Xyex

Yes, it's that time again! The gap between this and Saga 5 will be much larger as Saga 5 is going to be a longer fic. I'm almost done with Chapter 8 of this one and it's looking like 10 chapters will be it for the fic. Now, a quick word about something that could be a little confusing. This takes place *during* the 5th saga. How? Well, Saga 5 covers the Androids, this covers a short span during the 3 years of training for the Androids. The Slug/Recoome fights were in August of 763, this starts in April of 765.

Anyway, hope you enjoy this newest installment of the AH series. Don't forget to leave comments!



Chapter One - Leaving for Vegeta

Bulma gazed down at the Capsule Corp courtyard and watched Yamcha and Krillin sparring in the warm afternoon sun. She'd offered one of the larger guest rooms to Yamcha and Hotaru when they'd first arrived on Earth nearly a year previously. They'd been the least noisy of her guests though. Her other guest... he was loud, obnoxious, annoying, arrogant, and... kinda cute.

She turned from the scene outside started toward the hallway when the bellowing voice of her other main guest echoed from her bathroom. "What... what is the meaning of this!" he cried loudly.

She stopped and grinned, having a very good idea what he was yelling about. "Meaning of what, Vegeta?" she asked.

"There aren't any towels!"

Bulma reached a hand up and covered her mouth to try and muffle her laughing. "Oh, sorry Vegeta. I forgot to tell you. The maid came by early today to do the laundry. There's guest towels in the bathroom down the hall, you could use those."

"And what, go down the hall stark naked!?" he cried indignantly.

"Well, I'd get them for you, but I'm running late for a meeting with my father." she said walking out of the room and starting down the stairs. She only went down to the first landing however, and then turned and looked back up again. Sure enough, her early morning efforts paid off, and Vegeta emerged from her room naked and wet. She only caught a glimpse of him as he moved down the hall for a towel grumbling about how he should have stayed at the embassy after all, but she still smiled.

Bulma held her laughter until she reached the bottom floor and then couldn't hold it anymore and leaned against the wall for support. As she closed her eyes from laughing the sight of Vegeta flashed in her mind again and her face went red instantly. /I'm behaving like a schoolgirl!/ she thought. The thought made her calm down some, her laughing subsiding. But her face was still red and she still couldn't get the image of Vegeta out of her head.

She shook her head and continued down the hall and then into the elevator down to her father's lab. "Bulma, hold the door!" a voice called. The blue haired woman reached out and pressed the door-open button. A moment later Hotaru entered the elevator as well and they began the descent down to the lab. "Thanks Bulma."

"Sure. It's nice to see I'm not the only one running late today."

Hotaru shrugged. "I didn't have the energy to get out of bed this morning... and Yamcha's out training already." she shook her head. "I don't know how he does it..."

Bulma glanced over at her. "Oh really?"

"What? Bulma!" she cried turning red. "That's not what I meant!"

The blue haired woman laughed. "Sure, whatever you say dear."

She pretended to glare at the other woman for moment before she cracked up laughing. "Seriously though, that's not what I meant. It's just, crying at all hours of the night... Though, I think Yamcha just sleeps through it half the time."

Bulma laughed. "That certainly sounds like Yamcha. He could sleep through the world blowing up." she said smiling a little. "So, who's watching Sakura?"

"Chi-Chi offered." Hotaru sighed. "She's definitely a baby person." She was silent a moment as she gazed at Bulma. "And what about you? When are you finally going to make your move, or have I just been so busy I missed it?"

"What are talking about?"

"Vegeta of course! It's obvious you like him."

Before Bulma could offer any kind of answer the elevator stopped and the doors slipped open. With a silent 'thank Kami' Bulma moved out of the small room and into her father's large lab. She made her way, with Hotaru right behind her, across the room to where her father was working. "So, how's it coming along?" she asked.

"It's coming, it's coming..." he said gazing at a blueprint. "You haven't happened to have seen Hotaru yet, have you?"

"Right here." she said walking up to him.

"Ah, good. I could use your help figuring out a few of these parts."

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Bardock landed in the Capsule Corp courtyard just as Yamcha and Krillin finished up their spar. "How's it coming guys?" he asked.

"Slowly." Krillin said frowning. "I just don't think we'll be any help..."

"You never know. Just keep up the work. We'll need all the power we can manage." The two Humans nodded and Bardock entered the building. It only took a moment to spy who he was looking for, Vegeta sat at the kitchen table stuffing away Chi-Chi's cooking. "Ah, there you are Prince Vegeta."

Vegeta paused in the middle of shoveling food in his mouth and looked up. "What is it Bardock?"

"I was wondering if you'd changed your mind about joining us..."

Vegeta grunted and went back to his eating. He'd not taken too well to the idea that he'd been beaten to the punch, as it were, by not just one Sai-jin, but multiple. Bardock had always heard stories before about Vegeta's ego and pride but he'd been experiencing them first hand lately. He shrugged and looked over to Chi-chi. "Think you can manage another Sai-jin at the table?" he asked.

"Sure, no problem." Chi-Chi replied. "But if Sakura wakes up it'll cut your meal short."

"It's better than dealing with Gohan's over cooked fish again." the Sai-jin replied taking a seat.

"When are they going to be coming back in?" Chi-Chi asked as she brought over the most recent stack of pancakes and set them down in front of Bardock.

"We'll be taking a break sometime next week." Bardock replied digging into the food. A few minutes later he was still eating when he sensed a power flare up in the area and looked up to find Vegeta missing. The Prince had been working himself so hard the past eight months it was actually hindering his progress. Still, he was the strongest of their group. In base at least. Bardock sighed and finished up his food.

"That was great as always Chi-Chi, thanks." he said standing.

"What, leaving without saying hello?" Bulma asked entering the room.

Bardock grinned and shook his head. "Never. So, how's progress coming?"

"Slowly. But it should be ready in a couple more months."

"That's good news at least. Well, I really should go before the others start wondering what's taking so long. Later!" He gave the two women a departing wave and left the room before blasting off and back out to where the others were training. Bulma watched him go and then took the small plate of pancakes off of Chi-Chi and the two women sat down to their breakfast. However, it was interupted a moment later by an explosion that rocked the entire compound.

At first Bulma thought it had come from down in the lab but then she saw the smoke through one of the windows and realized it was from outside. She stood quickly knocking her chair over and ran outside as Chi-Chi moved over to the now crying Sakura. Bulma rushed out the doors into the courtyard and moved over to where Krillin and Yamcha were already digging through debris. "Oh no, Vegeta!" she cried seeing what little remained of the gravity chamber he'd been using.

She'd been about to run over and help when some of the debris parted and a hand reached out. A second later another followed and Vegeta lifted himself into a sitting position weakly, and then fell back over again. Bulma ran over and knelt down beside him checking his pulse first. She sighed in relief when she felt it, though not as strong as normal. "Help me get him inside." she called over her shoulder. The two Humans nodded and moved over to her side.

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He was surrounded in pure blackness. A sudden sound like rushing wind reached his ears and he spun around in the darkness and came face to face with Kakkarotto, Bardock, and Gohan. All three of them flashed gold and transformed. Vegeta let out a growl and sent a stream of purple energy sailing toward them but they vanished and the blast sped off into the darkness. He heard a yell behind him and turned once more, this time to find the scene from eight months before and the unknown man who transformed as well.

Vegeta was about to yell something when the darkness began to recede and reveal a desolate landscape. The scene before him vanished as the darkness conintued to pull back revealing dead bodies laying everywhere. Vegeta's eyes widened in fear as he gazed about and, for the first time, recognized where he was standing. Just to his right stood a blue doorway that lead to yet another pile of tan rubble. But he knew this rubble. "C... Capsule Corp?"

