DRAGONBALL Z:
PEAS and CARROTS
By: L. Curtis Totty
PROLOGUE
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
he cried, in terror and frustration. He realized now that he was going to die a horrible death, and there was nothing he could do. He could only take comfort in the fact that the scourge of the Universe had finally been vanquished.
What kind of way to die was this? What kind of way to die was it to have all this power and then not discover the full extent of it? He was angry with himself for the decision he had made, although he felt in his heart that this decision was the one that he had to make.
He had to make sure. He had to make sure that Freeza was no longer a threat to the Universe.
"Quickly. Take hold of my hand."
The words were fleeting. They appeared suddenly in his mind. It was as if he did not hear the words in the order they came. He suddenly received information all at once, and the best way that his mind could piece it together was in the form of those directions. His mind also told him that the voice came from right behind him.
He turned around to see a small, strange-looking alien life form in front of him. He wore strange clothing that looked like something a Namek-Seijin would wear, combined with that of a member of Freeza’s army.
"Take my hand, now."
There it was again. The information suddenly appearing in his mind, as though he were talking to himself, but with a very different voice than the one in his mind, and the words came to him faster than his own mind’s voice could ever process.
He didn’t think about this. He had no other thoughts in his head except for that of his own death…of his wife and son…of his friends back on Earth, and on Kaiouh-Sama’s planet, waiting for him, hoping he would survive.
He had no choice, but to take this small being’s hand. Suddenly, he realized that this being was going to die, too. At least he would not die alone, unless of course he could breathe in space like Frieza. But how did he get to Namek-Sei? He’d never seen the likes of him here before. Did he come in a spaceship during the battle, after everyone had been wished off the planet?
At the thought of the concept of space travel, he suddenly found himself on the ground, in front of a circular space pod with the symbol of the Ginyu Force on it. The strange little man used his other hand to touch the spaceship.
"Hey, what are you
Doing?" asked the Legendary Super Saiyajin: Son Gokou, as he arrived in a large room. There were other beings like the one that had transported him away, looking at the newcomer before him.
"Who are you guys? Where am I?" asked Gokou. "Are we still on Namek-Sei?"
"No. This is Yardrat-Sei."
"Yardrat-Sei?" asked Gokou. "But…how did we get here so quickly?"
"I transported you here via a technique known as Instantaneous Movement. You would call it Shunkanidou."
"Whatever…I’ve got to get back to my friends," said Gokou. "Transport me there, now!"
"You should not be so hasty. If you leave now you will surely die at the hands of Freeza."
"FREEZA’S STILL ALIVE?" cried Gokou. "IT CAN’T BE! I KILLED HIM!"
"We can still sense Freeza’s ki. It is very small but it is still there," thought the Yardrat-Seijin.
"DAMN HIM! Get me there, quick!" yelled Gokou.
"We cannot do that. We cannot instantly transport you to his location for he is still somewhere in deep space. Don’t bother trying to get to him in your spaceship. By the time you arrive, his father, King Cold, will have already picked him up."
"I’m the Legendary Super Saiyajin! I can wipe them all out!" yelled Gokou.
"Don’t be reckless," said a female voice.
Son Gokou suddenly turned to his left, to see a doorway, with a woman coming through it. Gokou watched this woman walk through the door. She wore clothing much like the Yardrat-Seijin, only it seemed fitted for a female. However, it was apparent that this woman was humanoid. Gokou noticed that she had long black hair, which stopped at her thighs, much like his brother Raditz’s hair did. She was wearing a red bandana covering the top of her head.
Gokou thought that this woman looked very beautiful, much like Chi-Chi. She had the same light in her eyes that his son Gohan did. She looked very familiar to him, but he couldn’t figure out where he knew her. She seemed to have the maturity and experience in her face that somewhat reminded him of Vegeta. Then, Gokou saw it…
The tail of the Saiyajin…