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[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

KALERAGETSUSEI

A/N: X-OVER WITH TRANSFORMERS AND FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST

CHAPTER LXXXIII

THE BATTLE OF ‘BOTS AND ‘BORGS


Vegeta lay tossing and turning in his little hideaway, thus, giving up any pretense of a night’s slumber, the flame haired being left his bed, changed from sleep attire to a training gi and left his locale. Knowing that flight involved the use of ki and would most definitely alert anyone caring enough to expend time and effort in locating him, the prince decided to walk.

Expecting to be alone on the part of the island he had landed on, it came as a surprise to the prince when heard the sound of fighting but it was not flesh on flesh as he was used to. This sound was more mechanical, more metallic. He had only heard the sound when the Gundam pilots fought amongst one another so he was familiar with what his ears picked up. Finding a nearby tree, the prince clamored the bark and perched on a branch to watch the battle.

“C’mon, pipsqueak, is that all ya got? Gimme your best shot!” the flesh figure told the metal one.

“But, Ed, I’ll hurt you and you know I don’t wanna do that,” the metallic one spoke, his voice a bit on the high side.

“Al, you big softy, Mustang told us that this tourney thing would be good for us and that the fighters were awesomely strong, so c’mon, already!” the flesh figure, called Ed, took an offensive stance.

“You asked for it, Fullmetal, here I come,” the metallic one addressed as Al crouched into position then moved forward and the two met.

The prince was awed by what he witnessed and pondered how anything that appeared so heavy could move so gracefully. Curiosity getting the best of him, Vegeta clamored down the tree to stand and watch until he witnessed the smaller of the pair come flying his direction. Instinctively, the Saiyan prince lifted his hand to create a barrier and halt the speed of Ed flying backwards.

“Hey, what’s the deal?” Ed snapped once his feet hit the ground.

“Not a thing unless you wanted to end up as scrap,” Vegeta retorted.

Sobering, Ed looked to who had spoken and had to bite back a sharp laugh. The being before him was short, for want of a better word. And here the young State Alchemist thought he was the smallest being in creation due to the fact his brother was so large.

“Brother, are you all right?” Al clanked over to check on Ed.

“Yeah, whatever he did halted my flight. What was that anyway?” Ed asked.

“Just an energy shield. If you had of hit me, you would have been very badly injured and I don’t possess the skill to repair one like you. I’m Prince Areus Vegeta of the Saiyan race,” Vegeta extended his hand.

“I’m Edward Elrick and this is my little brother Alphonse. Before you make any smart-ass retort about my being so small you need a microscope to see me, it’s inadvertent that he’s taller!” Ed snarled, jumping into a battle stance.

“I don’t know if you’ve noticed or not but I’m hardly in a position to make such a statement,” the prince pointed out.

Ed surveyed Vegeta and noted that the prince, even at his new height of 5’8” tall was considerably shorter than the two of them.

“Y-y-ya mean, I’ve grown! I’m not so short anymore? No wonder Winry’s been asking me to return home lately. She needs to adjust my appendages to my new stature but the guys at Central have been able to do the same thing. So, whatcha doin’ all the way out here?” Ed asked as he sat down to collect himself from his skirmish with Al.

“A business partner of mine and myself are hosting a martial arts tourney but it’s a no holds barred event and not for the faint hearted. I couldn’t sleep, so I came for a walk when I stumbled upon the pair of you. What’s your story, and I don’t only mean why you have suddenly appeared on Hanging Neck Island,” the prince stated.

Ed hung his head but it was Al who began the long sad story then Ed joined in with the result and what had led them to land on the island.

“We’re here with other alchemist but we’re still searching for the Philosopher’s Stone so we can undo the greatest error any alchemist could have made,” Ed sighed.

“Well, I don’t know about much about your science but there is a way to both see your mother and return the pair of you to your human forms,” the prince spoke.

The brothers could not believe what they had just heard. A way to see their mom and be returned to their human bodies?! It was unreal!

“You could do that? It would be so great to be human again and not locked away in this tin suit anymore!” Al embraced the idea with opened arms. “Brother, you can have your arm and leg back!”

Ed sat in deep thought. If he were to lose his metallic appendages, he’d no longer be known as the ‘Fullmetal Alchemist.’ Plus, after so long he’d grown accustomed to his automail units.

“I think, I’d like to just have you restored, young one, and see mom again after so long,” Ed remarked.

“But, brother, don’t you want to be human again?” Al asked but Ed refused to reply.

