Bringer of Death

Bringer of Death Special: Retribution

Bringer of Death Special: Retribution  

Future Timeline. 

Age 764, six months after the defeat of Garlic Jr, 

Capsule Corporation had proven to be a comfortable enough place for training, but Vegeta hadn't the past few nights. He had been unable to sleep a wink. The feeling of anticipation, of hardly being able to wait another day, drove him to get up in the middle of the night and fly out into space. As a boy, he had feared the emptiness of space - it was one of the few environments where his strength meant nothing. He was glad to have overcome such a feeble limitation. 

A year had passed. It was the evening before that date burned into his consciousness - the date on which he had agreed to fight Goku in a rematch. Leaving Capsule Corporation, he took off into space using his Super Saiyan breathing technique. As usual, he watched and waited, scanning for any possible sign of Kakarott's return. This night, he was particularly anxious. 

The weightlessness of the starry void also gave him a chance to practice his balance in space. The problem he had found while fighting Cooler was that because gravity was absent, one could easily be thrown off course or sent flying in a random direction. Stopping and countering attacks were both more difficult. To account for this, Vegeta practiced creating invisible walls of ki in front of him that he could spring off of. It wasn't the easiest thing to do while being attacked, but he found his attacks much stronger and more effective when he launched off one of his walls than when he simply propelled himself forward with his energy. 

As the prince waited eagerly, moments turning into hours, he began to try to reach out further than ever before with his senses. 'Surely I should be able to sense him by now...' The prince relaxed his mind and stilled his body, allowing the freedom to really listen to the universe around him. When at last he had, the prince was in awe at how much of the solar system he was able to sense all at once. It was as if nothing could hide from him, that anything and everything were responding in subtle waves that he could feel. 

'Ah, there you are, Kakarott. Right on schedule, and a good thing too...lucky for your planet, at least.' Within mere minutes, the Super Saiyan was able to spot Goku's attack pod, which sped past Jupiter, through the asteroid belt, crossing the orbit of Mars, and plummeted directly towards the Earth. 

The ship's speed was far faster than Vegeta was capable of flying, but because he had been closely watching the vessel there was enough time for him to move directly into its trajectory. Boldly, the hardened Saiyan warrior crossed his arms and smirked. As expected, Kakarott's ship passed him with a gap of mere feet between them; the Earth-raised Saiyan within looking curiously outside and taking notice of the grinning Super Saiyan. As their gazes met, each warrior experienced an entirely different sensation. While both were excited to face one another, Goku had hoped that he would at least have a few moments to see his family and friends before the battle. Vegeta, however, would wait not a second longer than he already had. The pod finally broke free from the prince's stare, which seemed to have slowed time down to a tiny crawl, and ripped through the atmosphere below.

THUUDD! The ship landed in the middle of West City, forming a larger crater on top of a now-destroyed movie theater. Luckily, it was still early in the morning and the place was closed. Goku immediately climbed out of his ship, glad that his inability to steer the pod hadn't cost any lives. As he had come to expect, the ship had survived the landing completely intact. 

Before Goku could even take a step, the prince was upon him. Goku looked up, seeing the last of Saiyan royalty hovering between two skyscrapers about 50 feet above the ground. Vegeta's Super Saiyan aura flooded the area with excess energy, causing short circuits in traffic lights, televisions, and even electronic vehicles below. The smile worn by the prince issued a clear challenge.