Dragon Ball Chaotic

Chapter VI: Familiar Faces

Freedom Army Underground Head Quarters, Year Unknown

Gohan: "What�s going on?" As Star had just knocked on his door, Gohan had opened only to find Goku, Goten and Oob already behind the young blonde.

Star: "Son Gohan-san! Please come!"

Goku: "Gohan! Vegita's outside!"

Gohan: "Vegita-san? What�s he doing here?"

Star: "No one knows, but he�s got a power of 2010 and Vulcan just won�t pass up this opportunity. We must convince him to join us."

Gohan: "Let�s go."

Outside

Caped Man: "Yes."

Vegita: "They�re far from a real challenge."

Caped Man: "Note that your strength is rather...uncanny." Vegita grinned at this.

Vegita: "Any who stands in my way will be destroyed. HA HA HA! WHAT POWER!!!" He then noticed a party of five coming in from a distance.

Vegita: "Who...?" The five newcommers landed in front of him. He recognized four of them.

Vegita: "Kakarotto! You? Here?"

Goku: "Vegita. How did you get here?"

Vegita: "I could ask the same of you."

Gohan: "We got here in a Time Machine. How did you?"

Vegita: "Another Time Machine? Anyway, I don�t know. I just woke up, and there I was."

Star: "Excuse me, Vegita-san, but I am here to ask you if you would join our army in order to destroy the evil Androids dominating this world."

Vegita: "Those walking tin cans? I blew one up in two seconds...but I can understand why you, Kakarotto, would need my help to defeat them."

Goku: "I didn�t see one yet."

Vegita: "That�s no excuse! Now you�re weaker than I, Kakarotto! I�ll destroy those stupid Androids and then I�ll teach you the lesson I�ve always dreamed of teaching you !"

Goku: "Nice to see you too, Vegita."

Star: "Does that mean you will join us?"

Vegita: "Of course."

Star(smiling): "I�m glad to see that. Follow me."

Star(to the caped man): "You may come as well." Vegita turned toward his caped companion who slowly nodded. The seven of them blasted off toward Freedom Army HQ.

Freedom Army Head Quarters

All were gathered at the Tavern, where Vegita was beeing asked thousands of questions...

Vegita: "He is called Pioneer. I found him two days ago and he told me about his desire to find the rebels and join them."

Gohan: "What new strength?"

Vegita: "You haven�t found your alternate selves, eh? They�re probably here somewhere. You see, you can fuse your two selves together in this world."

Goten: "Our other selves?"

Vegita: "I don�t know how to explain it! It�s just that two different Vegita found each other out there three days ago. In their respective timelines, one was thinking of going to the Tenkai-ichibudokai while the other had just returned from another dimension after fighting Broli again. We met, fought each other and merged together to form me, the Ultimate Vegita!"

Gohan: "Wait. The one with the Tenkai-ichibudokai...He is probably the one from our timeline. It would explain why he didn�t show up to help us before we got into the Time Machine. Maybe he was just sucked into this timeline beforehand."

Vulcan: "Perhaps...but still, how could this be?"

Vegita: "I don�t know, I don�t care and all I want is to trash those worthless Androids and then trash you, Kakarotto!"

Goku: "Why do you want my head so much all of a sudden?"

Vegita: "Let�s just say the other Vegita had a "revived" Saiyajin spirit. You always were stronger than me, you always were ahead of me, Kakarotto, but no longer! Now I�m the strongest and I�ll prove it!"

Lilac: "So you destroyed Pegasus? Wow!"

Vegita(to her): "Who�s that?"

Lilac: "The Android you destroyed."

Vegita: "Oh, that wimp? Not worth talking about."

Gale: "Izee jus' tellin' the truth..."

Raven: "...or braggin�..."

Vegita (turning toward the two): "You beasties know nothing about war!"

Raven: "What!?" He was visibly becoming upset. Gale tried to calm him down.

Gale: "Er...Raven? Chill out..."

Vulcan: "Stop it this instant, Raven!"

Raven (turning toward Vulcan): "But Gen�ral!"

Vulcan: "You�ll have plenty of foes to unload your anger upon later. Right now, we should remember that an Android was destroyed close to our HQ. The others will return to take revenge. If they find us..."

Vulcan: "We must plan our moves carefully..."

Vulcan: "...and quickly. Star, Raven, Gale, Lilac. You will come with me to the briefing room. Dismissed."

Later, still at the Tavern

Gohan: "I am thinking about what Vegita said, of course. If what he said is true, then there probably is another me in this world, one who has lived a different life....There should also be another you..."

Goten: "Weird..."

Goten: "But maybe that would mean that, well, maybe Trunks-san and Piccolo-san are here too."

Gohan: "...and if so, their alternate selves as well."

Goten: "Like I said: Weird."