“I made this mess, I’m the one who should bear the weight of our mistake, you were just a little thing following what your older brother asked of you,” Ed lamented. “Prince Vegeta-”

“Please, call me ‘Sire,’ all my other children do,” Vegeta smiled. “Well, shall we go see your mom?” Vegeta offered and the brothers nodded. “Take hold of me and we’ll be off.”

After the brothers had placed a hand on the prince, Vegeta placed two fingers to his forehead, concentrated on Yenma’s face, then the three disappeared from the locale.

“Enma, wake up!” Vegeta called and a huge hulking being looked over a massive desk to find the rude intruder.

“Oh, I might have known it was you. What do you want, trouble?” the overlord of Other World said in a board tone of voice.

“Well, if I can’t do anything to help someone else, I may as well blow up the Earth,” Vegeta threatened with a wink to the brothers that told them he was kidding.

“S-sire, h-he’s scary,” Al’s voice shuddered.

“Don’t let him scare you. He’s got a heart of pure gold,” Vegeta said in a sarcastic manner.

“Al, you’re human!” Ed exclaimed.

Vegeta looked around and noted that the metal being he had met was now a handsome dark blond haired young man with golden-brown eyes.

“So, that’s what you’ll look like when we restore you. I’d better brace the others for such stiff competition,” the prince teased.

“What are they doing here, Vegeta, and what’s this restoring thing you’re babbling about?” Enma demanded.

Vegeta instructed the boys to tell the overlord their tail emphasizing that they wanted above all else to see their mother one more time.

“We didn’t mean to cross the line, we were kids! Al was little and I thought I knew enough to perform the act. Now, the result is Al’s usually in a suit of armor and I have limbs of automail,” Ed recounted.

The overlord sat back in thought then leaned over his desk. “You boys realize that alchemy is not a science to be toyed with and you disobeyed the laws governing the facts, however, since you were so young and had not been taught everything, I will allow you to see your mother. As for restoring you to your human forms, that will depend on how much you you’re willing to sacrifice. I can understand not wanting to live life contained in a metal suit, but what of you, Edward? The full burden after all is yours to bear,” Enma charged and Edward gave a bleak nod. “I will give Vegeta permission to restore you if you perform well in the Dark Tournament.”

“You want me to enter them in the next matches between the ‘bots and ‘borgs? Granted they both are bang up fighters…All right, Enma, we’ll enter them. You don’t have to win, just fight well,” the prince nodded and the boys agreed.

Enma beckoned an orange oni over and instructed the being to take the boys to see their parents while Vegeta stayed in the office and moved to sit in a corner. Enma noted that Vegeta did not seem himself. He wasn’t cocky, brash nor arrogant. Oh, the spirit king knew of the young Saiyan prince’s personality change but the waves rolling from him spoke of pain.

“Vegeta,” the deep voice cut into the prince’s musings.

“Enma,” Vegeta choked as he had been thinking of what had transpired earlier between Kakarrot and himself.

“Dear great-great-great-great-grandson. Your mate will be the death of you, will he not? You deserve so much better than the middle son of Lord Lunarius,” a high voice spoke to the prince and he looked up into reddish brown eyes.

“You must be my ancestor. Were you the one that spoke with him when he ran away here?” Vegeta could not bring himself to say his mate’s name.

“Vegeta, my one, I felt your presence here! Pray tell me that idiot has not acted the fool again and caused you heartache?” anther voice spoke as Vegeta felt himself embraced by strong arms.

“Ceraina? What brings you here, other than my aura?” Vegeta asked as he returned the hug.

“Why does he treat you as such? I wish I could return to living plane as your mate. I’d beat that dog into dog chow for hurting you so much! You’ve been hurt so much during your life, my love, it’s not fair!” Ceraina tried to stifle a sob.

“No worries, love. I can handle my own emotions, I just have to channel them away from the bondship,” the prince tried to lighten the mood.

At that moment, the Brothers Elrick returned with a smiling blond male and female.

“You must be the lucky parents of these boys. They have told you of their ordeal and their desire to correct it,” the prince nodded as he and the elder Elricks shook hands.

“They have. Our boys have suffered enough for their error and should be able to live normal lives and give us grandchildren, although we’ll never be able to see them,” Trisha Elrick said as she hugged her boys.

“There are ways to see the children. I’ve brought them here, did I not? I have some friends in Living World that are tapped into this world and can very easily bring the boys here whenever they desire. As for restoring them to the forms they are now, Enma placed a contingency on them that they participate in the Dark Tournament. I’ll make sure they don’t get too battered up. Well, I hate to cut this lovely family reunion short, but I have a tourney to host and these boys to restore. We’ll meet again,” Vegeta said then turned to bid his own kin ’good-bye.’

