Dragon Ball NW

[Phoenix]

Ski in "Fillin in the Holes"

Ok smooth move. I finally get this control thing down and then I crash into a car. To make this worse I crashed in front of the Brief family. Trying to apologize to the driver the goof spet off slack jacked throwing me of the hood. Shaking it off I began to talk to Michio about how I found him and Nilons. All of a sudden Nilons calls Michio and I her lovers and I raise my eyebrow at the commotion this seems to be interesting.


Just when things were going good Nilons brother Boxer decides to pick a fight with Michio. While it was clearly an embarrassing mismatch Michio still put on a good show finishing him with a intriguing knock out. He could have easily killed the kid but he didn't. Instead he seemed to be just showing off. Interesting indeed. Maybe that is his weakness indeed.

With Boxer and Nilons headed back to the house someone had to stay behind and explain things and calm everyone down especially Nilon's mommy dearest Leotard. Using one of the best weopons of survival I charm her into calming down. Talking smoothly, giving the family a good look at my muscular chest with my shirt pretty much reduced to rags since the accident. Using the power of my peckage and telling Nilons mom of my own family connections (Ski's mom is buisnesswoman in Vickytown and Ski's sister Eve is a well known scientist). Under the aupieces at the Piccolo Dojo does exist and it is very very prestigous and so upper class that not too many know it's existance this seemed to apease Leotard.

Once she decided that she was content with my answer she made her way down the road while I breathed a sigh of relief. Whew I havent crammed so much bullshit like that into one conversation since I talked myself into being a judge for the tinny weany bikini hoe-down a while ago.

Later than night I was relaxing on the porch taking in life and soaking up the ease in everyone. Wearing dark sunglasses, a black sleeveless T-shirt, blue jeans shorts and white sneakers. I relaxed and looked into the nights sky while my dark brown skin radiated in the moonlight. I kick back watch Michio practice and Nilons go out to talk to him. Probably about Boxer. I was going to relax my muscles so I raise my hearing level to ease drop on the conversation when the door opened and out walked Leotard Briefs. I was about to make myself scarces when she walks up to me tries to start a conversation. When she notices that Michio invite Nilons somewhere, she looked at me like I just lost my puppy or something and said "Don't worry honey she will come around sooner or later. And between me and you, you have a much better butt than he does." Before I could ask what the heck did she mean by that she pinches my butt and walks aways while I stand there slackjawed and disgusted. I need to find somewhere to retch my guts out.

 

[Dark Warrior]

OOC: Sorry, I went for a little trip and forgot to mention it here. And now I'm back.

IC: Laos.

Kelson seemed like he didn't particularly want Laos' help, despite his request for training. And besides, he didn't really look like he needed any help.
"Shit, I've been training for a while..." he thought, looking up into the night sky. "I wonder how Nilons and the others are going? Sounds like she really doesn't like her mum."
At the thought, Laos' eyes fell to the ground. "Mum..." he thought, trying to picture the mother he had never really known. "I hope you're proud, mum." he thought, his eyes turning once more to the sky and the stars. He looked at those flickering beacons of light, wondering whether one of them was where his mother was.
Laos shook his head, trying to get rid of the depressing thoughts. He turned to see Kelson still working on his flying.
"I guess I'll leave him to it." Laos thought, and made his way quickly to the bed rooms. He lay down in bed and wrapped himself up tight in blankets, but he couldn't get any sleep.
Not while he was thinking about his mother.
And not while he was wondering whether the Earth would still be safe when he awoke.

 

[cats]

Nilons

OOC: Phenix did you have to make Leotard come on to Ski. And just so you know hse isn't ugly. She is married and out of your age range though.

IC: Walking inside Michio made his offer to Ski. Ski had no quarels with it so we would stop there for a brief time before returning to train more.

Besides I think bring my new friends here was a bit of a mistake. My father dosen't trust ether of them. My mother wants me to marry one. Then my brother wants to beat the other one up. I can't handel this I'm going upstairs to sleep.

Walking by Ski I say "Good night." Then it dawns on me. "Damn it, I ahve to set up a place for you to sleep." I figured the guess house was the best option. It was a sperate building so the others would be safe from my fammily. "Follow me you two."

I walked out side and turned to the side. Walking over to a small dome shape building. Small may not be the best word. Compared to our house it was small but it still had two storys. Two bed rooms and a restroom upstairs. A kitchen, a family room, and a second bathroom down stairs. It was ample for one night. I opened the door and they walked in. "I'm going to go two the house and sleep now. You guys do what ever." I then yaned and whent to my room.

 

[bandman2000]

'Thanks you two for coming with me tomorrow. I promise it won't be long.' I say as Nilons shows us to the guest house for us to sleep for the night.