A laughing reached his ears and he looked ahead again and saw a shadow standing inside towering flames. For the first time in this dream he heard a voice, familiar and yet not. It was calm, arrogant, malicious, and mocking. "Come now! Is that all you've got?! I thought you were supposed to be the greatest Sai-jin?"

Vegeta snapped his head up to look toward the smoke filled sky as he heard a growl and voice that was beyond familiar to him. His own voice. "You dare mock me! You will pay for what you have done!" All he could see was a streak of gold surging down into the flames, and then a thunderous crack shattered them and he saw the golden streak knocked away from the form in the flames, and once more he got a clear view of the owner of that form. The golden eyes seemed to bore right into him.

Vegeta jerked and sat up, the oxygen mask falling off of his face. He looked about him, his heart pounding in his chest. But as he realized where he was his pulse slowed and he relaxed some. That's when his eyes settled on Bulma who'd fallen asleep at her desk beside her bed. He reached a hand up to his head and rubbed it as he tried to figure out what was happening with him. /It still keeps coming. But what is it!? What does it mean!?/

He sighed as he pulled himself up completely and leaned back against the headboard. /That was Capsule Corp beside me, or what was left of it. But... how could I have been seeing it before I'd even heard of Earth, let alone been here? And, that was my voice I'd heard. But my aura... was I a Super Sai-jin? And who is that man in the flames? I know that voice, but I've never heard it before... I know that face, but it's not familiar... and those eyes... not even Frieza's gaze terrified me like that.../

He was snapped out of his thoughts a moment later by Bulma's voice. "Oh, Vegeta, you're awake!" He didn't say anything, just looked at her for a moment, before turning his gaze toward the ceiling. "You really should ease up some Vegeta, or you'll end up killing yourself."

"I'm going back home." he said at last.

"What? Why?" Bulma asked suprised.

Vegeta remained silent for a long moment, the dream... or vision? Whatever it was, it was still going through his mind, though it was becoming hazy now. "I can train better there." he said at last. It wasn't the entire truth, but he wasn't even admitting that to himself, no way he'd admit it to her.

Bulma sighed and turned her eyes toward the ground for a moment, but then she perked up suddenly. "Well then, I'm coming with you." she said with a nod.

"What?"

"You heard me. If you're going then so am I."

Vegeta frowned slightly but said nothing.

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It had only been a few hours since Vegeta had decided to leave for Planet Vegeta. He'd refused being placed in a regen tank saying that his injuries weren't that severe but Bulma saw him wince almost every time he reached out his arms. Still, she knew better than to argue with him about it, he'd only dig his heels in further. Bulma shut her last suitcase and locked it before looking out her window at the setting sun.

She'd only had the time to tell Krillin, Hotaru, and her father that she was leaving. Krillin was rather shocked, Hotaru just grinned and winked at her, and her father... she wasn't even sure he'd actually heard her. With a sigh she moved back over to her two suitcases packed full of capsules, her entire wardrobe in fact, and moved out into and down the hall and out to the waiting taxi that would take her to the embassy.

She looked out her window at West City as the car moved and hoped that the next time she saw the city it was just as peaceful as it looked now.

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AH Saga 6:

Read Altered History: Saga I Saga II Saga III Saga IV Saga V

Gosan

Great to know you started on your next saga Xyex, telling by the title it would focus on Vegeta this time round which is wise as an alteration so the characters get a good amount of exposure rather that everything surrounding Goku. Some variation fits in nicely.

Great chapter as I said many many times before. Sakura is a nice and common Japanese name for Yamcha and Hotaru's daughter. I look forward to see how you change things when the androids come, thought you would have skipped them...

I feel the vision Vegeta has is foreshadowing something but not too clear what. Think something big is going to happen back home on Planet Vegeta. Can’t wait to find out on the next masterpiece of a chapter

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.Pivitor

I like how you just started this fiction in the middle of a crisis, and only gave hints as to what's going on (such as a hint about Trunks with that line about the one who had come eight months ago.)

I too enjoy how you're giving all the other characters chances to shine (Gohan and Bardock in saga three, Yamcha and Hotaru in 3, now Vegeta in four) before digging into the major plotline.

Anyway, this looks like it will certainly be awesome as well, and I'm looking forward to seeing what's going on on Vegeta. Hopefully we'll catch up with Tenshinhan, Vadora, Chaozu (I must keep reminding you of him or you'll forget) and the King. Perhaps Raditz too? Who knows.

Keep it up!

Xyex

Ya, I like to give everyone a decent ammount of 'air time' as it were. This Saga's for Vegeta, Tien, and Raditz mainly. Chaotzu's biggest role in the entire series is actually next saga. His role now is very very small, just a cameo really. ^^; Course, his power's not up to par with the others these days.

Just finished the last chapter for this saga. Only 9 chapters. The rest will be longer now though. Anyway, time to post this so I can get back to working on Saga 5.

Chapter Two - Homecoming

Vegeta stared at the various formal armors that filled his closet and debated on which he should wear. It had been almost two weeks since he and Bulma had departed Earth and they'd be arriving on Vegeta in a few more hours. He'd already spoken with his father earlier and a room was being prepared in the castle for them. Vegeta smirked lightly as he remembered the look on his father's face when he'd said that Bulma had come along, and the look when he'd corrected him that they needed only one room.

"I like that blue one." a voice came from behind him. He glanced over his shoulder and saw Bulma standing in the doorway to the bathroom, dripping wet, and completely naked. "And where are the towels?"

Vegeta smirked. "The maid came by early to do the laundry. There should be some down the hall in the closet." he said turning around and pulling out the blue armor Bulma had mentioned. It was one of the fancier pieces of armor he had, it had been a gift from... someone, years ago. He could only vaguely remember receiving it. As he laid it down on the bed he noticed Bulma was still standing in the doorway to the bathroom. "You're not going to find any towels standing there staring at me."

"How did you..."

Vegeta chuckled but said nothing. Bulma decided she'd have to speak with her maid when she got back to Earth and proceeded out into the hall to find a closet and a towel. He watched her leave and then turned back to the armor and remembered why he'd never worn it before, since it lacked the chest plate portion. Shrugging he began to smooth out the cape attatched to it when he noticed a pendant wrapped inside the cloth.

Curious he picked it up and gazed at the yellow green gem before flipping it over and spying an inscription on it. "Destiny is what we make it." he said softly. Why did that sound so familiar? He flipped it back over and gazed at the gem again. "When did I recieve this armor? What was I, five? Six maybe..." he said thinking aloud. His thumb slipped down along the edge of the pendant and it suddenly clicked and opened a little.

Vegeta narrowed his eyes and flipped the top open with his thumb. Instantly his eyes widened as he gazed at what he found inside. And with the image came a rush of memories from his childhood. "My fifth birthday." he said glancing to the armor again. "It was a gift from my mother, to mark the beginning of my warrior training." He looked down at the pendant again, the cover side contained a picture of his father, his mother, and him at age five. "Two weeks before the accident...."

He remembered his father explaining the pendant. It had been tradition for generations. The Prince would receive his grandfather's pendant on his fifth birthday. It would contain only an image of him and his parents taken on that same day. The other would be left for a picture of him and his mate that would be replaced only twice. Once on the day of his heir's birth and again on the heir's fifth birthday.

The pendant also marked a transfer of power in a way. The reason it was the grandfather's pendant that was used and not the father's is that they marked the line of succession. Had his grandfather still been alive when he'd turned five that would have also marked the day his father would have taken the throne. Vegeta looked from the pendant to the armor for a moment as he remembered what had happened.

