Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Breakdown ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Breakdown

By: Princess Ayeka and Cindi McElreath

Rating: PG-13 for violence and language

Summary: *Sequel to Treachery or Something Like It* Ten years have passed for three people who found a pleasant life on a familiar blue planet called Earth. But is this surreal life just the eye of the storm?

Disclaimer: All parts of this story are based on characters by Akira Toriyama/Bird Studios, Toei Animation, and licensed by FUNimation. I am in no way involved in the creation of these characters.

Chapter One:

Death (deth) n. 1. The act or fact of dying; permanent ending of all life in a person, animal, or plant.

*10 years later

The news hit me hard and fast. But when I found out, it felt like a large weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I didn't ever see it coming though.

But maybe I should back up first.

I, yes I, the Prince of Saiya-jins, left my home planet ten years ago so that I might be able to live with my wonderful wife whom I married only a week after we arrived here. Kakarot came as well, and, surprisingly enough, he found himself a mate as well. And a nickname.

Goku, they call him. Even Bulma does it. But I believe his birth name is suitable enough, and still call him Kakarot.

Anyway, about a year after our marriage, Bulma had a child. Trunks. I despise the name and the boy's purple hair. Neither is fit for the heir of the Saiya-jin empire. Bulma loves both.

Kakarot and his mate, Harpy-woman (or Chichi as everyone else wishes to call her), also had a son, Goten, who has grown up with Trunks practically his whole life.

But this has nothing to do with the topic.

I actually did have plans to return to Vegeta-sei. I guess I never carried them our though. I won't either.

Bulma, who still has contacts with the IIA, found out that Vegeta-sei was blown up. By Frieza.

It doesn't make me even half as angry as it makes Bulma. I swear she still has those damn daggers. I just hope she doesn't do something crazy. Or stupid.

xxxxx

Vegeta stared across the gazebo table at his wife, hanging on to almost every word she said, yet also keeping an eye on the two boys that ran around the yard.

"I honestly think that we should do something about this," Bulma said, seriously. "Don't you?"

Vegeta didn't realize that the question had been directed at him until the other two members of the conversation looked at him as well. "Of course. But what could we do?" he asked.

Bulma's face fell, as did Goku's, but Chichi's was filled with confusion. "I don't understand what's going on at all. I've never been to the planet, but from what you three talk about it, I wouldn't want it back anyway."

"Dragonballs," was all Bulma said to earn three pairs of confused glances. She smiled, though, either not noticing or not caring, and stood up. "I'll be right back."

xxxxx

"Goten, you are way too slow!" Trunks said to the boy behind him.

Goten the first born son of Chichi and Goku, raced behind the other boy. He'd been living in Trunks' shadow for as long as he could remember. And his parents knew it, too. "Alright, Trunks. You win," the boy said, stopping. If he had truly tried, he wouldn't have wanted to argue with the older boy.

Trunks smiled in arrogance. "I knew you'd see things clearly, my friend." The older boy walked over to his life-long friend and then stared at him with a questioning gaze. "Goten?" He followed the other boy's gaze to the gazebo to where their parents were talking.

"What do you think they're talking about, Trunks?" Goten asked, spacey in all aspects. It was a rhetorical question that he didn't expect an answer from, mostly because he didn't expect himself to ask it. But asked he did. And an answer he got.

"What was in the paper this morning. All over the front page. I have no idea what it is, but it pissed off my mom pretty bad; and my dad too I guess," the older boy said. He watched his mother walk off from the gazebo with concern.

"Well, whatever it is, I hope it has nothing to do with us," Goten said. The two boys then continued their running around the yard.

xxxxx

Bulma returned only minutes later, with a pleased look on her face. She sat down at the table and showed her hand wrapped around something orange. She set the round ball-shaped object on the wooden table, and everyone stared in awe. "Dragonball," she said.

Vegeta stared at the red stars in the orange ball curiously. "So?" If he had to be shown this odd object, he expected an explanation.

Bulma smiled. "Well, when I was younger, before my father decided to leave for space, I began searching through my fathers things. I pulled out this, a dragonball, and asked my father for the same explanation you are all wanting. Well, he didn't give me much, so I started researching.

"I found that there are seven of these balls, scattered about the planet, each with a different number of stars. When all brought together, they will grant a wish. Unfortunately, I never did get to look for all seven. But lately, I've been working on this," she said, pulling out some sort of radar. "It's called a `Dragon Radar' and is solely for the purpose of finding these."

Everyone at the table appeared deep in thought as she explained this tale. But when she finished, no one else spoke. They just stared at the mystifying object lying on the table.

"Bulma, I might know where there's another one of these." Chichi said finally.

Everyone else looked up, waiting for her to continue.

"My father has one very similar to that one. More stars though. And the nice man whom Goku and I bought our house from left one in there. That makes two more."

Bulma's eyes lit up. But she became crestfallen once more when Vegeta spoke.

"What will we wish for?"

Realizing that she had no idea, she frowned at the table. "I have no idea."

**And thus concludes the first chapter. Yea! I finished it and now you all get to enjoy it!

Unfortunately, this was up for a few days. But thanks to ff.net's new policy, I am no longer allowed to post my TITLE PAGES for which I have become known for. Now for anything that I post, the title page will be at the top of the first chapter and include everything that they did before. Enjoy!

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