This was a big place, of course nothing like the Main House but still a good size. As I'm looking at it Nilons yawns and says, "I'm going to go to the house and sleep now. You guys do whatever." Then she left Ski and I at the Guest House.

We look at each other then at Nilons as she enters the Main House then back at the Guest House.

'Well, shall we at least check it out?' I say as I open the door and start looking inside. Ski finally enters the house as well while I"m still looking around then I finally find the kitchen. My mouth is salivating as I open the door, only to find a gallon of water and some baking soda. Despondant, I close the door and walk back into the living room where Ski seems to have plopped himself down in front of a massive TV. He's practically drooling as he's listing the specifics off.

"65 inch High-definition with Dolby Digital, VHS, DVD, PS2, XBox, and Satellite TV with over 750 Channels!..."

I just leave Ski to his fun as I exit the House and jump onto the roof to lay down and see the stars.

'Soon Kazuo, soon we'll be reunited one more time my Friend.'

I look back at the main house and see the lights finally go out as I lay down and fall asleep.

 

[Kelson]

OOC) Heh, I am here, just got done with a CAP Ground team training excercise that lasted all weekend (wrote a post about a week ago almost telling everyone I'd be gone). Haven't posted in a while because I'm waiting for the whole thing on the planet below to wrap up so Kelson has something to do other then describe the mega-super-energydisks-of-slicing he has made.

 

[cats]

Nilons

OOC: Bandman you listed every thing on the TV. You do relise the normal DBZ was in the future. We are beyond that. So every thing you listed is probably outdated. Of course that dosen't matter I'm just pissed you forgot the game cube. Of course Nilons has the NES in here room. Nothing like the first Zelda.

IC: "Morning all ready? Well atleast I can take a nice hot shower. That always wakes me up." I walk over to the shower, only stubing my toe once. I open the shower door and turn it on. I steped in. "Damn it, I forgot to take my cloths off." I steped back out and took off the damnp garments I was wearing.

After about 30 minutes I steped out with renewed vigor. I feel some much better now. I wraped a towel around my torso. I then opened the door steped out. "Hi Ski, Michio. You two better shower before we go because you two do smell right now." I then walked into my room and locked the door. We would go in a few minutes.

 

[Phoenix]

Ski in "Ski Showers"

OCC: Hey Nilon's mom wasn't coming on to Ski she was just showing her approval of it. I have had lot of old ladies pinch my ass before and tell me I was such a nice young man and they weren't coming on to me... I think lol

IC:


After accepting an invitation to see Michio's relative, Nilon's showed us the guest house which was nice and left us behind. I wanted to get rid of Michio for a few minutes so I went full on techno nerd about the TV. ""65 inch High-definition with Dolby Digital, VHS, DVD, PS2, XBox, and Satellite TV with over 750 Channels!..."

When I noticed I was getting the desired reaction I smirked at him and said "Hey I love the classics" while he went to the roof. Strange fellow that Michio strange but so so gullible.

Once I was absolutely sure he was gone and asleep, I took my cellphone out of the backpack I carried with me and made a phone call to Chopper City where my sister Eve lived. I did not want the other to treat me different because of my background so I did not tell them everything about me. I just told them the stuff they wanted to know. I could not tell them that I am actually stronger than I am showing them and I trained in room where the gravity is much greater than on this planet for the simple reason that the advance gravity made my training more effective. I wanted to see Eve to make sure everything was Ok but I was not ready to let the others see that part of my life so I kept my voice down and made arrangement for her to be in the same town this Kazou lived. That way I can meet the old man and still have time to sneak over to see my sister. Overall it was a solid plan if there ever was one.

I woke up the next morning anxious I would see Eve. I was so excited that I was a bundle of nerves so I did what I always do when I am stressed... I worked out. Doing hundreds of sit ups then 250 chin ups using the metal bar in the closet. Hey you don't think these 6 pack abs and well sculpted shoulders and arms came from nowhere didya.

I was just about to take a shower when I realized there was no warm water in the guest house just freezing cold. Wearing just some baggy basketball shorts, some Nike sneakers and a long black towel I headed toward the main house to use their shower. On the way to the main house I ran into Michio who I guess found out about the guest house's water problem before or after I did and we both headed to the main house. As soon as we walked to where the bathroom was at we ran into Nilon's who was wearing a towel and on the way to her room she said "Hi Ski, Michio. You two better shower before we go because you two do smell right now." Before I could fire off a witty remark I heard her lock the door. I thought to myself " For that I should have snatched that towel off of her" and grinned. Which I got lost in thought for a second Michio beat me to the bathroom and locked that door so here I was standing in the hall with no shirt on and smelling all sweaty and what not. Then I realized that any house this big had to have more than one bathroom. So I began my search in the large Briefs estate looking for solitude and warm shower.

