Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Despair ❯ Chapter 3

It seems that Earth has some unwelcome visitors and Star knows who they are. How will this affect Terra's missions? Will the Titans be able to quell this apparent hotspot or will they be forced into a battle the likes of which they've never seen? If you want to find out, you'll just have to read it. BTW, unless specifically stated, I don't own any of the characters in this story so don't sue me. It's not like you'd get anything anyways. BTW from now on, character thoughts will be displayed like this: //thoughts//.

 

“Who's Frieza Star?” Raven asked, not without curiosity and a little concern for her obviously frightened friend.

 

“Is this planet really that far behind in the matters of space? Frieza is the most feared and powerful being in the known universe. My people came into contact with him when he tried to invade the planet of one of our allies. It was a fierce battle between our people and his army but we were winning. Once we had gotten rid of the last of his people, he came out of his ship. He then killed three hundred of our most powerful warriors with a single attack. After seeing what happened, the rest of our forces that were on that planet and what was left of their own military went after him. They weren't able to do a single thing to him. After he had killed off the rest of the defenders, he threw some kind of blast down at the planet and destroyed it. He destroyed that entire race of people single handedly and when the Grand ruler tried to talk him out of his ways he merely laughed and said that if we tried to interfere we would end up with the same fate as our friends. Frieza cannot be allowed to stay on this planet friend Raven. We must call the others over here and send him away.” Raven nodded in agreement and called Robin on his communicator.

 

“What's up Raven?”

 

“Is everyone able to fight?” Robin nodded, but looked at her questioningly. “We're behind a tree a short distance from where that craft landed and some people came out. Star recognized one of them and said that he is very dangerous. Are you guys able to get over here?”

 

“Yeah. Cyborg is conscious again and I'm ready. We'll be there in a few minutes.” With that Robin ended the transmission and turned to Cyborg. “Looks like we have a possible situation on our hands. We need to get to that landing site quickly.”

 

“Landing site? What are you talkin' about? I didn't see anything land.” Robin mentally slapped himself.

 

“That's right, you were out of it. A spaceship of some kind landed in a grassy field just south of here. It sounds like it could turn ugly so we need to be there.” They went to the tower and Robin got onto his R cycle and Cyborg got into the T car since they couldn't fly. “I'm sending you the approximate coordinates now.”

 

“Got `em. Now let's go!” When they arrived there a few minutes later, they found Star, Raven, and Terra fighting men armed with some kind of energy weapons. Needless to say it was a one sided fight. The girls had finished off the last of them when the boys had parked their respective vehicles and met up with them.

 

“What's going on?” Robin asked when he saw the bodies.

 

“Apparently they don't like people watching them. They seem to have some kind of devices that allow them to locate people and they sent some soldiers over to take care of us.” Raven said.

 

“Well, let's go see what they want. We're not getting anywhere just by sitting here.” Terra suggested. Without waiting for anyone else to say anything, she summoned a boulder and floated over to where Frieza and the one Star had told them was King Cold stood.

 

“Well now what have we here? It seems that one of this planet's natives has come to thank us in advance for wiping their pathetic race out.”

 

“You think you can just come to our planet and claim it for yourselves? Who do you think you are?”

 

“Foolish girl. We are the rulers of the universe. If we decide that we want your planet then we will have it.”

 

“I'm afraid that won't be possible for you see, I already have plans for this world and I can't have anyone getting in my way.” The voice came from behind Terra. She turned around to see Slade with an enormous hulk of robot standing next to him. Moments later the Titans showed up and prepared to battle.

 

“But who are we supposed to fight? Slade or new guy over here? Wait a minute… is that Atlas?!” The robot turned around, revealing Slade's emblem on his chest. When he saw Cyborg he smirked.

 

“Hello. Remember me?” Cyborg looked like he was about to let his fists fly when Slade spoke up.

 

“Relax Titans. I'm not here for you. This little man over here is going to interfere with my plans so I'm going to make sure that he stays out of my way. Feel free to join in at any time. I know you aren't going to pass up an opportunity to protect your precious city. Now, obey me my apprentice and destroy him!” Frieza merely chuckled. He then proceeded to push a button on a strange device that he was wearing over his eye. A bunch of numbers appeared on the eyepiece and he laughed, until something green in color exploded in his face, destroying his device. He snarled at the girl that dared attack him.

 

“Perhaps you'd like to be the first of your race to die little girl.”