Gohan: "We must find them. It might give us an explanation of what�s happening here." He drank up his tea and went back to his quarters.

In the Briefing Room

Vulcan had assembled his most trusted officers to discuss strategy. Since the Army had been founded, its headquarters had been constantly relocated due to the continued searches done by the Main Board�s minions. Soon, they would have to move out once again...unless they could launch a final all-out attack...

Vulcan looked at the statue that had been placed in the room. It was a life-size silver statue of a warrior. He had long hair covering his entire back...the same outfit as Son Goku used...standing proudly, his eyes and a fist pointing to the sky...Who was this warrior? Who had done this work...and for what purpose?

Vulcan: "Right. The situation is critical. We cannot let the Androids get closer to our home base...and going out to repel them would only incite them to try and come closer. We---� He was interrupted by the comlink on the wall. He went and picked it up.

Vulcan: "What is it now?"

Voice: "This is Scout One, sir. We would like to inform you that four people are walking toward the south-east following Highway 76. One of them appears to be badly injured."

Vulcan: "They are not Androids?"

Voice: "They don�t appear to be, sir. We can�t confirm." Vulcan pondered his next reply carefully. He looked up at Star.

Star: "If one of them is injured, then they must be running away from the Androids."

Raven: "Unless it�s a trick!"

Vulcan: "Androids do not feel pain...it must then be difficult for them to fake it. Star, you will go check it out. Be careful, if they are Androids, try to lead away from the base." He returned toward the comlink.

Vulcan: "Scout One, Star will investigate."

Voice: "Understood."

Vulcan: "Over." As the communication was terminated, Star rose from her seat and flew out the door.

Star was gliding through the corridors, getting her body and her feelings ready for battle. She hated it. "Damned war!" she thought, "All this because of the stupidity of a single man...a man who just happened to become King."

She flew out of the underground base and went toward Scout One. Upon her arrival, the scout indicated her the location of the four unidentified people.

She slowly hovered a foot above ground so as to avoid being detected, following the invaders� movements with her scouter. After a few minutes, she finally got in visual range. As far as she was from them, she couldn�t see much. Three of the four were walking along the deserted highway, the other hovering alongside them. "If they know how to fly, they aren�t typical humans..." she thought. However, she saw that one of them was being carried on another�s back. "Androids wouldn�t act like that if one of theirs was too badly damaged. They would destroy him...therefore, these guys need help." She blasted in their direction. As she got closer, something she saw puzzled her. One of the four was none other than Goten. She landed in front of them and spoke to him.

Goten: "What? Do you know me? Do you know where we are?"

Star: "What?" It then came to her: That one was the OTHER Goten and the two Trunks were doubtlessly the two versions of the same man. And so, she needed to convince them to follow her...

Star: "I am Executive Officer Star of Freedom Army. I can see your friend is injured. Please follow me and we will tend his wounds."

Goten: "How can we trust you? How do you know my name?"

Star: "I know you as Son Goten and Trunks." She did as if she had not recognized the unconscious one.

Star: "We need your help in destroying evil Androids. If you agree to help us, we will heal your friend." Goten turned toward Trunks. He shrugged.

Trunks: "Why not?" Goten then turned toward the other one.

Goten: "And you 17?"

Neo17: "We would be thankful, Miss."

Star: "Good, then follow me." She blasted back toward head quarters, closely trailed by the other four. "The heavens must be with us." she thought, "We now have powerful allies...now is the time to launch a pre-emptive strike."

Star had just returned to base with her new recruits and landed in front of Vulcan. The others were there to welcome them.

Vulcan (to Neo17): "What happened to him ?"

Neo17: "He was attacked. I came in, took him with me and eluded his enemies." Vulcan took the wounded one�s pulse.

Vulcan: "He is still alive." He placed his palm on the patient�s chest. Energy started gathering around him as he concentrated. Suddenly he sent all of the energy into Trunks� body through his hand.

Vulcan: "WAN FU !" Slowly, Trunks opened his eyes and was helped up. He seemed to be perfectly healed.

Trunks: "What happened? Where am I?" Goku marveled at Vulcan�s gift.

Goku (whispering): "Gohan. Did you see that? Just like a Senzu!"

Gohan (whispering): "Facinating."

Vulcan: "You are at Freedom Army Headquarters."

Trunks: "Huh?" Future Trunks turned around, seeing some familiar faces: Goku, Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Neo17, Goten...

F.Trunks: "WHAT!? TWO GOTEN???"

Neo17: "Trunks, are you alright?"

F.Trunks: "Yes, but...what�s going on???"

A long discussion began among the men and women in the main cargo hold. It was finally discovered that the injured Trunks was in fact Future Trunks ; that he, Neo17 and Goten came from the alternate timeline and that Trunks came from the regular timeline. The situation was also explained to them. Finally, Future Trunks explained that he had been attacked by the Androids upon his arrival. Neo17 told him he had saved him just in time.