 

[Kelson]

OOC) There is more roleplaying potential in the weak then the ungodly strong.

 

[bandman2000]

Michio - The Last Time/Innocence Lost

OOC: Hey, my mind was frelled when I wrote it, be grateful it was in coherent sentences. So are you telling me that by this time we should have the PS9? I loved that commercial when they were coming out with the PS2. As for the Game Cube, somehow I envision Nintendo being absorbed by Sony or Microsoft and being taken out of the business, but then again that's just me. Oh and for this part of the story, I'll try to keep some of the stuff vague so you two can just fill in the gaps if need be and catch up.

IC: After sneaking by Ski and using Nilons' appearance as a diversion to get the bathroom first, I got ready and finally took my shower. The water felt good, but I didn't use a lot of the hot water. Somehow I figure Ski would want most of it and I'm used to using a lot of cold water back home. After doing all the normal shit for a shower and rinsing myself off, I don the towel around my waist and hold it with one hand as the other carries my clothes.

Passing Ski in the hallway somewheres, I head back to the Guest House and with a bar of soap I clean my clothes in the sink then after ringing them of all the water I could, I put the damp clothes back on and walk outside to let them air dry on me. By this time Ski and Nilons have both exited the house and have come towards me to prepare to leave. With what appears to be a Leaving Committee behind us, I bring up my power and hover just off the ground then rocket into the sky with the other two following me. I don't look back to see how they're doing since I told them we're going to the North. I just continue flying thinking.

Well my Master, I'm finally coming home like I said. I just hope you're still ok...

After about 2 hours of flight, Ski comes up to me and asks,

"Um...Michio? How much further towards our destination?"

'Well we're going over North City now and I figure about another few miles onwards... why?'

"oh... just getting a little...tired that's all."

As Ski is saying this, I can catch in the distance the familiar clearing of Kazuo's house, but there seems to be something going on there.

'Something's not right...'

I put on an extra burst of speed and careen through the skies as I make it to the house. I land and break into a sprint for the house calling out to my Guardian and Master.

'KAZUO!! U THERE!? IT'S ME, MICHIO!'

As I come up to the house, I see smoke and a group of people leaving it really fast, one of them I remember the face.

'No...it can't be!'

I take a step towards him but then I hear a frail voice from inside the burning log house...

'Oh God and Goddess...KAZUO!'

I run into the smoke, but somehow it's not affecting me as I see him in his bed, choking on the fumes and smoke. I grab him and carry him outside while Ski and Nilons rush up to me. I place him down on the grass but as I pull my hand away from his back it feels sticky... it's blood. Kazuo's blood. I then see that he had a massive chest wound and was bleeding profusely. My mind is in complete shock until I finally try to keep him alive and consious.

He opens his soft, forgiving eyes towards me and raises a hand to my face to wipe away the tears I was shedding.

"It's...ok, Michio. I was going...to go soon...anyways. You...be a good...man and...don't lose...your love of..*****."

He then looked up to see Ski and Nilons next to me.

"Are you two... his friends?"

They both nodded.

"Then take care...of him and...each other. I don't... want him to... join me...soon...please?"

They just nodded again as he looked back at me one more time.

"I...love you...Michio. Take...care..."

And with that, my Mentor, Father and Master Kazuo died in my arms. He released his spirit and left his body. The tears just flow from my eyes as I hold him and cry. I scream out as I rock back and forth holding the dead body and some of his blood stains my garment. Then someone puts their hand on my shoulder and breaks my tirade.

I stop crying for now and just hold him as the house continues to burn. I then get up with his lifeless form in my hands and walk back into the house to leave him in his bed so he can be cremated in the house he loved so much. I made sure he was covered with the sheets from the cold then took a burning piece of timber and lay it on his bed so the bed would catch on fire and consume him.

'Goodbye Kazuo. I'll see you in another lifetime.'

Then I left the house I spent my entire childhood in. As I left, a thought came up in my head again and again.

Jackson... he did this. Jackson did this. I saw his face. I know it's him.

At this point, my power level is skyrocketing as hatred and revenge grows within me. I know that I have to get Jackson. I look at Ski and Nilons as they seem to be sad along with me, but then they notice that my power is really high and going higher by the second.

'You two can go back to the Lookout, I'll be there shortly...'

Nilons comes up to me to ask the obvious question.
"What are you going to do?"