He'd received the news of the explosion... Something had malfunctioned on his mother's spaceship while she was still a good distance from the planet. By the time the recovery ship reached the debris and found her she was dead. At that point he'd not cared about tradition anymore and just hid the pendant so he wouldn't see it and be reminded about that accident the rest of his life. Now, however...

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"I was right, you do look good in that." Bulma said as she walked into the command room. The room had about ten other people in it operating the various systems. Vegeta stood in the middle of the room in the blue armor from earlier, the cape actually reached down to the floor, which somehow it made the outfit even more impressive looking. Vegeta only cast her a glance as she walked up beside him and gazed out the window at Planet Vegeta.

"We'll be entering that atmosphere shortly." Vegeta said turning his gaze back to the planet. "You should activate the barrier field soon."

Bulma looked down at the device on her wrist for a moment before turning it on. Vadora had given her one last time she'd come here, before they were even in sight of the planet, and explained what it was for. The level of gravity on the planet would squash her like a pancake without the barrier field. Vegeta had been working on that with her though. A few simple Ki control lessons worked into her normal morning workouts. Acording to him, if she kept making the level of progress she was, she'd be able to walk around on Vegeta without the barrier in a couple months time. Part of the adjustment was getting used to the gravity itself, which she'd do by lowering the power of the field slowly over the next few weeks, which is why it was currently only set to 9.5 instead of 10.

After making sure the device was working correctly she looked up at the monitor/window again just in time for a face she recognized to appear. "Vadora!" Bulma called happily. "How are you?"

Vadora nodded. "I'm good. And Tien sends his reguards as well. He'd have come with me but he's gone off with Raditz to train. Again." she said laughing. "Anyway, you've been cleared for landing. I'll talk to you then." With that the screen switched back to a view of the planet.

"Well, let's go." Vegeta said turning and leaving the room.

Bulma followed after him adjusting her red dress as she went. Vegeta wasn't the only one dressed up for their arrival on the planet. She'd decided to forgo the shoes, she wasn't in the mood for heels, but she'd still decided on a nice red satin dress. She wanted to make a good impression. Vegeta had suggested one of the formal armors but... she just couldn't see herself in one of those.

It took the two of them almost ten minutes to reach the exit hatch they were going to use when the ship landed and then they just leaned back against the wall and waited. It took a few more minutes for the slight jerking that marked the landing of the ship and both stood upright again and straightened out their clothes. Bulma felt a little nervous as the door began to hiss and then open. Vegeta had told her they'd not be landing within the palace like her small group had the first time, they'd be landing outside, and no doubt a small crowd would have gathered after hearing that he was returning.

Sure enough a fairly sizeable crowd had formed along the walkway from the landing area to the palace. At least a couple hundred people, a good chunk of them probably Sai-jin. She heard the sound of scouters flaring up behind her and glanced back to find four guards standing there and scanning the crowds. She doubted they were there for Vegeta's sake, which made her hair stand on end.

But then her eyes moved to the bottom of the stairs as she and Vegeta started down and she saw Vadora, King Vegeta, and an alien she didn't recognize standing there. As she walked she realized just how much more gravity 1.5 times Earth gravity was. She wasn't so sure of Vegeta's estimate in her ability to walk without the barrier anytime soon. As she and Vegeta reached the stone pathway Vadora knelt and Pug bowed. "Welcome back Vegeta." The king said with a nod.

"Father." Vegeta said with a nod of his own. "I'd like to speak with you about the preparations later. I don't want to admit it but... the chance exists matters won' t stay on Earth."

His father nodded again. "Of course, of course. We'll speak once we get back to the throne room." He then turned to Bulma. "And it is nice to see you again Lady Bulma."

She blushed a little at the title, even though she knew she'd be getting it from everyone now. The two royals spoke for a moment longer and then they walked off with Pug to attend to things. "So, still cute I take it?" Vadora asked walking alongside Bulma as they moved toward the palace.

"What?"

"Don't tell me you've forgotten? The first time you came to Planet Vegeta, when I was speaking with the king..." She trailed off and glanced over to Bulma who had a puzzled expression on her face. "You really don't remember? You saw Prince Vegeta and afterwards asked who he was and said he was cute."

Bulma shook her head. "I don't remember that..."

Vadora laughed shaking her head as well. "Well, trust me, it happened." She paused for a moment before continuing, as the two passed through the double doors into the palace and the guards left. "Though I have to admit, at the time, I didn't think you'd end up becoming queen..." she shook her head as she thought back to the first time she'd met Bulma and the others. "Things have certainly changed lately."

"You're telling me."

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Bulma's eyes went wide as she looked around the room Vadora had lead her too. "Oh wow, this room's almost as big as Capsule Corp!" she said walking in and looking around. The ceiling was at least thirty feet over her head and had two large ornate cyrstal chandeliers hanging from it. Light from them danced along the walls and floor. Along the back wall rested a large king size bed covered in red satin sheets. The left wall was lined with dressers and the right had two doors.

"The Prince never stays in the same room here for more than a year." Vadora said. "This one's actually smaller than his last." She moved into the room and pointed toward the first door on the right. "The bathroom is through there, the other door is a closet. Your suitcases will be brought up shortly and unpacked for you."

Bulma shook her head. "I doubt there's enough room in this entire room to unpack all of my things." she laughed. "I brought my entire wardrobe with me." She was about to say more when the doors to the room swung open and a female Sai-jin in battle armor that she'd never seen before entered the room.

"Mango?" Vadora asked turning. "What's up?"

"Not sure exactly, Toma just asked me to come find you and take you out to the Sparring Grounds..."

Vadora glanced back at Bulma and then turned and started out of the room. "I'm coming too." Bulma said following her. The two other women nodded and the three made their way through the halls. After a few moments they emerged into the light of the outdoors again and Mango lifted up off the ground. Vadora picked up Bulma and they flew off into the distance. As they flew the sounds of fighting echoed over the lands. Flashes of light appeared randomly in the sky before them, blue, red, and white.

Suddenly a bright pink light flared to life high in the sky as a voice called out. "Thunder Crash!" The energy charged down toward the ground blindingly bright. Bulma hadn't recognized that voice but she did recognize the next one.

"Kaio Ken!" There was a flare of red and the pink energy that came to stop before being pushed off into the sky. And then the red streaked up into the air and the sounds of battle resumed. Mango began to descend and Vadora followed her down. They landed on the edge of a cliff where there were a good dozen or so other Sai-jins standing around, scouters on, watching the battle.

"Look at them go." Toma said walking up beside Vadora and Bulma. "They started really going about twenty minutes ago."

"Typical." Vadora said shaking her head.

"I don't get it... what's up?" Bulma asked trying to watch the battle but to no avail.

It was Mango that answered. "Tien and Raditz are showing off again." she chuckled. "These two have more intense spars than anyone I've ever seen. Raditz got it in his head after news reached us that he was going to help in the battles on Earth. Seems he's feeling left out, since the rest of his family gets to play hero and all."

There was a resounding crack as Tien's fist smashed into Radtiz's face and sent the Sai-jin surging down into the ground. He pulled himself to his feet slowly and look up at Tien. "Let's see if our training the other day paid off any, shall we?" he asked as he cracked his neck. Suddenly he launched into the air again. "Kaio Ken!" There was a spark of red energy about him, and then a blinding flash as a red aura flared to life and he flew up at Tien even faster.

The Human dodged to the side quickly, his own red aura fading away as he did. "Nibai Kinryoku!" As his red aura vanished a silver one flared up to replace it. The two shot in at each other again and began trading blows once more. Flashes of red and silver lit up the sky as thunderous explosions rocked the ground.

"Like I said." Mango began. "They're showing off."

