Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Interlude ❯ Confrontation ( Chapter 10 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
"Vegeta, come on, there's a new Super-Saiyan some where, we've gotta find him!"
"I know, Kakarot, I'm coming."
Vegeta casually walked out the door of Capsule Corp, clearly in no rush what so ever, while Goku looked like he was about to wet himself, dancing about the front yard, ranting about something or other, probably bitching about Vegeta's nonchalant demeanor about the whole thing. Vegeta could not care about another SSJ, while Goku wanted to know everything possible about the person. They suspected it was Mark, but they were not quite sure. He had a very peculiar energy sign that was very difficult to locate. All they knew was that it was in the vicinity of the school.
Vegeta had just come out, when Gohan along with some chick in his arms came flying down in great haste. Goku was eager to hear whatever news was available to his ears, "Gohan, did you see him?"
"See who, Dad?"
"The Super-Saiyan!"
"Uhh... well, I don't exactly know..."
"What do you mean?" Vegeta said, "You were there, weren't you?"
Gohan blushed and looked to Videl, then said, "Ummm, well, yeah, sorta. Ya see, we umm... kinda left soon after we got there and, well..."
"Enough said." Vegeta interrupted.
"Gohan, you wanna come?" Goku asked with excitement.
"Uhh... sure, why not."
He set Videl down on the ground, lightly kissed her on the cheek and joined to two adults. The trio burst, in unison into a silver aura and left.


"Everybody to the opposite side of that road." He said pointing to a road leading out the school.
"If anyone tries to run, I will kill them. If anyone some much as touches me, I will kill them." He said while flying over head of them and levitating facing the crumbled building. He sat cross-legged in midair as everyone walked passed him, leaving a good ten feet between them. Mark simply closed his eyes, and focused. He desired to know where this new power came from, and he would soon find it...

"But it's impossible! I took all his memory! There's no way he knew he's a Saiya-Jin!" Learisto howled at his cursed orb, as if blaming it for all the misfortune he had seen in the passed half-hour. First, the one who was supposed to defeat him failed miserably, and the offspring of the cursed Uber Oozaru remembered not only Super-Saiya-Jin, but also Ultra-Super-Saiya-Jin.
'Daddy will defeat you..." He mind said.
Learisto was not only stunned by this remark, but also strangely curious. Was it possible that the life force of the son of Martek would remain while in the embodiment of evil? Learisto quickly put away such folly, it was impossible.
'We both know he will defeat you..."
Learisto focused his energies and easily suppressed the annoyance. He needed to worry about the events at hand, the revival of the Legend. Perhaps he did not destroy him memory, completely.

Mark fell into a deep meditation. He trusted that the people behind him were not moving, or making an attempt to move. Mark always had one eye on them, and if one of them tried to escape, death would quickly overrun him. As if he was falling into his one mind, he dove into the abysmal pit, empty and bottomless. Where anyone else would find memory, Mark found nothing... except someone. This someone resembled Mark in every way shape and form; except for he had black eyes, completely black eyes. He felt as if there was venom in his eyes, intoxicated Mark into staring deeper into them, searching them for no good reason, only to realize he would be dead if he continued. He blinked and looked away only to see himself once again looking into the poison filled stare. Mark felt that he knew the being from the past, knew him and his vicious stare.
Mark confronted the being, looking into his empty, onyx orbs. His eyes were met with a glare of hate. Mark spoke to him, "Who are you to be in my mind?" He demanded.
"I am you, and yet I am not." It responded coldly.
"Do not speak to me in riddles! Answer my question!" He yelled
"I exist with every punch you throw. I exist with every pang of hatred you feel. With every beat of your raging heart to the very essence of your life force, I exist."
Mark ran to the being and grabbed his collar, thrusting it to his face, "You will tell me who you are before a tear you limp from limp."
It sneered at Mark, then said, "Would you do that to the one being who can tell you your past?"
Mark ceased. He slowly let go of the horrifying mirror image of himself. It spoke again saying, "I am Anger. It was I who defeated the possessed one and it was I who made you ascend."
"So you're the one who killed those people, I remember that. Why did you kill them?!"
"Because other wise, they would have tried to kill you. I did what any person would have done."
"Well, I've had enough of you, give me back control!"
"You take me for a fool! Control will be given when I see fit to do so, and there's nothing you can do to stop me!"
Mark grimaced at the obviously superior being. He was cutthroat and direct, leaving you no bullshit whatsoever. He told you what he was going to do and left you your options. Mark sighed heavily in realization of the truth, there was nothing he could do at all. He looked once again into the fiery eyes of his clone and said, "At least tell me my past, my origin."
"All I will say for now is you are a Saiya-Jin, and Lexan is closer than you would think."
"Wait! Who is Lexan?"
It gave a smirk and suddenly vanished in a poof of smoke. Mark raced out of his trance to feel a harsh surface shatter on his back. He frowned and turned to see broken rock fragments on the ground. He looked to the mob of people and gave them, the Death Stare.

