Universe Saga

Reawakening History

OPENING THEME:

Episode 10:

REAWAKENING HISTORY: THE TRUTH IS UNLOCKED

In an instant Goku felt his entire body being shifted through the air but all he saw was the purple mist about him and a calm Mela. Soon, he started to see the last panicked moments of their battle with Fahren. Time was going backwards as though they were rewinding a movie.

Suddenly, the images stopped as though frozen in time and Goku saw himself, though it seemed through the eyes of Fahren. He laid encased in a massive swarm of blood after a deadly attack.

"This was just before the final blow that took Vegeta's life. So do what you have to do so he doesn't get hit. Again, be careful. The only sure thing to happen is that Krillin, Pan and the old man are saved even if somehow you do not get to them in time, they will be transported back with me."

"That eases the pressure," Goku nodded. He was amazed at the extent of her abilities.

"Alright, this is it. However, Goku, you will be transported in the exact state you were in," she smiled meekly at him.

"I'm not that far off from there anyway," he admitted.

"Now," she said determinedly as the mist disappeared. Goku felt his body materialise as though he were a weightless cloud. He was floating without any control regardless of what he did and he tried desperately to stop as he knew he was about to crash into himself. Upon impact, he suddenly became overwrought with intense pain and a drained body. He quickly realised what had happened; he was back in his body at this exact moment.

As Fahren lifted Pan by the hair, Mela appeared before him. She touched his cheek and looked at him with deep regret and sympathy, "My son."

Fahren jabbed with his free hand multiple times and with each blow, his hand went through her as if she were the mist itself.

"There is not a thing you can do to hurt me. I am in here," she touched his forehead, "and in here." She touched his chest.

He studied the woman before him for a while, "Mother?"

"Yes, son. It's me," she said softly as she stroked his cheek lovingly, "How handsome you are! Like your father."

The mere mention of his father enraged him and he directed his hand towards where he laid in the rubble. He charged an attack but was stopped by Mela as she rested both hands on his temples.

"This time you will see all that had really happened. You will see the truth."

Fahren's eyes were consumed with the purple mist. He shook his head in an effort to fight the images passing before him but it was in vain. He was seeing the exact event of his father's struggle against Frieza and the torment of his decision to finish off his mother.

"Your father did not want to kill us. Yes, he was the one that wiped out our race but he was also the reason for so many survivors," she explained.

The images shifted from that fateful night to a much younger Fahren. She watched intently, studying the memory.

"Son, before I pass - I think it is time that you see the truth. You are not only a Mezoran but also part of an extinct race known as the saiyans. The truth is hard to bear but I only have enough strength to show you this now before I pass."

The boy cried and rested his head against the man's chest, "No! Don't leave me! You're all I have."

The man's eyes shone with a purple mist and so too did the boy's and Mela was privileged to see what he saw and every passing second she grew angrier. Rather than showing Vegeta struggling to fight Frieza, the boy was shown a Vegeta that was more than glad to abide and followed orders the first time Frieza asked.

"Power is everything. You and the child never meant a thing to me!" Vegeta said as he fired a blast that consumed Mela, "Lord Frieza, am I not right?"

He laughed prompting Frieza and the surrounding men to join in.

Mela yelled angrily, "If the Great Ruler was such a great man to you, why had he showed you what happened that night until the moment of his death? Come on boy, think! He had control over your mind and as such over your abilities. A Mezoran cannot be tricked by such an obviously warped memory - our powers should and can never work against our own. That was why when he passed, your powers were unlocked - for I do believe you had no idea about passing or reading memories, did you? He waited conveniently until it was close to his death so you would see nothing more ever again."

Fahren tightened his fists and shook with rage, "How was I suppose to know the difference? The Great Ruler was my father. I trusted every word he said to me. He was the one who raised me as a child and even taught me how to fight."

Before his eyes, he saw and overheard something he never dreamt could ever be possible.

"You do realise that you are killing them?" the Great Ruler asked upon his hurried entrance to the massive quarters on the ship.

"You've finally caught on. If they can't handle the pressure then they must be too weak to begin with. Any warrior can sustain a completely drained body. A little sleep will cure that." Frieza laughed, "And then we can repeatedly suck them dry."

"Very well. Just as long as no fingers point to me," he said with a devious smirk.

"Is that all you were worried about," Frieza said thoughtfully, "I'm impressed - you are not even concerned for your people's lives."

"Power is all that I am concerned with, my lord."

"Look," she begged him, "I have just searched his memories through your younger self. Look at how cunningly he used and abused our people. He sold us out to Frieza and when he turned on him, he pinned everything on me and my father."

Fahren could not believe what he saw and seemed to be fighting back tears. He screamed at her, "Get out of my head, witch!"

"For years I've searched for you on our planet and in the Other World," she cried and added softly, "For years."

She calmed herself down before continuing, "We have always been a gentle race and only fight as you are out of agony and duty but I am here to tell you that there is no reason to fight. What you are doing is not honouring me, it is ripping me apart."

The mist dissolved from his eyes and he smiled wickedly, "Sorry mother, but what is done is done!"

"Stop it!" cried out Mela but it was in vain.

He picked up the little girl and was about to slam her back into his knee when Vegeta dashed before him. Fahren unleashed a powerful kick at him.

"No!" yelled Mela, she knew that that was the blow that took Vegeta's life.

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PREVIEW OF NEXT EPISODE

Fahren yells and the massive ball of energy bursts. Goku and Mela stand by, looking on with sheer dread written all over their faces.

"Son Goku here! This doesn't look good at all."

Goku looks up and notices his wife, receiving her hug in earnest but he looks at her with a stumped expression.

"So either this means that a whole lot has changed or not at all. See you NEXT TIME ON DRAGONBALL SUPER: MAGIC AND MIRACLES: HOPE PREVAILS "

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END CREDITS : Author/Creator of the DBZ series and characters: Akira Toriyama

Author/Creator of this Story/Series; Creator of the wonders of the powers of time displacement; and a "Oh dear!" moment when Vegeta is kicked, making you worry that their fates cannot be changed after all: Chrissi B (c) 2015