“Oh, mom, dad. It’s good to see you again. At least now we know what happened to dad all those years ago. Take care of her,” Al said as he hugged his parents.

“We love you both and be well. Vegeta strikes me as a good surrogate dad. Be well, boys and please, do come visit from time to time,” Trisha bade and the family hugged one another good-bye then the boys moved to stand with the prince.

Following one last ’good-bye,’ the trio IT-ed back to the living realm where the sound of battle met their ears.

“Sounds like the next bout is underway. Come, boys, and I’ll get you registered,” Vegeta bade and the boys followed.

After registering his new friends, Vegeta took the boys to wait for their turn and watch the first match, which pitted MS Gundam Pilots against G-Gundam pilots. The fight was evenly matched as the mech warriors charged and banged into one another, however, Vegeta ’s attention was not on the battle but on keeping himself concealed and his energy to that of the average human to avoid detection. He was thankful that Alphonse blocked out much of the energy that emitted from high-strength beings like the Saiyan-jin.

“Let me at that Saiyan dog, I don’t care if he is your birth parent, Kariccolo, he’s hurt my Sire for the last time! All he harps about is sire having slept with a human male but he forgets that sire has chimps from Zarbon, Jeice, Piccolo, that human female and Uncle Raditz! Don’t get me started on the ones that clown has slept with willing or not!” a high, very angry male voice shouted above the din of the fight.

“Jeita, I know you’re upset that Sire’s missing. I’m upset, too. Right now, I hope Uncle Raditz rips Kakarrot’s tail from his body then zaps it so it’ll never grow back but the punishment is up to Sire. Why does Kakarrot have to act this way? None of us do and we were all born and raised here on Earth,” Kariccolo sighed as he sat down and lost his composure.

“Kari? Kari, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to be so callous,” Jeita pleaded as he fell to his knees beside Kariccolo.

Kariccolo shook his head as he tried to pull his emotions together. “I’m the one who should apologize to you and your sibs. Were it not for mine, Sire would be here now watching the fights and not off somewhere nursing his own wounded heart.”

“Dad can take care of himself, Kari. Y’know, if you get too upset, Piccageta’s cubs will be traumatized,” Trageta pointed out as he and the other sibs located the pair and sat with them.

Vegeta listened to the conversation from his hiding spot and was very surprised that the cubs felt as strongly about their sire’s treatment of him. Giving a silent snort, the prince shook his head. His bond with the Earth-raised Saiyan was not meant to be and he would have to live with that. He’d have difficulty raising the cubs by himself but as a Saiyan prince, he’d manage. After all, the Saiya-jin were returning in droves and he’d have no shortage of assistance. Plus, he could always stick those particular cubs away in a training unit and never acknowledge they existed.

‘I couldn’t do that. They are my cubs, as well, and I love them just as I loved the one who gave them to me. Castle Kale is a huge edifice so the two of us will never meet under any circumstances, but will I be happy with that?’ Vegeta thought to himself and began to wonder from his hiding spot, into the open.

So immersed in his thoughts was he that the prince failed to notice he’d exposed himself until…

“We have you, now, Saiyan scum! You’ll pay for ever having destroyed our people!” a harsh voice snarled and within moments, the prince’s world went black.

The perpetrators teleported back to their ship with their captive and knew they had made a clear getaway, however, as with every crime, there is always a witness and in this case it was a tall metal suite that could was not entirely focused on the fight in the ring as it was with its surroundings.

Alphonse, even though he was seated was still a tall object and noticed a pair of shady characters scanning the crowd. When the young male had spotted the Saiyan prince leave his place of confinement, the metallic being’s ‘heart’ lurched, for the shady pair pounced right on him the second they saw him. Alphonse witnessed the pair as they injected something into the prince then took him away.

“Hey, buddy, what’s up? You seem shaken,” Ed noted the shudder in his brother’s armor.

“A-Um, Vegeta’s been kidnapped,” the metallic voice spoke in a quiet manner. “Oh, Ed, without him, we’ll never get our bodies back,” Al lamented.

“Don’t panic, Al, I’m sure there’s someone here who can find him, we’ll just have to start asking around. You stay here and I’ll go find someone who might have also seen what had happened,” and with that, Ed moved into the place where Vegeta had been hiding himself away from the Saiyan’s kith and kin.