"Which one of you morons threw that stone?"
Silence.
"If no one speaks up, I will kill you all."
"He did it." Some one said, pointing to the guy right next to him.
"You snitch!" The other person said as he tried to run away.
'Just like Shotius's friends.' Anger thought.
Mark extended his hands toward the fool who was running away. A small shot of energy rang out from Mark's hand racing towards his back and exploding once it made contact, reducing him to ashes that fell tranquilly to the ground.
"Martek! Calm yourself!" Leahanna yelled. She quickly recoiled and covered her mouth with her hand as if to call back what was said, with no success.
Mark looked to her, questioningly, only to change to an evil smile.
"I will do no such thing... Lexan."
She recoiled in fear, and then into happiness. 'He remembered!' her head told her.
"Your precious Martek doesn't remember a thing, his memory was purged by the demon, Learisto. Since our entities are different, however, he missed me. I have all memory from day one, while Martek couldn't tell you what today's date is."
"You're... you're... not Martek?"
"I'm Martek so much as you are Leahanna."
Lexan looked to the ground as a single tear streaked down her face. She had found him at last, but he does not remember anything. Instead she was left with this demonic visage of her love, having al the memory.
Anger suddenly looked to the falling sun. Lexan looked to it as well, remembering the days of old when Martek would hold her in his huge arms, covered with white fur as soft as velvet, and together, they would watch the sunset. This however was not Martek, it was a devilish incarnation of him.
"They're coming." He muttered to himself. No one except Lexan, who had sensitive Saiya-Jin ears, heard him. He fell gracefully from his levitation, facing the colored sky, waiting for something.

"Vegeta, Gohan, we're almost there." Goku said to them both.
They both acknowledged it in silence. As they got closer, the uneasiness became more apparent. Vegeta saw it as another Saiyan to compete with, or rather to beat the living hell out of. Gohan saw it as something they had in common, while Goku saw it as a possible threat if treated badly. He could be like Vegeta first was when he landed on Earth. Goku shuttered just thinking about it and vowed he would not let this one get so close to victory.

The campus was finally within viewing distance, but the first thing they saw was the first thing they did not like. The gymnasium had apparently collapsed upon itself. All that was left was ruble and just beyond the building lay dead bodies. This did not bode well with any of the three. Gohan saw the statue covered in blood, then saw the person that was cut in half. Vegeta was the first to see the actual Super-Saiyan, and it vexed him greatly.
Mark stood in an open field, just waiting for them, as if teasing or taunting them. Vegeta rushed ahead, not taking time to plan his attack. He flew towards Mark with his left arm across him body and his right fist ready for a strike. He was roughly five feet away from him when a horrible pain hit his face, throwing him off balance and causing him to collide with the actual school building.
Mark walked back into the decoy he had made, absorbing it and watched as Goku and Gohan flew past him, creating and awful wind. They saw all the terrified people as they flew overhead. This resulted in Gohan's recklessness. They both made a one-eighty and headed towards Mark, now facing them. Gohan's attack was as pointless as Vegeta's as he was simply knocked away by the same technique. Gohan was burrowed several feet into the ground as a result and Goku was the only on left.
Again he made a one-eighty and flew towards Mark, determined to avenge his friend and his son. Mark knew that the same technique would not work three times in a row. Instead, he wanted this one to hit him, just to gauge how strong of a foe he was against. Goku moved with speed Anger had not seen in a long time. He blinked and suddenly, punches had been landed on his stomach and face. He recoiled back and regrouped only to have his stomach pummeled as he released a war cry of pain and anguish.
For ten seconds Goku pummeled his gut only to end the series with an uppercut to the completely exposed face. Anger had not time to think, but time to ignite his lost strength was well in his skill.
Again he unleashed a war cry, causing Goku to cease and the ground to quiver and shake beneath everyone that was watching. Hope had existed before Mark had started to scream again. Power surged through his body like liquid fire. His aura flashed and exploded to unveil a Mark with deflated muscles, but hair spiked further on his head, eyes still white with insanity and his strength increases exponentially. Vegeta and Gohan slowly got up to see the Ascended Super-Saiyan, Mark.