'Simple...I'm going to kill Jackson and his associates for deciding on their own that this land is worth more than Kazuo's life. They've been after him for years to sell, but apparently they waited until I was up there and he was in bad health so they could take him out. Now they will pay.'

Ski comes up to me now.

"Michio, I don't think you can do this. What they did was wrong but if you kill them, you're no better then them."

'I don't care...I will get my revenge... and no one...is going to stop me.'

I power up even more, perhaps more than I ever have been before and start to take off in the direction of the 4 men that left the house. Suddenly Ski and Nilons both grab a leg and try to keep me from taking off by holding me fast. I turn to see them and my rage boils even more.

'Let...Me...GO!!'

With that, I go into a forward somersault in the air and swing the two over to land on their backs and release their grips on my legs. Ski jumps up and blocks my path before I can take off and I ball up my fists.

'Outta my way Ski.'

"Can't do that Michio, you're going to have to make me."

I can't hurt them and I can't waste my time with them right now. What can I do?

As I'm pondering what to do, Ski sees me hesitate and tries to capitalize on it by coming right at me to knock me out with his powerful fist, but somehow I dodge it and instead raise my knee to connect with his gut. It's much more force than I intended and he actually loses his breath for a second then he feels my fists, put into a ball, crash into his back to knock him on the ground. As he's reeling from that attack which can only be explained by my increase of power, I take off to the air in the hopes that Nilons won't follow me and look after Ski instead.

'I'm sorry Ski and Nilons, but I've got to do this. I'll see you later.'

I take off with my rage still building as Jackson's face flash in my head more and more coupling with the lifeless form of Kazuo in my arms. I scream out Jackson's name and punch up the speed even more until I catch a car flying into North City really fast. I go up to it and see Jackson in the back seat. The 4 bastards look at me and start to freak out at seeing me flying along with them. They try to turn away but I grab their skycar and hurl it towards the ground. Since it wasn't very high, the car just skidded into the ground and came to a stop.

The 4 men crawl out of the wreakage as I come in to land and I target the nearest one, one of Jackson's lackeys. I grab his hair and pull him off the road while he's screaming at me to stop it. I then cradle his head in my hands and with one swift movement, I twist his neck, breaking it and leaving him a limp corpse. I drop him to the road as the other two lackeys start shooting at me and trying to get away from me. With my burst of speed I dodge or grab the bullets in mid-flight then release them to the ground. The two just wasted an entire clip each and furiously try to reload when I raise my palm to the one on the right.

I build up a Ki blast and as he turns to run away, I fire it, blasting a massive hole in his chest and leaving him to sizzle as the blast goes through him and blows up the building where the blast went. The other guy tries to run away too, but I aim for his head and with another Ki blast I decapitate him.

Jackson is all that's left. I motion for him to get up. As he gets up Ski and Nilons come into the city, no doubt to stop me but they just stare at the carnage of the other three men and the destroyed building. Then they look at me as I grab the collar of Jackson's jacket and pull him off the ground. I ready a fist.

'This is for your plans to run Kazuo out of his house...'

I then punch him square in the gut knocking him out. I slap his face to wake him up.

'This is for Kazuo's death...'

I then knee him in the chest, fracturing most of his ribs and possibly causing some internal injuries.

'And this... is for me...'

I take my fist and with all my power, I punch straight through his chest, grab his heart and pull it out from it's protection inside his body. I hold the organ in my hand as he sees it for a few seconds then he dies at the end of my arm from the loss of blood and his heart. I drop his lifeless body and his heart to the ground and with one foot, I smash his heart into the pavement.

The cops are coming as I wipe the blood off my hand onto Jackson's jacket then I go to where Ski and Nilons are.

'I'll meet you two at the lookout. I suggest you leave as well.'

I then take off into the sky at full power, leaving a blue contrail behind me as I head in the direction of the Lookout and to whatever awaits me there.

OOC: I'm so sorry about how long this is, but I figured this little part couldn't be stretched out in a couple posts.

 

[Kelson]

OOC) Okay, ignore this if you read it before.

 

[cats]

Nilons

OOC: Kelson actally is storng enough but lacks either the will or practice to do it. Hell master Roshi is what 150 or so and can do it. Oh and I'm going to be the U.S. censor. This episode didn't air on T.V. Truth be told I'm not shure how Nilons would react there so um I wont post on what she was thinking dureing the events.

IC:
I landed on a rough unable to maintain the concetration to fly. How could Michio do this he was the nice one. But how would I react. I pictured mom dieing, Then imeadtly moved the idea away from my mind. I sat there depressed. This wasn't why Piccolo tought us this skills, what can we tell him, or dose he already know?