 

“You have already killed hundreds of my people monster! I will not allow you to harm any more planets!” Starfire's eyes glowed with righteous fury as she charged up more starbolts. She tossed hundreds of them at Frieza who just stood there allowing the blasts to hit him. When the dust cleared, Frieza was standing there smirking, unfazed he broke out into a fit of laughter.

 

“You fool! Did you think you could possibly hurt me?” Frieza retaliated by pointing his finger at her and firing a laser thin beam of energy at her.

 

“Starfire! No!” Robin yelled out as he jumped in the way of the beam and was impaled by it. Robin then collapsed to the ground clutching his chest where the beam had hit him. Cyborg and Star were instantly by his side.

 

“It doesn't look like any vitals were hit so the only problem could be bleeding, but it looks like whatever it was that hit him cauterized the wound so he should be fine. He will be out of this fight though.”

 

“I will take him home and help him rest.” Said Starfire as she picked up the unconscious Robin and flew off toward Titan's tower.

 

“Alright guys we're gonna have to hit him with everything we've got!” Before anything else could be said, everyone saw a boulder slam into Frieza's back, making him stumble forward a few feet. He was about to react but he had to dodge a barrage of punches that Atlas threw at him before he could recover. “Titans! Go!” Cyborg yelled out at the same moment that Frieza sent out a burst of energy which knocked Atlas away from him. He was about to make some snide remark when he was hit with a blast from Cyborg's sonic cannon, a tree that Raven had uprooted, and a boulder that Terra summoned. To everyone's surprise, Frieza stood there as if nothing had happened at all. They soon recovered and Cyborg ran at him and punched him square in the face, causing him to go flying backwards a few feet before he caught himself with a burst of energy. He then cried out and thrust his hand out palm spread and Cyborg went flying back several yards from an invisible force. He then charged an orb of energy about the size as his fist and flung it at Atlas who was once again charging at him. The blast hit Atlas in the head, causing his head to explode and his body to fall over. Slade narrowed his visible eye at Frieza.

 

“It appears that you've broken my new toy. I can't just have people breaking my toys like that. Terra, destroy him now!” Frieza turned to his father.

 

“Alright father. You'll have to go back in the ship now. I know how much you dislike watching me fight when I get serious. Besides, I don't want you getting excited and interfering in my fight.”

 

“So you're going to get serious now? Very well but try and make it quick. It gets boring sitting in that ship with nothing to do when there's a fight right outside.”

 

“I know father, just bear with me alright? I won't play with them for too long.” King Cold went into the ship and Frieza turned to face his remaining foes. “Well kids it's been fun but I've got planets to conquer and races to enslave. I'm sure you understand.” Frieza then disappeared and reappeared behind Cyborg and doubled his fists together before slamming them into his back. Cyborg began to fly away from the force of the blow, but Frieza caught him by the legs and began swinging him in circles before letting him go. Cyborg flew at an unsuspecting Terra and knocked her off her feet. They flew into a tree and Terra was knocked unconscious. Cyborg stumbled to his feet, still dizzy from being swung around like a rag doll. Before he could fully recover, Cyborg could feel something wrap around his neck and noticed for the first time that Frieza had a tail. He desperately grabbed onto the tail and tried to pry it off him but it was amazingly strong. The tail abruptly let go however, when a much larger tail slammed into Frieza's back making him fall flat on his face. When Frieza got up, he suddenly found himself suspended in the air, but not by his own actions. He was being held in place as the dinosaur that had hit him with its tail suddenly became a lion. The lion leaped at Frieza, but he fired beams of energy out of his eyes and burned the lion's face. The lion took on the form of a human who clutched his face where it had been burned. Frieza cried out, releasing a dome of energy that swept out from him for a mile in every direction. Everyone that was still conscious was knocked out, leaving Frieza to get up and dust himself off.

 

“Well it's been nice, but I've got important matters to attend to. You should feel lucky, not all of my victims are unconscious when I destroy their planet.” He then proceeded to fly up into the air while charging a ball of energy on his right index finger. It started out small, smaller than a pin but it quickly grew in size going from the size of his fist to the size of his head to the size of a comet to the size of a meteor. Once he finished charging it, he started to launch it but something caught his eye. In the area where he was just fighting there was suddenly a vicious thunderstorm. As soon as the thunderstorm began there was a blinding explosion of white and a hole appeared out of thin air. A battered young man with messy black hair and the remains of a purple fighting gi fell out of the hole and barely managed to stand up. When he did get up, he looked up towards Frieza who smirked and threw the ball of death down towards the planet. Out of the corner of his eye Frieza saw his ship head up toward space to wait for him. When he looked down to check on his attack's progress, he noticed that the boy had caught it and was now struggling with it.

