The Saiyan

Saiyan 4

Chapter Four

Vegeta turns away from the rest of us. His chin to the sky he quickly sweeps his gaze through the surrounding area.

“Where…”, I hear him whisper.

“You look good in your father’s GI Gohan. You’re such a big boy now--“, Kami starts.

“Homo.“, Popo calls out.

“Uh huh. You see why I don‘t talk to him? Anyway how old are you now?” Kami continues.

“Thank you Kami. Vegeta had this made for me for us to train in. I’m seventeen now, just finished with high school a year early so I’m getting ready for college now.”, I say.

“So you’re saying your almost out of the house? Hm the real question then is, how’s Chi-Chi?”, Popo asks.

“My mother? She’s fine.”

“Yes she is. Yes, yes…like the Eva Longoria of West City. So does she still train?”

“Uh. Yeah, from time to time.”

“Keeping it nice and tight for me then huh?”, he mutters.

“What?”

“Huh?”

“Thought you said--”

“Awesome.”

Popo stares at me blankly for a moment before simply turning and walking away not saying another word.

“Well that was…uncomfortable. So Kami, tell us more about this Freiza.”, Krillin says.

“Listen, I’m been in contact with King Kai. He tells me--”, Kami starts.

“Whoa, really? Man how is the old guy? And Bubbles, can’t forget about him. Speaking of, anyone else find it odd he has a monkey in the first place? Forget about the fact that Bubbles can’t talk while Gregory, a flying mutant sized cricket, can speak better than most humans. Just focus on the thought that King Kai, the telepathic martial arts master and God of the northern galaxy…has a pet monkey. Just saying.”, Yamcha says.

“True. I’ve always wondered how he gets food. Also is he actually alive?”, Tein asks.

“What do you mean?”, I reply.

“Well Gohan you’ve never been to King Kai’s planet before but there’s only one way to reach it.”, Tein leads.

“Which is?”

“It’s located at the end of Snake Way, but there’s only one way to reach that.”

“Ugh…which is?”

“You have to be allowed passage by King Yamma but there’s only one way to reach him.”

“Dude I swear to God if you don’t tell me…”

“You have to die Gohan and unlike these weaklings it’s something you haven’t had to experience.”, Vegeta injects.

“Um, right so if you have to die to reach him, is he himself alive Vegeta?”, Tein asks.

“Couldn’t care less, busy here.”, Vegeta replies.

“Being awesome.”, Popo adds.

“What?”

“Huh?”

“Yeah I remember when I first seen him when…well…”, Yamcha says while slowly looking over his shoulder at Vegeta.

“When you fought Vegeta? You mean when he punched through your chest and then broke your neck?”, Piccolo adds.

“Haha! What you get for coming at me with that Wolf Fang bullshit.”, Vegeta says while still looking in the sky.

“We were only sparing dammit! You didn’t have to kill me Vegeta!”

“Ugh this again? It was years ago and you’re here now right? Get over it.”

“Easy for you to say alien, humans don’t age at the snail’s pace that you do. I lost a year of my life waiting to be wished back. I even lost…my Bulma.”

“Hey your chick choose me. You mad bro?”

“Why. You. SON. OF. A. --”

“Yeah bro I think you mad.”

Yamcha lunges at Vegeta faster than I’ve ever seen him move. He reaches Vegeta’s back in seconds and throws a right hook at him. Vegeta tilts his head to the left just as the punch would’ve made contact. Yamcha pulls back and throws another punch. Again, Vegeta dodges it by only tilting his head. This infuriates Yamcha as he jumps back into a squatting position before crossing his arms across his chest. A brilliant white burst of light encircles him as I sense his power level rapidly grow.

“Um…maybe we should stop them.”, Krillin suggests.

“What and miss this? No way.”, I say.

“YOU WILL PAY DAMMIT! YOU WILL PAY!”, Yamcha howls as he runs towards Vegeta.

After a few steps he leans down and starts running on all fours! He leaps from side to side as he closes the gap before leaping high in the air and letting out a wolf‘s howl.

“JUST TRY TO DODGE THIS!”

Vegeta remains in place, back to Yamcha and still gazing into the sky.

“WOLF!”

Something makes Vegeta do a double take in the western sky.

“FANG!”

Vegeta slowly balls his hands into tight fists, “There…”

“FIST!!”, Yamcha’s left arm embodies the lethal precision of the technique’s namesake as his ki forms a wolf’s head around his fist. The gray beast moves swiftly at Vegeta, mouth open, teeth bared, eyes of a focused killer trained on it’s target.

As the wolf reaches two inches from it’s target, Vegeta instantly turns around and catches the wolf with one hand! Vegeta stares the wolf down as it struggles in his hand. He forces the wolf’s mouth closed before crushing it, destroying the manifestation leaving nothing but a shocked Yamcha remaining.

“Wha--how?”, he spills out.

Vegeta thrusts his free hand into Yamcha face, the blow snaps his head back as he’s launched into the air.

“But..how?”

Vegeta shifts ahead of Yamcha path and when he reaches him, wraps his hand over Yamcha’s eyes. Palming his face while diving head first towards the ground. Vegeta drags Yamcha behind him who is now screaming franticly. Half a meter from the ground Vegeta bursts into an orange flame as he slings Yamcha’s body forward. The force of the impact sends a shockwave throughout the island as Yamcha’s body crudely embeds itself into the ground.

Vegeta lands a few feet away still pulsing with the orange flame. He moves towards the wrecking ball size crater that now holds Yamcha as the flame dissolves. He peers in slowly. Yamcha isn’t moving.

A smile crosses his face.

“Like I SAID. Wolf. Fang. Bullshit.”