Ski landed next to me. 'Um Nilons we should move before the cops arest us.' He was right it was a bad idea to get in trouble this close to home. "Where should we go?" As I said this I began to cry. 'My sister is in town maybe she will take our minds off this.' We then headed off.

 

[Phoenix]

Ski in "Trying to keep up With Michio's Long ass post" lol



After getting showered and changing into some a pair of baggy navy blue jeans, a navy blue football jersey brown boots, and a pair of dark sunglasses, I awaited the others so we can take off. I know it was kind of rude of me not to go back in at least try to chat with Nilon's family but after her mom pinching my bottom I was kinda put off on that idea.

Ordinary I can just blast off but since I have been practicing my control I managed to just cruise behind Michio with Nilon next to me. I never realized that it takes more work to cruise that just explode through the air faster that a missile. After two hours of flight I began to sweat a lil so I amped myself up just a bit to catch up to Michio and asked him "Um...Michio? How much further towards our destination?"

To which he replied 'Well we're going over North City now and I figure about another few miles onwards... why?'

Admitting that I was tired he just nodded so I slinked back to same speed as Nilons. As we get closer to a bunch of clearings I see my sister's hovercar just landing so I was thinking about heading down to see her but then I saw Michio just zoom forward really fast so I figured something was up.

Trying to catch up I heard Michio's voice yelling something but I can not hear what it is. My eyes widen as I see a log house on fire. Exploding through the air my first thought is to chase down that hovercar that just took off and ask them what happened but then I realized there might be innocent people in that house. So I stayed on the path to the log home. I was about to go in and see if anyone is still in there when I saw Michio come out with an old man who looked to be knocking on heaven's door.

Realizing that the old man was the guy who we came to see I knew that Michio was in almost shock. It nearly broke my heart when me made me and Ski promise to take care of Michio and ourselves. In his final moment Kazuo was at peace and did not die in horrendous pain. Michio on the other hand was past that. Rocking back and forth he was almost on the verge of a breakdown when Nilons touched his shoulder to comfort him. Shrugging her hand off her walked back into the house. While most of the inital fire was smoldered. There were a few flames still flickering. Laying the old man on the bed he allowed his father to be cremated. In ancient tradition creation was the way to bury true warriors, burials were for kings and royalty.

I was about to suggest that he and Nilons head back to the lookout, I can feel Michio's power levels raising higher and higher. He was easily stronger than anyone I ever came across. When he admits that he is going to kill the guys who did this I tried to talk him out of it but he does not want to hear what I have to say today. I feel his levels go even higher and for a second I was worried his Ki was going to burn him out when I saw him begin to take off I knew I had to stop him from doing something he would regret later on.

Before he takes off I get in front of him and say "Can't do that Michio, you're going to have to make me." I knew that he had more power than me if I had a snowball chance in hell I knew I would have to be sneaky and fast. So before he could be brace himself for my attack. I siked myself up and through a powerful punch at his head hopping for a quick Ko but surprisingly he moved his head before my fist could connect. Before I could gather myself his knee nailed me in the groin. I hope he intended for my gut with that one. As I double over in pain clutched my wounded pride he smashed me to the ground. Ordinarily this attack would phase me slightly however I was in serious pain. Clutching my sore ball I struggled to get my bearings with the world swirling around me. After a few moments I begin to shake off my pain with Nilons help I got to my feet and we took off following Michio Ki signature. When this is all over I am so going to kick his ass for hitting me in the balls. I mean not that it was a bad move but hey I was supposed to be the one to fight dirty.

Nilons and I arrived in time just in time to see the carnage that Michio unleashed. It was such a cold, callous and shocking display. It was a far cry from the gentle almost childlike Michio I knew.

I hovered there almost in shock but once I got my bearings I landed next to Nilons and watched as Michio warns us of police and flew away. When I told her we had to get out of here she asked where could we go and I knew my sister was nearby so I said 'My sister is in town maybe she will take our minds off this' and we then headed off.

Once in the city, I checked a few technology stores and found my sister in a department store. I wanted to talk to Eve in private in a minute. She did not resemble me that much. She looked like a black woman but she had a few Asian features. Her long golden blonde dyed hair was in a ponytail and she wore a black baby T-shirt with a pair of hip hugger jeans and white K Swsis shoes. After introducing her to Nilons I asked Nilons to please shop while me and my sister discus something in private for a few minutes.

 

[Dark Warrior]

OOC: Well, that was terribly bloody, bandman... I like it

Anyways, I'm in the same boat as Kelson... not alot to post about for Laos, so I guess I'll just wait for you guys to be done down there.

 

[bandman2000]

The Aftermath

OOC: Thanks DW. I guess I was just in a dark mood and it felt good.