 

“What?! No one has that kind of power other than my father and brother!” He was even more surprised when the ball started slowly moving up. He started backing away in fear as the death ball started coming back at him at an alarming speed, too fast for him to react. The last thought that went through Frieza's head as he was disintegrated by his own planet destroyer was that he should have destroyed the planet instead of toying around. The blast then continued on into space, annihilating Frieza's ship along with everyone on it on the way.

 

“That was a close one. I almost didn't have enough energy left to do that.” Said the boy. With that he collapsed to the ground in exhaustion and fell asleep.

 

**Titan's tower**

 

Starfire laid Robin down on the couch after fixing up his wound. She looked out the window, hoping to see the battle that her friends were fighting. What she saw instead made her heart jump into her throat. An enormous ball of energy was descending towards the Earth.

 

“Oh no!” She thought. “We have failed and now another planet will fall.” What she saw next overjoyed her beyond belief as she watched the ball slow down and then shoot back up into the air. “I must go make sure everyone is okay. I hope Robin will be alright by himself.” She then floated out the door and flew to the battlefield. What she saw there made her gasp. She saw her friends lying on the ground so she drifted over to each one and listened for breathing. Everyone was fine. That was when she saw someone else, some boy that she didn't recognize. She quickly confirmed that he was breathing and slung him over her shoulder. She then went and got Cyborg and Raven and headed back to the tower. When she returned for Terra, she saw that Beast boy was there as well and that he and Slade were awake. Beast boy growled at Slade when he moved towards Terra.

 

“You stay away from her Slade!”

 

“What are you going to do to stop me boy? You were useless to Terra last time and you're going to be useless to her again. You know as well as I do that she is safer with me. No matter what I am going to get her back and there is nothing you can do to stop me. Face it, you are weak.”

 

“Shut up! I'm sick and tired of getting pushed around and being made fun of! I'm going to stop you here and now.” Beast boy quickly turned into an ape and jumped at Slade. The initial attack was dodged but he didn't see Beast boy swing his massive fist at the back of his head. When the fist collided with his head, Slade fell forward and hit the ground hard, causing him to see stars. Before he could try to get up, Beast boy jumped on his back and started mercilessly beating on him. Slade finally had enough and managed to throw Beast boy off of himself. He then decided that it would be in his best interests to leave so he went for Terra. Big mistake. With a howl of Rage, Beast boy turned into a lion and tore off after Slade who leapt up into a nearby tree.

 

“Hmm… you win this time but I will get my apprentice back eventually, you can count on it. Slade then pulled out a glass jar full of green liquid and threw it down onto Beast boy, covering him in the stuff and causing him to recoil. He then leapt from tree to tree and disappeared in the distance.

 

“Come Beast boy, let us go back to our home and rest. I will take Terra and we will discuss your victory over Slade.” Beast boy turned into an eagle and flew off toward the tower without a word. Starfire walked over to Terra and picked her up and put her over her shoulder before heading back to the tower. The next day almost everyone was back to normal. Terra was recovering some broken ribs and the stranger was still out of it.

 

//“Man, I wonder what happened to him? He has several broken ribs, his right shoulder is dislocated, and he has hundreds of cuts, bruises, and gashes all over his body. It even looks like he has some internal injuries.” Robin was intrigued by this mysterious person. He didn't appear to be any older than any of the titans yet he had some intense injuries. “Hopefully we'll be able to get some answers out of him when he wakes up.”// Robin had just finished making himself some breakfast as it was only eight in the morning. Beast boy walked into the room and walked up to Robin's food and ate it, which was a big surprise considering that it was eggs and bacon that he was going to eat. “Umm… you know that was bacon and eggs don't you?”

 

“Yeah. So?”

 

“I thought you only ate tofu.”

 

“After my little fight with Slade, I've felt like a new man. And real men don't eat tofu. It's still early, you should try and eat some breakfast.”

 

“That was my breakfast.” Robin muttered as Beast boy walked out of the room. Beast boy went to the training room and was giving the punching bag a severe beating.

 

“Is something wrong Beast boy?”

 

“I'm fine Terra, I just all of a sudden have all of this pent up anger and frustration so I'm venting it by taking it out on the punching bag and working out.” Terra walked into the room with him.

