Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans ❯ Surprise ( Chapter 11 )

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Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans

Chapter 11: Surprise

    Pan was eating her chili dog when Bra walked up to the table.  "Bra, you made it!" said Pan.  Bra sat down with her own chili dog and began to eat.  Once they finished their lunch, they both sat in their tent catching up on the latest gossip and family news. They had to rest for a half hour before they were to hike the Benchmark Trail, located near the Swain Brook Campgrounds: their lodging place.

    I start walking with my class, Bra next to me, and I get out my camera to take pictures of the surrounding forest.  The cascading waterfalls are spectacular.  After crossing the creek bridge, we continued our hike to Paul's Hill via Steeple Trail.  Lo and behold we encounter Eric, the one Bra has a crush on, at the top of the hill.  "Eric. What are you doing here?" Pan said.  "Well both our classes were invited on this trip." Eric said. "Hello Bra."  Bra turned scarlet and started when he held out his hand.  She just shook it quickly and let go.  He smiled.  By this time Bra was crimson.  Eric nodded his head in acknowledge and continued on his way.

    Eric, sixteen, had a charismatic personality and all the girls liked him.  He just wanted a friend to like him for him, not just because of his good looks.  He was a foreign exchange student from America and wanted to learn japanese.  His field of interest was metallurgy.  Japanese steel was also a subject of curiosity for him.

    We take pictures at the top, of the surrounding area.  After the other students are done we continue on to the Benchmark Trail.  Surrounded by fresh mountain air, the incipient awareness of nature's beauty began to envelop the whole class.

POV: Videl

    I accompany my daughter and her friend on the hike.  It is nice to get away from the city for a while.  Pan really enjoys having Bra with her.  For the duration of this trip I am their guardian.  What's this?  It seems Bra has a crush on someone.  And that person is present.  I look over at Gohan and smirk, and he gives me a knowing smile.

POV: Gohan

Videl smirks at me.  I know exactly what she is thinking, with that look in her eye.  Bra is blushing crimson.  It is easy to overhear their conversation with my sensitive hearing.  Continuing down the path, the four of us, along with the class, hike down the trail to the gazebo.

POV: Bra

    Once at the gazebo, Pan and I run into the jerk who said "Hey sexy, give me your tail."  and caused the whole class to laugh at me.  I glared at him just daring him to say something stupid. "Did you dip you head in glue? You still have that glare on your face."  He smirked.  I smiled back and tossed him into the creek.  If I had a tail, I'd smack him with it too.  It was my turn to laugh with the class.  "Bra!" the teacher yelled.  "Was that really necessary?" "Yes." Bra replied.  "He needs to learn to hold his tongue in check."  The teacher narrowed her eyes at me and let it pass this time.  When the teacher turned I took off my sweater and put it in Videl's backpack, thus exposing my tee shirt that said: "I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute of it!"

30 years ago, Saiyara

    Tony walked over to the control panel in the lab and pressed a few buttons to check settings and confirm the readings. He then tapped the blinking icon on the screen and noted the coordinates to the indicated node in the suspension chamber.  He then tapped the blinking node and observed sensor data and smiled.  Tony restored the terminal to the default screen and exited the lab.

    Appuru and Vegeta Sr. have become good friends over the years. Vegeta Sr. (Formerly King Vegeta) and Appuru would spar outside, in the wasteland area on the southern pole of the planet, for hours.  By now he has regained his full strength and some. Especially now that they are training outside.  Saiyara may only be 100g, but the natural aura suppressing field surrounding the planet compounds that to 10,000 g.  Vegeta Sr. should be up to Super Saiyan four in about ten earth years.

POV: Tony

    I am jealous of the newcomer.  I know I shouldn't be, but I have lived with Appuru all my life.  After all he is the one who built me.  He said I was special.  Although my higher conscience is in the ship's computer core, the ship and I are one; we are separate.  I am it's avatar.  The A.I.'s portal to the human experience.  We are extensions of the other, the ship and I.  Appuru treats me like a living being.  Then I am flooded with data on our construction, and a recording plays in my mind.  I am told that I was bioengineered: A living technology that has a life force of its own. I don't know why I have forgotten this data that is a part of my memories.

    I, yes 'I,' have a life of my own.  While I do serve my 'purpose,' I realize that I have been treated with the same respect as any other person, and I have taken that for granted.  After the video, I am filled with remorse for the cruel, murderous things I wanted to do to Vegeta Sr.  Fortunately the computer core is isolated from my emotions and helps me understand my illogical reasoning.

Solaris, the ship, is asleep. It is never shut off completely; we are both living things.  Solaris and I complement each other.  One understands what the other does not.  Solaris will never understand emotions completely.