Toma grinned. "Just because they're both able to beat you, you know..." She turned and looked at him, raising an eyebrow slightly, at which point he stopped talking but kept grinning. Vadora and Mango both cracked up laughing.

"Lightning Blast!" Raditz called as he flew backward, thrusting his arms out before him. A stream of golden energy surged forward toward Tien.

"Nice try!" Tien called. "Sanjuu Kinryoku!" The Human's power jumped up again and he easily dodged around the attack and surged in at Raditz.

Before the Sai-jin could react Tien had him planted face first in the dirt. Still, Raditz pulled himself up once more. "Double Kaio Ken!" he cried shooting up again.

Tien placed his hands before him as he watched Raditz charge him, sighting up his shot between his hands. "Tri-Beam!" Gold energy sparked between his palms and then shot down slamming into Raditz and knocking him down into the ground once more, this time knocking him out as well.

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Deep Space:

"Cloaking systems are at 94% and holding." a tech called from the controls. "I think we've got the problem fixed."

"See if you can't bring us back to full power." a deep voice ordered from the doorway. "We want our arrival to be a suprise. I don't want to chance the Sai-jins even being remotely aware that we're there until after the attack has begun."

"Yes sir!" the tech said nodding and then began delegating orders to the others.

"So, how much further are we?" he asked the man leaning on the wall just a few feet ahead of him.

The man shrugged, running a hand through is blonde hair. "About two or three more hours I think."

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Read Altered History: Saga I Saga II Saga III Saga IV Saga V

Akatsuki_Encore

Another fantastic start on another probably masterly one. More up!

Crayne

Ooh, mystery persons...

This is great, and it's good for you to change your concentration on other persons from time to time. Keeps the fic surprising.

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.Pivitor

Nicely done. Mystery people are always cool. Nice background on Vegeta and such...

I don't remember Ten being able to use the Nibai earlier however. And why switch from the Kaio-ken to it? Which one is superior? Can they be combined?

Hopefully the story will answer these, or you, whatever.

Xyex

Piv: Some of those are answered later, but I'll answer them all now anyway. First, remember, it's been over a year and a half since we've last seen Tien. He'd tried to learn the Kinryoku before being killed and his since pulled it off.

As for why he switched / which is superior... the Kaio Ken is the superior technique on a few levels. It can produce a great increase in the over all (tapping untapped power instead of causing the person to 'over generate' power. Kaio Ken has a higher 'maximum level' because of this. It also strains the body less). However, Tien can do up to a Sanjuu Kinryoku (3x power boost) while only a single level of Kaio Ken at the moment (50% power boost (makes more sense than 1 and 2 both being a 2x increase IMO)). Hence why he switched over, intending to keep his power close to even with Raditz's.

Lastly, yes, they can be combined. In fact, they eventually shall be. Hmm, I think I should do an attack list for the data files.... Anyway! On with the fic!

Chapter Three - Uninvited Guests

It had been about a half hour since the spar outside and Raditz was currently in a regen tank recovering. Bulma, Vadora, and Tien had just left the Regen Bay and Bulma was getting a tour of the palace. As they walked Vadora realized something. "You can't fight, can you?" she asked glancing over to Bulma.

"Huh? Well, no. I'm a brains person, not a fighter. Why?"

Vadora sighed. "This should be fun then. There's an old Sai-jin law, royalty must prove competancy in combat to maintain their position. It was made so Vegeta the First's descendants wouldn't slack off. But it applies to you as well."

"Wait, what? I can't fight."

Vadora nodded. "You'll need to learn. Just the basics. Punching, kicking, flying, and Ki blasts. Since you're working on adjusting to the gravity here it'll make it easier too."

"She's right." Tien said. "Gravity training makes the body adjust faster. You'll be walking around here like it's Earth sooner than you think, which will help with the Ki control."

"Tien and I can teach you that." Vadora said. "It's not as hard as you might think. It's not like you need to be able to level mountains, just show you can actually fight. We could start that today, now even, if you want. It'll help you to adjust to the gravity too."

"Well... ok. I mean, I've already been doing some Ki stuff with Vegeta..." Bulma said.

"Alright. Let's head off to the training grounds again."

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Sai-jin Palace, Throne Room:

King Vegeta had arranged for the confrence table to be set up before he'd gone to meet his son and Bulma. Now he and the Prince sat at it with Pug having a conversation. They'd been there going on twenty minutes now and had made little in the way of progress. "We already know things went horribly wrong before..." Pug said, still working at absorbing the matter of conversation. "Without the forewarning we have now everything the Empire did was reactionary."

King Vegeta nodded. "Yes, now we can actually work on the prevention. That's what we need to worry about Vegeta." he said glancing to his son.

While the Prince was willing to admit things could get out of hand he wasn't willing to admit any chance of complete failure. Still, his father did have a point. After hearing it repeated by both him and Pug for the past twenty minutes he realized he wasn't going to get them to budge. "Very well. What did you have in mind?"

"A barrier." Pug said simply. "We set up a quarantine around the Earth. Not instantly, of course. Only if things get too out of control. It's best to restrict this to one area."

"A barrier?" the Prince scoffed. "They buckle under the force of anything over a million. That wont contain matters to Earth."

"Under normal circumstances, no." King Vegeta said. "But I've been speaking with Dr. Briefs. I'm sure you've noticed Capsule Corp. has been overly busy lately?"

"I had noticed a lot of activity." the Prince replied with a small nod. "Bulma and Hotaru were almost always down in his lab..."

King Vegeta nodded. "He's working on a new system, using Earth, Sai-jin, and Tanarian technology. Unlike our previous barrier systems this one will be far more stable. On it's own it wont be enough, no. We don't think it'll withstand more than five million. But that's not where the power of this system lies. It makes use of the space distortion technology used in their capsules."

"Wait. You're going to capsulize the Earth?"

"Not exactly." Pug said. "The distortion field will surround the Earth only if the barrier field is destroyed. It'll rip apart anything that tries to pass through but will slowly dissapate. About a year later it'll fade completely. However, that's more than enough time to errect a new field. It's destruction will merely set the process into repeat. Hopefully it will buy us the time to think of something more... permanent.

"In the meantime, a counter device has already been designed. It arrived here a few days ago. If the threat is destroyed before the distortion fades we can use the counter device to eliminate the field instantly. It will be back to business as normal."

Vegeta nodded. "That works. You keep them on Earth, I'll make sure they end up dead."

"Don't get ahead of yourself Vegeta." his father said. "There's already three Super Sai-jins..."

"There will be four by then." he interrupted hotly. "I will become a Super Sai-jin. Even if Kakkarotto is as you say... he is still only a third class, I won't allow him, or his family, to be stronger than me."

"It is perhaps possible..." Pug said slowly. "That neither Kakkarotto or Bardock's powers are fueled by the Guardian legend."

The Prince turned his gaze to Pug, interest clearly carved onto his face. "What do you mean?"

"You know the two most common types of Sai-jins, correct?"

"Common types? You mean normal Sai-jins and those with reduced capacity?"

Pug nodded. "Sai-jins with reduced capacity gain power slower than the average. Tangerie, Vadora, and Appla are prominent examples of this type. Your father and I have been thinking. The likes of Kakkarotto and Bardock are not entirely without precedent. Two hundred years ago Orenja, born third class, rose to be the second strongest Sai-jin, surpassed only by the King."

"You're suggesting a third type, even more uncommon than the reduced capacity?"

King Vegeta nodded. "An extended capacity. They can gain in power easier than the average Sai-jin. Not to the degree of the Royal Family, but still beyond normal. Add to that the fact that both of them push themselves harder than any normal Sai-jin... As you know Vegeta, even though you are part of the royal family, you are also a reduced capacity. You managed to push yourself to where you are now, but with more effort than it took any of your ancestors. This is why they are able to keep up with you."

