on why Bulma fell for someone like Vegeta. It's these talks that grew Trunks' and Ling's resentment of Vegeta. The resentment they hid from their mom.
"Show me that Super Saiyan power of yours!" Vegeta shouts and throws a flurry of punches at Ling.
"You're not worth it," Ling said as she dodged Vegeta's attacks with ease.
"Then I'll make you!" Vegeta shouts. He flies higher and shoots his strongest attack at Ling, "Galick Gun!" Vegeta screams and shoots a large purple beam.
The attack unimpressed Ling. She flies towards the beam and punches it. Vegeta is shocked to see his beam disappear completely. Ling is still flying towards Vegeta fast and is about to punch him.
Her fist didn't make contact because someone stopped her, "Kakarot?!" both Vegeta and Ling said with shock. The space pod Goku was in flies overhead and lands on the ground.
"If a fight is what you want, why not try me?" Super Saiyan Goku asked with a friendly smile.
"S-Sure! I'll like that, Kakarot, sir," Ling said nervously.
"No need to call me sir," Goku chuckles and floats down to the ground. Ling follows after him. Leaving a baffled Vegeta. He looks at his shaking hand. The image of Ling's murderous gaze she flew towards him is burnt into his mind.
"Say, why were you fighting Vegeta?" Goku asked and landed on the ground.
"He was being a jerk," Ling frowns and lands in front of Goku.
"I figured," Goku chuckles and gets into a fighting stance, "Now, shall we? Don't hold back!"
"You got it!" Ling smiles and powers up to max power. Sending dirt and rocks flying. She flies at Goku and throws a flurry of punches and kicks. Goku had no trouble blocking and dodging every single attack Ling threw his way.
But Ling didn't get frustrated, for some reason she was having fun. This is the first time she ever felt like that during a sparring match, "Let's see how you handle this!" Ling shouts as she flies back a few feet and charges a full power Kamehameha. Shocking both Goku and the Z fighters.
"How does she know that move?" Yamcha asked.
"Bring it!" Goku smiles and stands his ground.
"You asked for it!" Ling smiles and fires a large blue beam at Goku. It went at him fast and tore up the ground. Goku holds out his hands and catches Ling's beam in his hands and stops it dead in its tracks. He then tosses it up to the sky, "Not bad," Goku whistles as Ling's Kamehameha.
Everyone was speechless. He tosses Ling's Kamehameha like it was nothing.
Trunks snapped out his shock and flew towards Goku, "Can I talk to you in private for a moment? There's something really important I need to tell you,"
"Sure," Goku said and turned back to his base form.
Trunks look at Ling and nod at her. She nods back and flies to the Z fighters, "Looks like you had fun," Piccolo smiles.
"Umm, yeah," Ling said blushing. Suddenly, Bulma got very close to Ling and held her chin, "Um, can I help you?"
"So you're a girl Saiyan huh?" Bulma asks and is walking around Ling then she looks at Vegeta, "Are all Saiyan girls as pretty as she is?"
Vegeta scoffs, "Yes, Saiyan females are known for their beauty,"
"I see," Bulma said, nodding, then leaned in close to Ling and whispered, "Do you have a sagging problem?"
Ling blinks a few times, "What?"
"Say, how old are you?" Piccolo asked.
"I'm 17," Ling said.
Bulma is shocked, "What really?! But you're so tall?!"
"I have a feeling you were young," Piccolo said.
Before Bulma can ask Vegeta more questions about Saiyan females, Goku and Trunks turn Super Saiyan. Trunks swing his sword at Goku but he blocks it with just one finger. He then sheaths his sword and the both of them turn back to their normal state.
"Looks like he wants a shot at Goku too," Krillin said.
"You have a tail," Gohan said.
"I do and I quite like it," Ling smiles and pokes Gohan on the nose and makes him giggle. She wags her tail in front of his face. Gohan giggles and tries to catch Ling's tail but she moves it out the way.
As Gohan happily chases Ling's tail Yamcha asked, "Have you ever looked at the moon before?"
Ling shakes her head, "No, nighttime is dangerous where we live. The monsters who torment my home loves to hunt at night because they don't want us to get a moment's rest,"
"That explains the bangs you and that kid with the sword have," Piccolo said.
"Yeah, my brother and I tried to kill them but our Super Saiyan powers are not enough," Ling said with a tired tone.
Everyone is shocked to hear that, "That's impossible, no one is stronger than a Super Saiyan!" Vegeta shouts.
"Well, these monsters are. Their biggest advantage over us is the infinite stamina they have and their Ki can't be detected," Ling explains.
"Talk about a difficult foe," Piccolo said, "Did you find any possible weakness?"
"Just that they have a big ego," Ling said, "But that's not enough we need to find a way to break the limit of Super Saiyan,"
Goku and Trunks soon rejoin the group. Their conversation is over, "It's time we head back home, sis," Trunks said.
"Okay," Ling nods and lowers Gohan down and picks up her bag.
"Good luck with those monsters!" Gohan said.
Both Ling and Trunks nod and give him a thumbs up.
"Wait one moment!: Bulma said and runs up to Ling and takes something out of her pocket. It was lipstick and uses it on Ling, "There you go, a girl has to look her best. Here take it," Bulma puts the lipstick in Ling's hands.
"Are you sure?" Ling asked.
Bulma nods, "Sure! I take extras,"
"Alright, see you," Ling waves,
"Later," Trunks waves.
Both Ling and Trunks fly off until they are far enough away, and make sure no one is around when Trunks takes out the time machine. They climbed in and Trunks pressed and flicked the necessary switches to turn on the time machine. As the machine hums to life Trunks shyly tells Ling, "Mom from this timeline hit on me,"
"SHE WHAT!" Ling shouts as they return to their time.
A/N: I've decided to turn the focus back on Ling as I feel it's too soon to change foucs.