Felling better, I call my 'Grandpa' on the video phone to earth.  He has been a teacher there for a millennium now.  We talk of our recent activities and tell each other the latest news.  We say our good byes and hang up.POV: Vegeta Sr.

    I wipe the sweat from my brow as Appuru prepares his next attack  Lunging forward, I strike him in the gut, forcing out the air, and causing him to be sent through the air into a nearby cliff.  As the dust rises, I fired energy blasts at his landing spot and stop.

    It feels good to be able to move freely again.  And to have my tail back these last nine years.  I had to go a year without my tail much to my chagrin. The experience has allowed me to grow stronger both in body and in mind.  I learned some techniques that were somewhat unfamiliar to me.  My strength has increased tenfold from all the training.  A true saiyan took pride in his tail: it was a source of power.  Appuru cut mine off, but did not treat me with any less respect.  He told me he would regenerate it when he had the necessary tools, and he did.POV: Friend

    Vegeta Sr. is progressing well.  I am proud of my accomplishments.  Tony seems to be bothered with something but has not revealed what it is.  Anyway a week has past and he no longer seems to be held down by whatever burden he was carrying.  Dad has informed me of his adventures in the classroom that he was teaching.  Several of the students had built a volcano out of baking soda and vinegar and food coloring.  He likes to teach part time now.  Apparently he has taken a job at some place called Capsule Corporation.  He has kept his job a secret for about ten years.

    I'd like to go visit Dad, but with all the shipping traffic between Earth and here through hyper-space is rather risky.  With the local planetary wars going on I don't want to risk exposure  The nearby star systems are at war and their technology is far superior to Earth's, even Freeza's.  Their sensors most likely can detect my ship even with cloaking turned on.  I will have to upgrade.  Of course that will be easy for me; Solaris and Tony can adapt and reconfigure themselves.  I gave them the ability to evolve as needed.

    I have a great idea!  An inter-dimensional transport gate.  All I have to do is put one in the lab and on Earth, and dad and I can visit anytime.  Instantaneous point to point travel.  Perfect!  And I will be able to avoid detection.

    Unfortunately all warring parties have eradicated themselves from existence.  I went by in a shuttle and there was not a trace of life left. The planets were burnt to a crisp, yet not blown up.  Maybe I could teraform them and leave a memorial for them.  But I will wait a year first, just in case there are any survivors that fled by ship.

    I exit the bathroom freshly showered and put on a clean pair of comfortable gray and blue plaid boxers and a pair of khaki shorts with a white tee shirt.  After I dress completely I reach for the doorknob and hear a knock on the door.  I open the door to find Tony in the doorway.  "Appuru, we need to talk.  Chamber node one has completed its cycle.  "What!? That's amazing! And it has only been ten years.  I can't wait to see the look on Vegeta Sr.'s face.  Prepare to vacate that node.  I think it is time we let our Guest know what has been going on behind the scenes."

The present, Earth

    The evening breeze blowing though my hair is soothing.  Pan and I sit on some rocks next to the creek, the sound calming us after a delicious meal.  After playing several rounds of tic-tac-toe, we start walking to our camp talking about boys.  When we open our tent, there is a note in an envelope resting on the floor of the tent with 'To Bra' handwritten on it.  It reads:

        Dear Bra,    I'm sorry about what I said to you earlier today.  And I apologize for what I said in class last week.
When I am in your presence, I always tend to say the stupidest things.  So that's why I'm writing this
letter to you instead.  I like you. -there I said it, wrote it rather.  Anyway I don't mean to be cruel to
you at all.  I want to greet you properly, but I end up making a fool of myself.  Here is a picture of
my brother and I, it is the only picture I could find at the moment.

    -Adam

Bra took the picture out of the envelope and looked at it and had a look of disbelief on her face, and just stared at the photo.

POV: Pan

    I  put on my night clothes and get into my sleeping bag.  Turning to face Bra I notice the expression plastered on her face.  After a moment, Bra snaps out of her episode of surprise and hands me the letter and the photo.  After reading it I look at the picture and it was my turn to look shocked.  It was a picture the two at the beach, holding their surfboards with their left hands, the ocean as a backdrop. What was the most shocking of all was that Eric was standing to Adams's right.  "I had no ideal they were brothers." I said. "They look so different."  They were both smiling showing off their tan skin and well toned muscles.  Erick appeared to be two years older than Adam.    The two girls talked some more until they were told to go to sleep.  Pan and Bra closed their eyes, the tiredness from the hike catching up with them.  As they drifted off to sleep they began to dream vivid dreams featuring the boys in the picture

To Be Continued...

Chapter 12. The mystery of the packages is revealed.  And Goku is in for the surprise of his life.

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