Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Trials Of Techorin ❯ The Introductions ( Prologue )

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ but I do own all the other characters I have put in this story and I do own the Techorin trials, so don't steal them from me without my permission.

Author's note: Everyone on the bus are about eighteen or nineteen years old. Vegeta is twenty but won't say anything about his age until the next chapter and that's the same for everyone else. Other than that, please read and review and tell me what you think of my story.

Chapter One: The introductions.

The bus was full when she climbed up the stairs and tried to find a seat. She only knew three people on the bus and one of her friends happened to be in the seat behind one with one empty spot. Making her way to that seat, she smiled nervously at the guy sitting there then sat down in between him and the seat with someone's shoes in it. "I hope you don't mind my sitting here…I just…"

The guy smiled, his hazel eyes glittering with laughter as he shook his head before answering. "No, I don't mind at all. My name is Steven."

Her nervousness faded, as she got comfortable. "Nice to meet you Steven, my name is Kathi."

"So, are you going to Techorin Park too?"

"I…yes, I plan to go to Techorin Park."

"Great, maybe you'll be on my team."

"I don't know."

"Are you scared of the trials?"

"A little…I took the American version of the trials and barely made it past the sixth level. Those wizards…numbed the entire lower half of my body and killed my familiar in there."

"Yeah, they got me too but my familiar was killed by the sand monsters in the ninth level."

"I never saw any sand monsters in there…someone had already killed them by the time I got to that level."

"Did you…see any dead people?"

"Only a few…and one of them was a teammate of mine."

"Is that why you're scared of the Techorin trials?"

"Yes."

"Don't worry about them, I've heard that there's a secret to every level."

"Well…I had heard that they were a lot harder than the American version."

Another person leaned forward and smiled at the two of them, her beautiful blonde hair falling forward over the seat. "I couldn't help but overhear your conversation and I must say that you two are scared of nothing."

"And why do you say that?"

"Because I've taken the Horizon trials…and those are even harder than the American trials."

"Oh…" Kathi bit her lip nervously then looked up again when the guy who had the seat next to her sat down, grumbling under his breath. "Are you going to the Techorin trials?"

Cutting his dark eyes to her, he nodded then returned to glaring at the seat in front of him before speaking. "These trials are a waste of time but I find them useful to rid this world of its pitiful weaklings."

"So you're one of those alien immigrants from Vegita-sei?" Steven put a hand on her shoulder as he spoke to the other man. "What makes you so sure that these trails are useless?"

"You idiots have them every year and claim that they're all hard…I don't know where you got that idea."

"Well…" She sighed then looked down at her hands sadly. "I only take them because I have nothing else to do and no one who gives a shit where I am. My aunt gave me a ride to the airport and I paid for the ticket so here I am, on a bus destined to the Techorin trials."

"Have you even taken the preliminary trials for this?"

Shaking her head, she sighed then sat back in her seat, causing Steven to lose his grip on her shoulder. "No, all I know is that this is supposed to be one of the hardest trials and they give you one hour to get through the first level."

"Good luck even making it through the first level. The heaviest casualties are in there."

"Oh god."

"I have never taken life, yet I have often paid the price. And you, you are a victim of this age. And the fear that hangs around your neck has got me locked up in a cage. You've got to learn to live until the end, but first you've got to learn to swim again. Pain lies on the riverside. And pain will never say goodbye. Pain lies on the riverside. Put your feet in the water, put your head in the water, put your soul in the water and join me for a swim tonight."

By the time the bus had reached the outer gates for the trials, she had learned the guy's name and had been put in a group with the blonde girl, Samantha. She had also learned several things about the Techorin trials that were different from the other trials. All of the creatures in the trials were once people's familiars or very real, like the sand monsters and wizards in the American trials. And this scared her to no end. The dark eyed guy, Vegeta, had taken all the trials around the world and was coming to these trials as his final test of strength before he returned home and got married to some idiot woman his father had chosen. Fortunately for her, she wasn't on his team yet. Climbing out of the bus, she shouldered her bag and waited for Samantha to join her before walking over to the sign that announced the rules for Techorin's trials.

`Welcome all Techorin candidates and good luck on the trials. The rules are simple for those who wish to participate in these trials and must be obeyed, no matter how much you dislike them.

1. All party members that are either killed, or asleep in these trials, must have their heads removed or stabbed through their hearts, unless you feel like seeing them later on in the trials as a monster.

2. You must have a familiar before you reach the fifth level or else you will die a horrible death because nothing is around to warn you about the creatures in here.

3. If you lose all of your teammates then you will be put in another team accordingly and advance to the next level.

4. All teams will have three members and there will be no exceptions to familiars. If you have more than one familiar by the end of the third level then you will be forced to give them up and go through the first two levels again and you will not have anyone to back you up once you've been put back.

5. All alien immigrants are not to use energy attacks until they have passed the fifth level because the casualty rate will be much higher for those who have just started out and we want to keep our reputation up for not killing everyone off right away.

6. If you manage to pass the trials then you will become an arch- defender of our people, or your people for the immigrants, and may go on to do as you like.

7. Above all, you must stay alert at all times, or one of the officials will revive a monster in your territory and will not be responsible for your death.

Good luck to all participants and try to come out alive if you think you can.'

Looking at Samantha, Kathi met her gaze with her own wide eyed disbelief then swallowed nervously before turning to go to their dorms for the night.