Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans ❯ Renewal ( Chapter 8 )

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Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans

Chapter 8: Renewal

POV: Friend     King Vegeta kept growling his protests under his breath as he was being bathed.  After I cleaned him up and dressed him in the gi I provided, I led him to the living room of my home.  We walked over to the red couch and I sat him in it.  I then sat in a blue chair across from him.  "Your Majesty, I have some bad news and some good news.  Which do you want first?" I asked.  "The bad news." He said.  "For starters, your muscles are not as atrophied as they should be, because I used a combination of physical therapy and electrostimulation to keep them strong.
    Secondly Saiyara is much larger than Vegita and has ten times the gravity; one hundred times the gravity where I come from.  I will teach you how to move in this much gravity.  Now that you are conscious, I will need to start the second phase of your rehabilitation.  When finished, you will no doubt be eager to get back to some training."  I said.  "Last but not least, after Freeza attacked you, he powered up and obliterated your home planet.  And the records I downloaded from your computers before it blew, indicated that you had a mate.  Seika, was it?"  "Yes."  "Anyway, she died in the blast, I am sorry to say."  I said looking him in the eyes.

    After a moment of letting him absorb that information, I asked if I should continue.  Another moment of silence passed.  He seemed lost in thought.  "One other thing, Saiyara's natural energy field suppresses the auras of living things, compounding the effects of the gravity.   That is another reason why it is hard for you to move.  I have lived here for twenty-five years, and thus I have become accustomed to it.  See?"  I fired a small energy blast from my palm to light a fire in the fireplace as it was getting a little chilly.

    We sat in silence for a while, staring into the fire.  Tony came over and set a tray containing a plate of steak, peas and carrots; a bowl of warm chocolate pudding, with sliced banana in it; and a tall glass of plain soy milk on the folding table in front of me; the same meal that was given the now freshly bathed One.

The present, Earth :: POV: Appuru     I sit at my desk, all the students have left for home.  I come across the last paper to grade.  The smell lingering on the paper is familiar.  This is Trunks term paper.  It is then I realize that that smell belongs to a Saiyan of the house of Vegeta, and to my father's lab partner and friend Mr. Briefs.  On further analysis of the odor, the other smell is actually that of his daughter, Bulma Briefs.  I begin to wonder if there are others on this planet.  My friend would be most interested in this discovery.  Finished with the grade, my mind begins to wander over the events that occurred this morning.
    [BEGIN FLASHBACK]    "Appuru, before you go, there is some thing I have to give you before you leave.  Doctor could you give us a moment please?"  "Certainly." And the doctor left them alone, still curious how the patient knew his son was coming.  "Appuru, come here and remove your shirt."  "Ok." Appuru said telepathically this time.
    I removed my shirt and set it on the chair that I was sitting in, and walked over to the side of the bed.  My dad then placed his left palm over my heart and said "From this day forward you will be an invincible, immortal youth with all of my powers.  And his hand started to glow.  Remember only Hakaisha can kill you now, even with those gifts combined with your current powers."  But dad I already have powers just like yours and mom's."  "Yes but every bit helps.  You may have the same powers and the genetic knowledge of our race passed down from birth, but not my current knowledge and powers.  Besides, that's how your mother died, she went up against Hakaisha and lost, thinking the way you are now.  I have given you an advantage over your mother and me, you are now immortal.  Now go."
    The teacher was exhausted and weakened by giving all his powers to his son.  Appuru started putting his shirt back on as he exited the room, and the doctor came in to check on the teacher.    [END FLASHBACK]
    Father must have sped up time in the room to give us a chance to talk.  I would have been late for class otherwise.  Using that technique in his injured state has taken its toll.  After giving me all his powers and transferring his aura to me, to double my power; it won't be long now before he passes on to Other World.  I start to ask myself why he did it, but his memories and knowledge are brought to remembrance, and I know why he did it.  It doesn't hurt any less knowing that he will die soon.  Had he not done what he had, he would have another thousand years to live now, he will have one at the most.  I now know who my mother was.
    As his recent memories pass through my mind, I am comforted knowing that he gladly did what he did to me.  With renewed confidence I stack the papers and leave the office to head home.  When I get there I find the packages returned, due to insufficient postage.  I put the packages in my bag and head to my basement.
After pressing a few buttons on a panel, next to a twenty foot diameter ring shaped device mounted on the wall, now starting to glow blue, I step in front of it and walk through, emerging at my destination with some good news to tell the former King.