"What about Kakkarotto's kid, Gohan?" the Prince asked. "He too is..."

"An unusal specimen." Pug said. "One of the two only half Sai-jin half Humans there are. The matter of Gohan is beyond complex. While the child of Pasha, Videl I believe, is exceptionally powerful, it seems to be more the mixing of Human and Sai-jin blood than ability. Gohan, however, seems to have three things going in his favor, if we're correct that is. He, too, is an extended capacity. Plus there is the apparent effect of Human DNA enhancing Sai-jin DNA which further raises his capacity."

"On top of that. I now believe that he is the one. The Guardian powers have awoken within Gohan." King Vegeta finished. "The legend says that they will awaken when a threat to the Sai-jin race arises. The timing of all these events... Freeza, Slug, the conspiracies, this new danger... the universe began to enter this turmoil the same year Gohan was born."

"Freeza was a thorn in our sides longer than that." the Prince said, not entirely satisfied.

"True." the King continued. "But it is not just Freeza. Think about it a moment. I could have stood against him and possibly won. Goku did. The Guardian powers were not needed for him. But look at the bigger picture. Some threat, larger than the Cold Family, has begun to make itself known. Things are starting to come to a head. I don't know if perhaps the events on Earth are part of the main thing, or just some extra, but something very big is coming Vegeta. Something far more dangerous than the Cold Family ever was."

The King paused as the doors to the throne room opened and a soldier with orange skin and pink hair came running in. Reaching the table he quickly kneeled. "King Vegeta sir."

"What is it?"

"We detected a ship about thirty minutes ago." he said hurriedly. "At first we thought it was a ghost reading, we were barely getting anything, and then it cleared. But a moment later it vanished completely from our sensors. It's course was for Planet Vegeta. The others said it was nothing but you've asked us to report anything unusual."

The King leaned back in his seat in thought. "Yes, very good. You may go." he said not even paying attention. The man nodded, stood, and walked from the room. "So then, we have someone passing through our space and coming here..."

The Prince snorted. "You heard him, it vanished. There was probably nothing there, just a space echo."

"Perhaps." the King nodded. "But these warriors for the conspiracy that still runs, they have to be travelling somehow, no?"

The younger royal stiffened up at that. His mind insantly went back to his recurring dream.

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Training Grounds:

Vadora and Tien had come across Mango, Tangerie, and Toma on the way back out to the Training Grounds and the three Sai-jin had decided to come along to try and help with her training. At the moment Bulma was sitting on the ground doing as the four Sai-jins and the Human were directing. Vegeta had already taught her to tap into her ki, but it was far too low to really be useful.

Mango was looking at the reading on her scouter as she watched Bulma's power fluctuate betwen 9 and 12. After the higher powers on Earth had been removed from the planetary scans a more accurate average power of 8 had been established for the Human race. So Mango saw the reading as quite impressive for the young woman. She wasn't a fighter, just kept herself fit. And on such a low scale 9 to 12 was a pretty impressive range. Even if Chi-Chi ranked in as the strongest Human female at 72.

It still wasn't quite enough to do what was needed. A power of 15 was needed to generate ki attacks. And a power of 30 to be able to fly, although badly. They'd need to raise Bulma's power to at least 50 in order to get her to a competent fighting level. Still, that wouldn't be too difficult. The gravity would help with that, plus the training. Mango figured they'd have Bulma flying by the end of the month. Fighting, decently, would take longer. But she'd be ready.

They stood there letting Bulma focus for a while and then Toma began showing her some moves. Mango was rather impressed with how easily the woman took to the motions. Apparently the style was similar to a workout method she used back on earth. /Maybe she'll be ready faster than I'd thought./ A little later the small Chaotzu returned from his earlier trip into Saiya City and joined the others in training Bulma.

It was nearly an hour later that they finally stopped, Bulma quite tired from the exercise. "I say we head into town." Toma said smiling as they began to leave the Training Grounds. "I've not had a night out for months!"

Tangerie laughed. "You mean you haven't had a night out in months that you can remember. We just went out the other night and you passed out from too much to drink."

Toma shrugged. "A Sai-jin needs to have fun now and then. Besides, I've been bored, what with all the missions being cancelled lately." He turned and looked at Bulma who was being carried by Tien. "Tien here knows something, so does Raditz in fact, but they wont say anything. What about you? What's going on?"

Now all the Sai-jin's attentions were focused on Bulma and the woman fidgeted a bit. "It's nothing." she said at last, but not looking at any of them. Toma shook his head and then concentrated on where he was heading.

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Somewhere on Planet Vegeta:

An odd sound echoed over the landscape, low and rumbling. The ground shook, dust flying into the air and rocks bouncing across the ground. Suddenly the rock began to crack in ten seperate places as though something of great weight was pressing into the ground. And then the rumbling and shaking began to fade, the dust settled slowly, and then a hissing sounded. A crack of light appeared in mid air and soon formed into a doorway that led into a metal hall.

A set of stairs lowered slowly and then clicked as it hit the rock. Silence fell over the area once more but only for a moment. The sound of hundreds of footsteps on a metal surface began to sound. And then beings of all shapes and sizes emerged from the doorway and moved down the steps. They all wore blue and white armors and had scouters upon their faces. It took a few moments for the six hundred soliders to emerge from the ship and gather about beneath it.

A moment later three new forms emerged from the doorway. They, too, had scouters and armors. But their armors were green and brown, and oddly formed. Instead of two shoulder fins like the others each only had one fin. As they reached the bottom of the stairs they turned to look up at the doorway. And then another new form emerged into the daylight. As he gazed down at his troops his tail smacked against the floor of the hall a few times.

The man's eyes looked over his troops and then out across the landscape around him. "We're about five miles from the Sai-jin palace and Saiya City." he said at last. "That is to the North. The Sai-jin's have a research center to the east about ten miles, it's also the central communications hub. Take it out and they're voice to the universe goes with it. To the South West is the primary training facility for the new generation of Sai-jin soldiers, about 8 miles away.

"It's time to teach these Sai-jins the meaning of power! And show them what happens when they mess with the Cold Family! Dore, you and your troops take the communications hub. Neizu, you and your troops have the training facility. Salsa, you and the rest of the soliders are with me. You will hit Saiya City, I shall deal with the King and his brat."

"Yes Lord Cooler!" they all said at once.

"Move out!" In a matter of a second the space was empty once more, the soliders all doing as ordered.

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Read Altered History: Saga I Saga II Saga III Saga IV Saga V

Akatsuki_Encore

Great chapter, Xyex. But I've seen better from you though.

It's partly predictable and less exciting, but still a great chap.

Crayne

So, now Cooler attacks...

I wonder how they will survive without a Super Sai-jin... Hey, wait...

Ooh, is Vegeta going to be a Super Sai-jin in the fight against Cooler?
o_O

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.Pivitor

Cooler! I knew it!

Not bad. Parts of the rest of the plot are predictible (Vegeta going SSJ against Cooler, etc.), but I'm still sure it'll be an awesome ride.

I LOVE the Bulma idea (I had already thought of it when you mentioned her adjusting to the weight in the chapter before), and the quick runover of the Goku/Gohan/Bardock situation was helpful, but still entertaining.

More!

Xyex

Predictability to some degree is unavoidable, sadly.

Also, the data files have been updated with the Original Attacks list. Or rather, will be in a few more mintues.