IC: The adrenaline was still pumping inside me at full force as I was flying in the direction of the Lookout. I still wasn't satisfied. I wanted more retribution for Kazuo's death and my revenge wasn't sated in the least. As I was flying, I must have missed the Lookout because I was coming across some mountains.

As I see these visions of Mother Nature's power, I feel disgusted by them. I come to a stop in mid-air, concentrate my Ki energy and start destroying the mountains one by one with Ki blasts. I could only destroy 2 of them with the blasts before I got even angrier so I then went up to one of the mountains and started punching it. More and more force is applied until my knuckles were becoming very bloody and I am destroying the behemoth bit by bit.

Screaming out more and more, my rage is at its highest when I finally destroyed that third mountain. The pain from my hands was delicious as a little bit of bone was actually protruding from my knuckles. I licked up the blood from my hands and then I bring them together wrist to wrist, palm open.

The visions of Kazuo in the past when I was a kid fly through my head as I build up my power again. I'm at levels I've never been at before. The ground actually starts to shake as I pull in this tremendous energy and I start to form a ball in the palms of my hand.

'KAAAAAA!!!...'

Why did you have to die now? I was going to show you my new family?

'MEEEEEE!!!...'

Why couldn't Jackson hold out more? I wanted more!

'HAAAAAA!!!...'

So this is what Rage feels like? I might like it.

'MEEEEEEE!!!...'

These mountains spit on Kazuo's name for lasting while he's dead. BE GONE!

'HAAAAAAAAA!!!'

I release my blast on the mountain chain. The blue energy arcing through the air decimates these Stations of Time that took millions of years to create. I didn't care. I wanted to release the Rage and in turn I destroy an entire Mountain Range with my Kamehameha Wave.

After holding it for about 30 seconds, I finally dissipate it and drop to my knees clutching my chest. I then fall to my side and convulse.

I'm...dying...too

The excess energy used drained me so much that I've got barely any to keep me alive at all. That earlier training I did with Kelson about his Ki then flashed into my head.

''Woah...how'd you do that?''

'I gave you a model to control your Ki from'

''No...I felt...feel...drained. Earlier it was like...like running...exhilarating almost...invincible...now...I feel almost empty.''

'That is to be expected Kelson, don't worry about it.'

''So...ho...is that energy always available for me to use? And...more importantly, what happens when the water stops flowing?''

'I guess the water's about to stop flowing for me Kelson...'

Then all of sudden, as I'm on the verge of losing consiousness, I seem to see Kazuo in my mind's eye.

'Kazuo...?'

Damn it Michio...Get up! You can't die just yet.

'It's not like I planned this to be this way...'

Yes you did son, when you chased after Jackson and killed him. You took another person's life and now you have to atone.

'How..?'

By living, Michio. You know I love you and always will. But you now have new responsibilites and new friends who probably think you're a little nuts. You need to prove to them that you're still there for them and won't go off on them like you did to the mountains.

'I miss you already Kazuo..'

I know...and I'll always be a part of you, but first you need to get enough energy to get up.

'Ok. I'll try.'

I envision that same fountain I had Kelson do and see the water barely dripping out of the top. I work on it and finally after a bit I get some water to come over the top and start the fountain again. I feel the energy inside me increase just enough for me to pick my head up and open my eyes.

Thanks Kazuo.

That's before I see the carnage I layed to the land. Where there were once a massive mountain chain there is now just flatland. The debris is still flying all over the place and some is coming back to the ground from as far up as near earth orbit. I lay on my back and just try to regain my energy as I start to cry over what I had done in the name of Vengeance.

'I'm so sorry... so sorry..'

The biggest question is...can I ever bring up that power again? Or would I ever try it again?

 

[Kelson]

OOC) I need someone to tell me how strong my character is (ie, what he can do) since his base powerlevel was 230 at the start of this story (when everyone else's was about 150). I thought my powerlevel would have to be 'slightly' higher then that to do some of the things bandman is doing (not to say anything against what you've written ;-)).

 

[Dark Warrior]

OOC: You're right to a certain extent Kelson. Under normal circumstances, none of us could do that. But if there is one thing you should have learnt from Dragonball Z, it's that when you're pissed, you can do just about anything. And I think that's what he was trying to get at: saying how his power was more than it had ever been and stuff like that. So, I say it's perfectly alright.

IC: Laos.