Saiyara, forty years ago     After finishing my dinner, I get up to leave.  'Tony will bring you anything you need.  I will be back shortly.'  I said.  "Where are you going?" Asked the King.  'To pee, and use the shower.  I am certain that you did not want me bathe with you earlier.'  I replied, chuckling.  Vegeta narrowed his eyes, not amused.
    I emerge freshly cleaned and dressed.  I have decided to start the next phase of my Guest's physical therapy.  'Vegeta, I would like to start the next phase of your therapy, so you can have better control over your muscles.'  I say as I get up and fold the back of the couch down.  'Are you ready?'  I ask lifting his left leg after I laying him down.  'Now try to lift up the leg I am holding.'  He lifts it slowly, with some assistance from me, making him do most of the work.  'Now pull it down slowly.'  I assist in letting it down slowly making him work for it.  I do a range of other exercises on his left leg, doing the same with the right.
    I do the same with his arms and fingers.  'We will be doing these exercises every other day for the next two weeks according to the Earth calendar, the place of my birth.  Remember, these lessons are for coordination and nerve-brain strengthening.  Physical strengthening and training will come later.'  I say as I fold the back of the couch back up, having completed the therapy regimen.

POV: King Vegeta     Why am I let him do this to me? I ask myself as he begins the exercises.  Why did everyone have to die? Why did Seika have to die?  That fucking lizard, I am going to kill him.  He looks at me with concerned eyes, most likely hearing every thought.  'Would you like to go back to your room and be alone with your thoughts?' He asks me.  "Yes." I reply.  He carries me back to my room.  As we enter I notice more of the details of the room I had not noticed before.
    The room had four doors in it: entrance, bathroom, closet and one other. The bed was to the left of the entrance, headboard against the wall.  It had dark blue sheets, red and yellow plaid comforter.  The carpet was dark forest green and the walls were painted white with my family photos hung thereon.  Across from the maple table at the end of the bed was the matching dresser with the box on it.  To the right of the dresser there was a maple desk with a large map of Saiyara mounted on the wall, stopping about an inch from the desk surface.  In front of the desk was a comfortable looking swivel chair.  On the other side of the dresser was the closet door.  Father down was the bathroom all on a perpendicular wall.  Looking back at the bed, I observed two maple night stands on each side of it.  Also there is a button at the end of a cord one of the stands, with a note attached.  It reads: "I have severed my mental link with you to give you some privacy. Press the button if you need anything and Tony will come.  I am going to bed to sleep. Good Night."
    He set me on the bed, tucked me in, and left me to gather my thoughts.  I will have to ask him why he brought me here if my world was destroyed.  I have nothing to live for if everything is truly gone as he says.  I lie here thinking of my mate.  I can't feel my connection to her, so maybe what he said is true.  I do not want to believe it, but I may have to face the possibility.

POV: Friend     I begin to cook breakfast.  My guest seemed to have a restless sleep.  I keep having to put up metal barriers, as his mind was trying to connect to mine, weather he is aware of it or not.  It seems the abrupt severance of his bond with Seika combined with his coma has had some adverse effects.  I will have to reconfigure the bonding circuit of neurons in his brain to their pre claim state.  He will go mad otherwise.  He is still sleeping as I expected he would be, after a night like that.
    The french toast, four slices, is ready with three eggs and four strips of bacon. One tray for each of us.  I knock before entering his room, and setting the tray on one of the night stands.  He begins to awaken, the smell of food bringing him out of his sleep.  I smile at him before I walk out of the room and bring in a folding chair and my own tray of food.  Sitting in the chair I mentally sit him up and levitate his tray over to him.