Chapter Four - It Begins

Bulma sighed as she moved over to her bed and then promptly collapsed onto it. Toma, Mango, Tangerie, Vadora, and Tien had all gone into town. Three of the four Sai-jins intended to have a private party at one of the bars in town. Vadora was taking Tien to see a movie, which struck Bulma as odd in more ways than one. The thought of Tien at a movie theater was odd enough. The thought of Sai-jins having movies confused even her mind.

Vadora had offered for Chaotzu to go along as well but the small Human had declined. Apparently he'd worn himself out exploring and shopping and wanted to rest. Bulma didn't really blame the little guy, if he felt anything like she did. Her arms were sore. Her legs were sore. Her sides were sore. Her neck was sore. Her... well, everything was sore. "What I wouldn't give for a massage right now." she mumbled as she closed her eyes and slipped into sleep.

She was woken up only a few moments later as shouts began to sound throughout the palace. She sat up and scrunched up her face wondering what the commotion was about. Standing she moved over to a window that looked south through which she could hear more voices. Looking out she saw streaks of white light flying by overhead coming from the distance. She also spotted one blue light go passed as well, and could see a light purple one fly to a stop in the sky over the palace.

As the purple light stopped Bulma's eyes widened. "Cooler!" she cried in shock at the form she saw. She recognized him from the files she'd seen. Her earlier tiredness was forgotten and she turned to move from the room when she heard a voice ring out over the area. She paused and turned to look out again as the Changeling spoke.

"My brother and father let you Sai-jins live only because they weren't sure they could beat you in a battle." he called out. "I let you live only because I didn't see any reason not to. But that has since changed. No one attacks the Cold Family and lives long. My brother was a pain in the ass and I find it amusing that it was a Sai-jin who finally broke that ego of his. However, be that as it may, I can't simply allow you to attack my family, let alone kill them, without there being consequences." Cooler crossed his arms and smirked. "Those consequences are quite simple. It's time to wipe you monkeys from existence!"

Suddenly two dark purple streaks surged into the sky along with a dark blue one. Bulma recognized the people as their auras vanished. Pug, Vegeta, and his father. She bit her lip not sure what to do at first but then turned and made her way into the hall and started for the exit.

Outside the three warriors facing Cooler had their arms crossed as they gazed at the Changeling. "You're going to wipe us from existence, are you?" the Sai-jin Prince asked with a smirk. "I find that hard to believe. Your brother and father we're stronger than you and even they couldn't do that."

Cooler just grinned. "Perhaps. But you couldn't beat them either, if I'm remembering correctly." Vegeta's smirk quickly turned into a scowl which made Cooler laugh. "You couldn't even beat me."

"Oh really? How about we see about that?"

"Oh, anytime you're ready Sai-jin. My forces will deal with the rest of you."

Prince Vegeta looked over to Pug and his father. "You two stay back, I'll handle Cooler." The King nodded as the Prince turned his gaze back to Cooler. "You, come with me. I don't want to smash up the palace along with you."

"Lead the way."

As Prince Vegeta led Cooler off toward the Training Grounds, the nearest expanse of open land, the King turned to Pug. "What about the Changeling's soldiers?" he asked. "Those that flew passed were heading for Saiya City..."

"I'm getting reports of attacks at the Research Center and at the Training Center." Pug said frowning. "Cooler must have split the Armored Squardron up to lead the attacks."

Vegeta nodded. "I saw Salsa fly passed for Saiya City." he said thinking. "He's the strongest of the Armored Squardron..."

"Saiya City is well protected I should think." Pug said. "I saw Tien heading into the city with Mango, Tangerie, Toma, and Vadora."

King Vegeta shook his head. "Salsa's stronger than Tien..." he paused as someone with a white aura flew up to where he and Pug floated. "Ah, Raditz, perfect timing."

"I heard Cooler was here..."

King Vegeta nodded. "Go to Saiya City, help Tien wipe out Cooler's forces, and be on the look out for Salsa." he paused and looked at Pug. "Any word on the other two?"

"Neizu's been spotted at the Training Center, which means Dore's attacking the Research Center."

Vegeta nodded and turned back to Raditz. "Have Toma, Mango, Vadora, and Tangerie go take care of Neizu first. Once that area's clear they are to go take care of Dore."

"At once sir." Raditz said with a bow before blasting off toward Saiya City.

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Saiya City:

Tien and Vadora waved to the others as they disappeared into the bar and then turned to walk down the street to the theater. As they started down the street the Human suddenly stopped as a siren began to blare up and down the street. "What's that?" Tien asked turning to look at Vadora.

"It's the battle alarm." she said slowly. She paused a moment, waiting to see if it stopped. But after a few more seconds of it still wailing away even Toma, Mango, and Tangerie came running out into the street again. "Looks like our fun is on hold, the planet's under attack."

"And me without my armor." Mango said lifting into the air. "Let's move!" The others nodded and followed her up into the air. As they passed the top of the towering buildings they saw over a hundred white dots of light that were dropping into the city randomly. She was about to start giving out orders, since she was the strongest, when a red light appeared just in the distance. A moment later Raditz had pulled to a stop with them.

"Orders from King Vegeta." he said making sure everyone was together. "Tien and I are to deal with those here, and to take out Salsa. Mango, Tangerie, Toma, and Vadora, you're to go deal with Neizu at the Training Center first, then head to the Research Center and take care of Dore."

"Wait, the Armored Squadron?" Tangerie asked in suprise. "But... that means..."

"Prince Vegeta is fighting Cooler now." Raditz said with a nod. "We don't have time to be talking, move!" The four Sai-jins nodded and then flew off toward the Training Center. Raditz looked back over to Tien. "Alright, Salsa's a good deal stronger than us. He's in the three hundred thousand range, but I think we can handle him."

"We have to find him first."

Raditz reached up and activated his scouter as the sounds of battle began to emanate from the city. He adjusted it to a short range scan only and it began to pick up hundreds of powers. A moment later he stopped as he looked to the west. "Bingo, one power of 318,619. Not quite twice your, and my, power but it's enough to make a one on one fight impossible."

"You get the hang of that False Moon yet?"

"Don't know for sure, but I want to face him head on first. I'll try that if things get too out of hand." He lowered his hand from his scouter. "Let's go." Twin bursts of white light flared up as the two sped off toward the energy reading on Raditz's scouter. The two were flying straight toward a towering building and veered to the right going around it. As they reached the other side they saw a blue-green skinned, blond haired man, in battle armor floating in the sky talking to a pair of soldiers.

"So, if it isn't Cooler's right hand moron." Raditz said grinning as he pulled to a stop.

Salsa turned and looked to see who'd spoken, but didn't recognize either of them. "More worthless nobodies." he said shaking his head. "Deal with these two." he said waving his hand and beginning to descend. He stopped as dual cries of 'Dodon Ray' echoed from above him. He looked up in time to see the two with their arms out, a finger each pointed at one of the attacking soldiers, and a golden stream of energy flowing from their fingers and through the chests of the soliders.

He smirked. "Oh, think you're big shots now?" he asked crossing his arms. "Still, to see two Sai-jins able to take out my troo..."

"One Sai-jin." Tien said crossing his arms. "And one Human."

"Human? Never heard of them."

"Enough talking. I just got out of recovery, I want to test my new strength."

Salsa laughed. "Well this time you wont be going to recovery. This time you'll be dead!" A blue aura flared up around him and he charged up at the other two.

Raditz dodged to the right, calling out. "Kaio Ken times three!" as he did, the brilliant red aura engulfing him.

Tien shot higher into the air. "Sanjuu Kinryoku!" Before the silver aura even had the chance to flare up his voice called out again. "Kaio Ken!" The sparks of silver that had started around him shifted quickly to red.