Laos suddenly saw a burst of light outside his window, and when he looked out he saw Michio, enveloped in some sort of energy, flying at an incredible speed.
"Shit... something must be up..." Laos thought as he jumped up. Wanting to waste no time, he climbed out of the window and chased after Michio, but found he could not keep up with Michio's amazing pace. After he had dwindled from view, however, Laos kept flying in the same direction, hoping that Michio would stop sometime.
"Damn, I've never seen anyone fly that fast... not even Michio himself... Piccolo said something about emotions bringing out people's hidden powers... maybe something's happened to Michio?" he thought as he flew on at full speed. Finally he saw a figure lying alone on his back in a barren valley, and he automatically identified Michio. Immediately Laos assumed that Michio was hurt, so he pushed his speed up, starting to get alarmed. Michio was the strongest of all of them, they really needed him...
Laos' eyes scanned the area, and he saw a huge amount of rubble, and some was still even in the air.
"Geez... did Michio do that?" he thought as he swooped down lower and finally landed behind Michio. He ran up to the fallen figure, and was happy to see that he was still alive, if looking somewhat exhausted. Laos knelt down beside him and placed a hand on his chest.
"Michio... it's Laos. Are you OK?" he asked softly. That was when he noticed the tears on Michio's face.

 

[Dark Warrior]

OOC

Oh, and regarding what you can do at our power levels. Well, at the moment, our powers at the moment are somewhat similar to those in the very original Dragonball. Mostly all we can do is use it to fly and fight, and very little else, unless we are pushed to our limits.
But, by the time we start fighting, we will all have a power level of somewhere in the vicinity of 500 (I guess you guys can say exactly where it is if you want to - I'm assuming that Michio will probably be a little ahead, and possibly Kelson). So, think back to the fights against Raditz. By that time both Goku and Piccolo had learned to harness their energy - ki blasts and such were still used infrequently, however, and took them quite some time to "load up" the energy to perform the technique. So what I'm trying to say is, by the time we start fighting Zeo, we should be able to fly without any problems (Like crashing into buildings ) and can fight with quite some strength. There are two things that we could possibly do at that time, but perhaps not - the incredibly fast movement of the Z Fighters that enables them to seemingly "dissapear" for a second or two, and reappear somewhere else, and fighting while in the air. So, use these techniques sparingly when we get up to there. Again, this could change from character to character - for instance, Michio has been able to harness his energy for some time, and may even be able to do these things already, whilst Nilons' fear of flying could make flying a little difficult (Unless of course she gets over it by the time we start fighting - your call, cats). And remember that ki attacks are very draining and take some time to gather the energy for at this point in time.
Did that answer your question? Feedback about this would be welcome, from any of you guys.

 

[Phoenix]

Ski in "Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet and Watch"


As Nilons walked around the corner I grinned at my sister and said " So Sis how is everything." Instead of getting the answer I was looking for instead I got a swift kick to the groin. Dammit I have to start wearing a cup one of these days.

While I curled into the fetal position holding my sore gonads, My sister broke into a tirade about how I disappeared for 3 days without telling anyone anything while I managed to eek out a "Spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch" moan on floor. Eventually she gave me hand up...only so she could kick in the balls again. Standing above me she said "That was from mom. Your ex keeps calling her house again looking for you. So you deserve that shot to the diddle for making mom worried."

I layed on the ground crosseyed and handing my privates in the middle of a packed department store. Looking around I saw me and Evey drew a crowd. Helping me over to a display away from everybody she sat next to me and said " You know you deserve it right. You know how much me and mom hate that bitch Gia and what did you do?? YOu gave her the phone number to the main house. Real smart little brother. By the way your daughter Chae misses you. Imagine this you 20 years old with a college degree in psycology and a 2 year old daughter and what do you do?? You go off and get into these toughman and mixed martial arts tournaments. Then you disappear for 3 days and when you finally do show up it with some chick I never seen before. Sometimes I never know what is going through your head little brother."

I wanted to respond but I knew I was wrong, well that and the fact that I was too hurt to respond. I tried to put Chae out of my mind while I train to save the world but than to Eve's lil reminder that is not going to happen. I was worried that if I kept worrying about Chae then I would not be able to get ready for this major bad guy.

The pain from where Eve kicked me was beginning to fade, I'm just happy that Nilons was not here to see that.

 

[bandman2000]

OOC Only

I can agree with that DW. I think I'll set up Michio for power levels of 425-450 for normal and full power at most around 525-550. This will only be in time for Zeo to come in. Right now, he's in the crapper power wise and needs to build up some before any shit happens. As for the quick movements to create afterimages or to seem to disappear, I'll probably have him do it by accident while sparring or during the battle when his instincts are heightened enough to do it. And don't worry Kelson, no harm done. I'm not pissed about anything. As it is, I figured afterwards to add the last sentence to give doubt that I could do this again.