After this was done, Vegita turned to Vulcan.

Vulcan: "The Ancient Ways of the Book. I have studied them. Wan Fu is a powerful healing spell."

Vegita: "With this, I could become immortal!"

Vulcan: "Using it drains some of your energy. Therefore, it�s almost impossible to heal your own self."

Vegita: "It was too good to be true, as always."

Gohan: "General, I would like to consult this Book if you don�t mind."

Vulcan: "I do not mind. I shall lend it to you shortly." It was then that Vegita�s shouting interrupted them. He was looking at both Goten.

Vegita: "Don�t just stand there, you two! Merge!"

Goten(a): "Uh...how do we do it?"

Vegita: "Just touch your hands together!" The two Goten looked at each other.

Goten: "Do I really want to do that?"

Vegita: "Yes! It�s great! You feel both�s memories and your feelings fuse together! It�s a wonderful feeling of power!" He paused for a second.

Vegita: "No, don�t do it! You�ll become too powerful!"

Goten(a): "Yeah. THAT would be great!"

Trunks: "Go for it, Goten!"

The two young men looked each other in the eyes. One nodded, the other then did as well. They both rose an arm and slowly approached their hands.

Goku: "You�re just jealous."

Vegita: "Baka! Look what you�ve done!"

The two Goten touched their fingers together and a bright flash of light illuminated the room. As the light diminished, a single warrior was standing where there were previously two.

Gohan: "Are you okay, Goten?"

Goten: "You betcha, nii-san! Star! How strong am I?" The blonde pushed a button on her scouter.

Star: "Power: 1417. Potential: 1417. You�re...at the top."

Vegita: "What�s "potential"?" Star turned to Vegita.

Star: "Power: 2010. Potential: 2010." She turned back toward Goku. As expected, her scouter blew up.

Star: "Power: 207. Potential: Infinite." Vulcan smiled at this. "They hide their power." he thought, "It�s useless in this world."

Vegita: "WHAT!? Infinite? What does that mean?"

Star: "The potential is the physical limit of someone�s power. You and Son Goten-san have reached your limit."

Vegita: "WHAT! NO! Why does HE have to have INFINITE potential and not me!?" Lilac noticed a sudden trouble on Vulcan�s face, but did not speak of it.

Star: "You still are the strongest around."

Vegita(angered): "You bet I am..." Vulcan finally stepped forward.

Vulcan: "It is getting late. We shall continue this discussion and plot our strategy tomorrow morning. Six hours rest. Let us hope the Androids will not come tonight."

Lilac looked through the window of the briefing room�s door. Vulcan was inside, looking at the silver statue, lost in his thoughts. He always looked so proud, so determined...so dedicated...He was a great leader. Maybe a little strict and difficult to talk to, but otherwise a perfect leader.

She knocked on the door.

She saw Vulcan turning back to see who it was. After identifying the visitor, he slowly turned back toward the statue and told her to come in. She pushed a button and the door opened and she came in.

Lilac: "I...I...I�m sorry, sir, but I noticed a strange expression on your face when we were talking about Son Goten-san and Vegita-san�s power. I...was wondering if something was wrong." He violently turned toward her.

Vulcan: "Why were you looking at my face? Is my face the center of the Universe?" Thinking back, he realized that his face actually could be. After all, he was the leader...

Lilac was taken by surprise by the General's words, but she reacted quickly and accordingly.

Lilac: "I just happened to look at your face at that moment, sir. I am sorry." Vulcan narrowed his eyes briefly.

Vulcan: "Still, you are right. There is a problem. When the two Son Goten merged, they reached their physical limit, their "Potential" as we call it."

Lilac: "Yes sir."

Vulcan: "The two Vegita also merged together, as he claims, and he reached his potential also."

Lilac: "Indeed, sir."

Vulcan: "What if..."

Vulcan: "What if we were to find the "other" Son Goku. What if they were to merge together...What would be a warrior with Infinite Power..." Lilac did not reply.

Vulcan: "Would he be controlable ? Would he simply explode and destroy the entire Universe? INFINITE POWER, DAMMIT !" Lilac did not believe her ears. She had never heard Vulcan swear...ever. "It�s really bothering him.", she thought.

Lilac: "I...I do not know, sir."

Vulcan: "Of course you don�t know. I do not know. Nobody knows. I do not think I would like to try to find out, either."

Lilac: "Perhaps we better not, then, sir."

Vulcan: "Perhaps you are right. We must be cautious. It is as if we had found six new powerful warriors today. Each stronger than most of our soldiers. What does tomorrow hold?"

Lilac: "Only the heavens know, sir."

Vulcan: "No, Lilac...The Book knows."

To be continued in chapter VII: Treacherous Lies

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