Salsa stopped as his scouter, which had read both of them at just over twenty thousand a moment ago, beeped madly. It stopped a second later, 166,107 for the Sai-jin, 167,405 for the triclops. "What the hell? This 'Human' is a Super Elite... and why don't I have the Sai-jin's file? Frieza documented all Second Class Elites and above."

Raditz smirked. "My power is only recently attained. I may not be able to match my father or brother, but I can handle you."

Salsa narrowed his eyes and tapped his scouter. An outline formed on the display around Raditz's face. A moment later his picture came up, as well as a file on him. His eyes widened in suprise for a moment. "So, a son of Bardock are you?" he laughed. "Don't let that Sai-jin pride of yours get the better of you. You're still just a monkey. Still, this will be a famous kill for me. Come Sai-jin, Human, time for you both to die!"

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Training Center:

Mango pulled to a stop as she reached the training center. Toma and Tangerie let go of her ankles as she slowed. A moment later Vadora pulled up beside them. They could hear the cries of battle and see the flashes of ki attacks. "Damn, none of us brought a scouter." Toma muttered as he gazed about. "What do you sense Vadora?"

She scanned the battle with her eyes and senses. "Lots of powers, probably about the ten to twenty thousand range." She shook her head. "I can't find Neizu, there's too much interference."

Mango scanned the ground below her for a moment and then dropped quickly. The others soon followed her down and watched as she moved over to one of the fallen soliders and removed his scouter. Putting it on she activated it and checked the area. "251,286. That's Neizu. It's coming from inside the Training Center."

"Ideas?" Tangerie asked keeping an eye out for attack. "Even the basic troops are stronger than Toma and I."

Mango nodded. "The lowest reading I'm getting is just around eighteen thousand. And even I can't deal with Neizu. At least, not like this. Vadora?"

The female Sai-jin grinned as she held an arm out and turned her palm skyward. Energy sparked all along her arm and then began to gather across her palm. A moment later there was a flash as a ball of energy formed. With a grunt she pitched it into the sky. "Moon Ball explode!" she cried as it reached a high enough point. There was a flash of light and then an explosion as the energy ball erupted and bathed it's light down upon the planet.

Vadora drifted up into the air and then floated backwards slowly as the others gazed up at the false moon and began to transform. As they began to grow taller Vadora shot up into the air and towards the false moon. "Self-sustaining or not, I'm still going to keep my eyes on this thing." she said softly, wishing she still had her tail to help in the battle.

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Training Grounds:

Vegeta dropped toward the ground and landed softly. Turning around he faced Cooler again, his blue cape fluttering out behind him. "I thought you had some actual brain power Cooler." Vegeta said cracking his neck. "Apparently I was wrong. I mean really! Thinking you could actually defeat Pug or my father." Vegeta smirked. "Well, you wont even get to try now. I'm going to tear you limb from limb."

Cooler laughed. "Oh, is that so Sai-jin?" He shook his head. "I have a few tricks up my sleeve, you'll see things wont be so easy as that."

"Ha! Whatever 'tricks' you have wont save you. Come on, let's do this!" Vegeta cried taking a battle stance.

"Ready when you are."

Vegeta narrowed his eyes as his legs tensed. "Then... let's go!" he shouted launching forward.

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Read Altered History: Saga I Saga II Saga III Saga IV Saga V

Akatsuki_Encore

Amazingly exciting, the tension is darn good! More soon, but let Vejita lose?

Xyex

Chapter Five - War on Planet Vegeta

Bulma rounded a corner to start toward the front doors and found Chaotzu floating there talking to an armored Sai-jin. "What's going on?" she asked walking toward them quickly.

"The planet is being attacked." Chaotzu said looking back. "Everyone's out fighting them back... I want to help but... I'm not nearly strong enough. I haven't trained as much as Tien..."

"What about Vegeta?" Bulma asked looking at the guard.

"The Prince?" he asked. "Last I heard he was going off to fight Cooler."

"Cooler!" she cried worried.

"Don't worry, he can deal with Cooler. Besides, if things do get dicey Pug and the King are out there."

Bulma bit her lip and looked passed the guard toward the doors. There were more guards along the way and standing at the doorways. She couldn't tell how strong any of them were but she figured they were rather powerful, and fast, if they were guarding the palace against intrusion. She'd have no chance of getting passed them.

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Saiya City:

Twin streaks of red surged up at Salsa and began to attack him quickly and fiercely. The alien was having some trouble keeping up with both opponents at the same time. "You're just lucky it's us you're fighting." Raditz said as his foot smashed into Salsa's head knocking him into a building. He turned and faced him with Tien at his side. "If you were dealing with Mango and the others you wouldn't even have a chance to fight back."

Salsa pulled himself free of the building with a jerk and burst of energy. Steel and concrete tore free with him and fell to the ground below. "Mango... Second Class Elite, power of about eighty thousand if I remember right." he shook his head. "And what makes you think she could do better than you?"

Raditz smirked. "That's a secret. I expect King Vegeta had Tien and I deal with you, instead of having Mango do it, because he knew I'd like the challenge." He reached up and popped his neck. "You must realize, though, that this is all a waste. A suicide mission. Even if you did manage to get passed Tien and I there's still the Prince, Pug, and the King. They could all kill you in a split second."

The blonde alien laughed. "You stupid monkey. Lord Cooler will take care of those three easily." He smirked. "He'll have his fun dragging things out, making them suffer, but in the end he'll kill them."

"Is that so?" Raditz asked crossing his arms. "And how's that? Cooler's a weakling. Pug's even stronger than him, Prince Vegeta is close."

Salsa smirked. "That's a secret."

"This is just wasting our time." Tien said taking a battle stance again. "Let's just get this over with."

Raditz uncrossed his arms and readied himself as well. "Right. Come on Salsa, let's see what you've got!" Twin flashes of red erupted once more as the two warriors launched in at Salsa. The alien's own blue aura flared up as they reached him. Raditz's fist smashed against the alien's forearm with a loud crack as the Human's fist did the same on Salsa's raised leg.

The commander of the Armored Squardron sent out a shockwave and blew the two away before charging towards Raditz. "Alright then Monkey, you want to see what I've got do you? Well then, here!" he cried as he reached him and slammed a fist into Raditz's stomach. The Sai-jin's armor cracked slightly under the blow as he doubled over Salsa's fist, his mouth opening wide in pain.

Salsa was about to swing his other fist at the Sai-jin's head when Tien came charging in from the side smashing his foot into his head and knocking him into the building again. This time he didn't stick to the wall but passed clean into it. The two shot in after him. Thunderous cracks and flashes of red and blue emanated from the hole and the windows. Suddenly a loud crack sounded and the entire building shook. That was followed by blinding red light working it's way down floor by floor at high speeds.

A moment later there was an explosion and the building shook again. A bright flash of red flared in the first floor windows, and then they exploded outward. The exterior walls cracked and buckled and then the entire building came crashing down. There was silence for a few moments and then the ground began to shake in sync with more loud cracks. Several minutes later an explosion of blue blasted a hole in the debris and Salsa surged up into the sky once more.

Stopping about a hundred feet up he looked down and charged balls of ki in both hands. A second later he was firing energy blasts rapidly down into the rubble, each one exploding and showering debris everywhere. He kept up his attack for nearly five minutes before charging a larger blast in both hands and pitching it down for good measure. It exploded shooting dust up around him and sending debris out for a couple miles in every direction.

Brushing dust off his armor he grinned. "One Monkey and one Human down. The universe is a better place."

His scouter beeped as a pink light flared up below him, several blocks from the rubble of the building. Then a voice cried out. "Thunder Crash!" Salsa's eye's widened in shock as the massive orb of sparking ki surged toward him. At the last second he brought his arms up in defense and then the blast slammed into him with a savage explosion. As the glare faded it revealed the sleeves of his body suit had been shredded.