 

“I don't know, you've been acting differently ever since we got back from the fight. Are you sure you're okay?”

 

“Don't worry, I'm fine. I just want to get stronger so that I won't be such a pushover anymore. I'm sick and tired of being the weakest member of the team.”

 

“But Beast boy, you don't have to be strong to win a battle. Your power to morph is just as good as being strong.”

 

“You just don't understand Terra. For so long I've always been the hero that nobody took seriously because of my sense of humor and because of how easily I get taken out. In fact, Starfire got sent to the future once when we fought a thief called warp. She said that the city was in ruins and the Titans had split apart. She said that out of all of us, I was in the worst condition because I tried to be a solo hero and lost a lot. I was in a cage Terra. I put myself in a cage to protect myself from the outside world. That's not how I want to end up.”

 

“Are you sure that's all? I mean, you've been stalking around since yesterday and you've been angry towards everyone. I'm just trying to help.”

 

“Look Terra. I know you're concerned, and I'm grateful, but I'm fine, really. There's nothing wrong.” Terra wasn't convinced, and she was going to say so when Starfire ran into the room.

 

“The stranger is awake! Let us go and see him.” Before either could protest, Star had grabbed them both by the arms and was dragging them towards the medical room. When they got there, they were surprised to see him sitting up in bed. Moments later Robin, Cyborg, and Raven arrived as well as Starfire had gone to retrieve them as well.

 

“Where am I?” the stranger asked weakly, looking around the room cautiously as he took in his surroundings.

 

“Do not worry, you are safe now. You can heal in peace.”

 

“What were you doing on that battlefield?” Robin spoke up. “Are you the one who stopped that monster? Who are you?”

 

“Be patient Robin. The kid's obviously been through a lot. I'm thinking the last thing he wants right now is to have to ask a hundred questions. Besides, it's not like he's gonna be going anywhere any time soon.

 

“Friend Cyborg is right Robin. We must allow him to heal properly before giving him the interrogation.”

 

“Actually, I won't be here as long as you think.” The stranger said as he pulled a small green bean out of his gi.

 

“If you are hungry, you must eat more than just a bean. I will go and prepare some glorg.”

 

“Actually Star, I think maybe I should do the cooking. I don't think he would survive an encounter with some of your food.”

 

“Actually, that wasn't for food.” Everyone's jaws dropped to the floor as the stranger got up out of bed without so much as a whimper.

 

“What happened to all of your injuries? You can't tell me they just disappeared into nothing.” Cyborg asked upon recovering from shock.

 

“It's the bean that did it. It's called a senzu bean. It can heal any wound. It's a good thing I had an extra, otherwise it would have taken weeks for me to recover.”

 

“You mean more like months. I'm surprised you're even awake with the injuries you had. How exactly does that bean work anyways?”

 

“I'm not exactly sure. I've never really wondered how they work, I'm just grateful that they exist.”

 

“Do you have any more? I could run some scans on it and figure out what makes it tick.”

 

“Nope. Sorry. That was my last one and the next batch won't be ready for another few weeks yet and they only grow in one place.”

 

“That's too bad. Something like that could really help us out.”

 

“Why? Who are you guys anyways?”

 

“You mean you haven't heard of us? You must not be from around here. We're the Teen Titans. I'm Robin and this is Cyborg, Raven, Terra, Starfire, and Beast boy.” Robin said, extending his hand. Gohan took his hand and shook it, both him and Robin surprised at how firm the others' handshake was.

 

“I'm Gohan, it's nice to meet you. So what do you do exactly?”

 

“We protect the city. We fight all the major crimes that come up around here.”

 

“I take it you guys are more than just regular people, am I right?”

 

“Yeah. We all have some sort of ability that sets us apart from everyone else. Beast boy can morph into any animal, Cyborg has amazing strength and his sonic cannon, Terra is a geomancer, Starfire can fly and shoot starbolts, and Raven can fly and she has telekinetic powers.”

 

“What about you?”

 

“I'm the only one who doesn't have any powers. I've been trained in the martial arts, I've had training as an acrobat, and I've studied under Gotham city's greatest detective.”

 

“Okay, but what exactly is a starbolt if you don't mind my asking.”

 

“I will show you.” Starfire walked up to Gohan and formed a starbolt around her right hand and put it up to his eye level.

 

“So it's a kind of energy blast then?”

 

“Something like that, I make starbolts by feeling righteous fury.”

 

“So you use emotional energy? Interesting concept. Are all of you human? Or are any of you aliens?”

 

“I am from the planet Tamaran and I believe that everyone else is human, although I do not know about Raven or Beast boy.”

 

“I'm perfectly human.” Came a grumpy reply from Beast boy.

 

“I'm half demon.” Came Raven's monotone voice.

 

“Enough about us. Are you the one who stopped Frieza?”

 

“Yeah, it was me.”

 

“Well that explains where you got all those injuries from. That guy was one tough cookie. We were barely able to scratch him even though we put everything we had against him.”

 

“Let me just say this. If you were able to do anything to him that says a lot about you guys. Frieza was easily one of the most powerful beings in the universe.”

 

“How do you know about Frieza?” asked Starfire.

 

“I've been to other planets before and I've seen him in action.”

 

“Did you receive your wounds from him?”

 

“Actually, no I didn't.”

 

“What happened to you then? If you did not get hurt from Frieza, were you hurt after you fought him?”

 

“I was already hurt when I fought him, and I barely won because of it.”

 

“Then what happened to you man?”

 

“It's… something I'd rather not talk about right now if you don't mind. I lost someone important to me in that battle.”

 

“I'm sorry. I didn't know.”

 

“It's alright, I'll be fine. Look, I'm very grateful to you for saving me and all, but it would have been better for everyone if I had just died.”

 

“That is no way to think! Life is the most precious thing anyone can have. You must not take yours so lightly.” Starfire said, shocked that anyone could say that about themselves.

 

“If you knew what I am, what I've caused, then you wouldn't be saying that. I'm a threat, not a hero. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to find myself a new home.”

 

“Why don't you stay with us? You'd make a good addition to the team.” Said Robin.

 

“Apparently you didn't hear me. I'm too dangerous. I can't be a hero.”

 

“We haven't seen anything threatening from you. Maybe you should let us determine if you're dangerous or not. Besides, If you're so dangerous, then we're the only ones who can fight you. Either way, it's best for you to stay here.”

 

“Fine. I guess I can stay for a few days.”

 

“Good. Then it's settled. Star, show him to his room please.” Starfire nodded and led Gohan out into the hallway. Everyone else was leaving except for Raven who called out to Robin.

 

“Robin. Do you have a minute?”

 

“Sure. What is it Raven?”

 

“It's about Gohan.”

 

“Is something wrong?” Robin quirked an eyebrow at her.

 

“We must be careful around him. He is emotionally and mentally unstable.”

 

“What do you mean?”

 

“He carries a lot of grief and guilt with him. Also, I tried to read his mind and it seems that his mind is literally a battleground. Whatever he is, it isn't totally human and both his human side and his other side are constantly vying for control. You must warn the others of this. Something tells me that if he were to go insane, there would be nowhere in the universe that would be safe from him.”

 

“What are you saying?”

 

“That we need to keep an eye on him. If he was able to take Frieza out when he was that badly wounded, then one can't even begin to imagine how powerful he can be when he is in good health. I'm not saying we shouldn't trust him, I'm just saying that we need to be careful around him.”

 

“Alright. Thanks for the info.”

 

“Don't forget to tell the others.” Just then an alarm sounded throughout the tower.

 

“Guys, we got a problem. Get up here ASAP.” Once everyone, Gohan included, gathered at the main computer screen Cyborg brought up an image. This guy's goin around killing people and causing random destruction throughout the city.” That's when Gohan got a look at the face on the screen. What he saw made him recoil in shock.

 

“Oh no! I thought he was dead. This is not good.”

 

“Have you met this guy before?” Asked Robin.

 

“This guy is way too much for you to handle. Just leave him to me.”

 

“Are you trying to have all the fun? It's our job to fight guys like him.”

 

“You don't quite understand Robin. If you fight him, none of you will live. This guy makes fighting Frieza look like taking candy from a baby. Trust me when I say that you should stay as far away from him as possible.”

 

“Well, we're going too, just in case you can't beat him. What's his name?”

 

“He is not a natural being. He was created by a madman. He is composed of the DNA of some of the strongest beings in the universe, including Frieza. He is evil, he is merciless, his name is Cell.”

 

Wow was this chapter ever long. It seems that Gohan isn't the only newcomer to Jump city. Is Cell trying to call Gohan out, or is he just killing and destroying merely because he can? Read the next chapter and find out. BTW, for anyone who doesn't know what a geomancer is they can control earth, kind of like how a necromancer can control the dead. Anyways, please R&R.