He'd just started to lower his arms when Raditz slammed his knee into his stomach and Tien smashed his foot into his back. The dual impact shot his eyes wide, his mouth gaping in pain, as blood sprayed out into Radtiz's hair. For a moment his vision went blurry and his limbs numb but it cleared. As it did he headbutted Raditz and then spun around backhanding Tien. "Learn to die damnit!" he cried glaring at them.

"This isn't fun anymore." Raditz said frowning. "He may be stronger, but he's worthless. He's got no skill. Hell, he doesn't even know how to defend properly."

"Why you!" Salsa shot in at Raditz at full speed cocking back his fist along the way. "This time you die Monkey!"

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Training Center:

A loud roar echoed over the training center as a transformed Mango tilted her head back and stretched her new massive body. Similar roars came from Toma and Tangerie as they finished transforming as well. A moment later the Training Center began to shake and then part of one of the walls and ceiling collapsed as an Oozaru emerged from within. And then another and another began to grow up as well.

The attacking soliders in the area pulled back and Vadora smirked. The weakest of the Oozarus was at at least ten thousand. This turned the odds considerably in the favor of the Sai-jins. Mango now outclassed everyone else present, including Neizu, wherever the alien was hiding. The attacking soldiers took a few moments to regroup at the sudden appearnce of five dozen Oozarus but then the battle was on again.

Neizu pulled back from the Sai-jin he'd been about to blast into oblivion as he'd begun to transform. "What is this?" he wondered in shock. "There's no moon here!" He quickly reached up and thumbed his scouter. "Dore, I need you help. Somehow these Sai-jins are tranforming!"

"What do you mean?"

"I've got a few dozen Oozarus here!"

"s**t, I'm on my way."

Neizu sighed and shot up into the sky and out of the crumbling Training Center. As he did he spied a light floating in the sky above him and someone floating there as if guarding it. /Simulated full moon light?/ he wondered. /Impressive. Well, time to take it out./ He prepared to launch up toward it when his scouter began to beep wildly. Turning he saw an Oozaru glaring at him, teeth bared. It was the source of the reading and he swallowed as it leveled off at over 839,980.

He reached up and thumbed his scouter again. "Hurry up Dore, there's a Second Class Elite here!"

"I'm coming, I'm coming."

Mango let out a growl as she reached out and backhanded Neizu with a loud crack. The alien pulled to a stop several dozen yards away, very sore. Pink energy flared up around his hands as he stared at the large Oozaru. With a cry he thrust his arms out and the energy shot out and engulfed the Oozaru which began to roar in pain and anger. "Heh, one fried monkey coming up!"

Just then Dore pulled up beside him and looked around. "What in the hell? How'd they all transform?"

"That light I think." Neizu said looking up again.

"Huh? Oh, ya, that could work I guess." he said looking at it. "So uh, should we take it out?"

"Yes. You deal with it, I'll handle this Oozaru. Now that it's trapped in my Field of Agony it's not going to be a problem."

"Right." Dore turned and looked up toward the light. He could see a form near it but according to his scouter it wouldn't be a problem. With a grin he shot up.

Vadora felt him coming before she saw him. "s**t, Dore..." she muttered. At least it was better than Neizu. Dore she might be able to handle. That is, if the Kaio Ken actually worked. "Here goes nothing. Triple Kaio Ken!" The red aura flared to life around her, she felt the energy surge through her, and then nothing. It vanished. "Damn!" With a burst of speed her blue arura flared up around her and she sped backwards away from Dore.

The large green man grinned and changed course to follow her. "Where do you think you're going Monkey?" he called laughing.

Vadora turned around and then shot down toward the ground veering to the right as she did. She could sense Toma and Tangerie nearby. As they came into sight she smiled and poured on more speed. The two large Oozarus saw her coming with Dore on her tail. A moment later she'd passed between them. As Dore attempted to follow he was smashed between two massive fists.

As they moved their arms back he fell toward the ground for a second before catching himself and shaking his head. Suddenly he spied a large fist charging for him and swerved out of the way at the last moment. Before he could do anything else another large fist slammed into his back rocketing him foward. Up in the air Vadora smiled as she watched Toma and Tangerie bat Dore around. "Now, let's try this again. Triple Kaio Ken!" Once more a red aura flared around her and then flickered out.

The Sai-jin scowled. "Damn it, come on! Triple Kaio Ken!" This time the aura flared up and stayed, as did the power boost. "That's more like it!" With a flash she charged down toward Dore who'd just kicked Toma onto his back. The green alien had turned to attack Tangerie when his scouter beeped. He turned just in time to see Vadora smash her foot into his face.

Back on the other side of the Training Center Neizu was content with watching his would be attacker struggle within his Field of Agony. "See, no Monkey could ever match my ability!" he laughed. "That field could even hold Captain Ginyu, you wont be getting out any time soon."

Mango let out a loud roar and energy began to build within her mouth. Neizu's eyes widened in shock. "Hey! You can't do that! You should be paraly..." He was cut off as the energy blast shot forward and then engulfed him. When the light faded there was no sign of the alien. The large Oozaru then dropped to it's knees, let out another loud roar, and then began to shrink. Mango collapsed unconscious as she finished reverting, the energy that had been around her vanishing.

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Training Grounds:

A thunderous crack rang out across the fields as Vegeta's fist slammed into Cooler's crossed arms. The Sai-jin Prince didn't waste a second and quickly spun about lashing out a spinning kick toward the Changeling's head. The incoming kick met with a raised arm and was deflected. With a grin Cooler shot his other arm forward and slammed his fist into Vegeta's unprotected stomach causing him to stumble backwards.

He recovered quicker than Cooler expected and the Changeling was caught off guard by a hard left to his jaw that lifted him off the ground and sent him sailing backwards. Vegeta floated a few inches into the air and then charged after him. His left foot surged out but caught nothing but air as the purple skinned alien vanished. Vegeta suddenly felt Cooler above him and turned to the right quickly just dodging an attempted blow to his head.

The Prince turned around and surged back in once more and the two began to exchange blows at lightning speeds. The ground below them trembled and shook, the rocks lifting into the air. A powerful kick to Vegeta's stomach doubled the Sai-jin over, the shockwave gouging out a crater beneath the two warriors. Suddenly an elbow smashed into the back of his head and the Prince found himself slamming into the ground face first.

A second later Cooler's foot smashed into the ground where Vegeta had been. The Prince narrowly avoided the blow as he rolled to the side. His legs shot out and took Cooler's out from under him. As he flipped back up onto his feet he smashed them into Cooler's jaw knocking the alien into the air once more. With a cry he charged up toward him and once more the two began to exchange blows again.

"You're better than I expected, Sai-jin." Cooler said smiling as he blocked a punch.

"As are you." Vegeta replied with a grin while deflecting a kick.

Cooler chuckled. "I'm only getting warmed up." There was a crack as he headbutted the prince away and then charged after him.

A few dozen yards away King Vegeta and Pug stood watching the battle. "The Prince has improved quite a bit." Pug said.

"Indeed. However, I'm worried." King Vegeta said slowly. "Why would Cooler come here and attack us? Surely he knows he's outmatched in power..."

"Perhaps an all out plan?"

"Wipe out the planet... yes, I'd thought of that. But he could have done that just as easily from space, without us even knowing it was coming."

"Ego." Pug said, starting to grin. "The only race with bigger egos than the Sai-jin's are the Changelings."

Vegeta laughed. "That is true. Still... I can't help but think he's up to something..."

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AH Saga 6:

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Crayne

A great description on this chapter, and the action was marvelous.

Though, it is easy to predict the rest of the events.

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