The only other thing I need to let you all know is that this week is the last week for the College semester. I'll try to be online every other day during the next week, but hopefully I'll sign up for classes this summer and be back online fully on the 13th of May I think. So I might just have something happen to Michio to knock him out for a while. I'll decide for certain by Monday. I figured I'd at least let you all know.

Now for my real post...

 

[bandman2000]

My mind is still a little clouded after getting some energy going again to keep me alive. It isn't until I feel a pressure on my chest and a familiar voice calling to me that I break through the fog.

"Michio...It's Laos. Are you ok?"

I open my eyes and try to wipe the tears from them. Then I see the concerned look on his face. I've never seen this side of him before. I guess it was genuine.

'I'll be...fine. Can you help me home?'

"Sure."

He helped me up then he took off into the sky with me as his cargo. I'm too weak to fly. After a while of carrying my heavy butt, he finally makes it to the Lookout. As we land Mr. Popo comes out to see what was the matter and saw me. He ran back in and came back out with a first aid kit for my hands and some drink I think with some Ginseng for energy.

Laos laid me down on the floor while Mr. Popo worked on me then he went towards whom I could only presume to be Piccolo. My vision was still a bit blurry. They seemed to be talking a bit just out of my earshot, but then a flash of pain from the Iodine being applied to my knuckles brought me back to Mr. Popo.

After Popo was finished and made me drink the entire concotion, I got a little more energy. With my Pride now in full force, I tried to get myself off the Horizontally-challenged list, but as I make it to my feet, a wave of dizzyness swarms over me and I drop to my knees. Everyone takes a step towards me, including Piccolo. Perhaps he's worried that I'm not fit to fight anymore, but I yell out to stay away and I force myself through the dizzyness.

I get up on my feet and start staggering as if I'm drunk towards the main house. As I make it to the doorway, I grab hold of the wall as if for dear life to keep me upright. I look back at the three of them behind me.

'One of you might want to go to North City to let Nilons and Ski know that I'm here. That is if they're still there. I'll never go back to North City ever again. I've not nothing there anymore.'

Piccolo comes up to me with his normal expression, but it seems much softer.

"I'm sorry about Kazuo, Michio. He was a good man."

I just stare at Piccolo in disbelief.

'How do you know about him?'

"He is...was a good fighter in his prime. I made it a priority to keep an eye on him and most of the other fighters in the world. It was sheer coincidence that a Saiyan descendant...you...came to be in his custody."

'Oh...'

"Besides...who do you think gave him Gohan's Memoirs to give to you?"

'No way...'

"Yep. Gohan gave it to Dende back when he was the sole Kami. When I fused with Dende, I came into possession of it. You were the only one I knew was a descendent of Gohan's line due to my contact with Kazuo. I just waited until you got strong enough to work with my other prospects which you now know."

'Wait a minute...how did you know that Kazuo died at all? He just died in my arms not too long ago and I'm the only one to have come back.'

"I could sense his power leaving."

I then look Piccolo straight in the eye.

'Then WHY DIDN'T YOU SAVE HIM? Huh? Since you're the goddamned Kami, why didn't you save him?'

I grab his robes to hold him close and to keep my balance now that I wasn't holding onto the wall.

'He didn't deserve to die with a gunshot hole in his chest or to see his home burned to the ground just so those bastards could take the land! You should've been there!...I should've...I wasn't there for him...'

I collapse into Piccolo's arms while crying and muttering to myself, 'I wasn't there...I wasn't there...'

He then motions over to Laos for help in getting me inside and into my bed. They both grab hold of me and gently as possible they put me in bed while I'm still sobbing. Then I remember in vivid detail my execution of Jackson and his men.

I cry out, 'I KILLED THEM!! I KILLED THEM! NOO!...' then I pass out. Mr. Popo comes in with that glass he gave me earlier.

"It's a good thing I slipped a sleeping powder inside there. He should be out for a few hours."

"Very well." said Piccolo as he and Mr. Popo leave my bed and Laos lingers a little bit.

 

[Kelson]

Sweat lay upon Kelson's shaking form in transparent layers while bloodshot eyes glazed over again, the energy within his body surging forward for the thirtieth time since everyone had left him alone on the Lookout, or at least, with no one speaking to him.

Waterfall...spring...river...blood...water...falling....cascading... CRASHING

Kelson's drained supplies spewed forth again into his hands through the simple mental process he had been perfecting since his last lesson. The ball of nearly opaque energy grew and shrunk uncontrollably, expanding to the point of burning his hands at times and shrinking to barely the size of a quarter at others. Still, Kelson held tight and focused on the great river in his mind, the water sloshing against the sides of a great basin between his hands...and the ball started expanding and shrinking more rapidly.

Control it...nonono! ARGH

Thought Kelson as the ball shrunk to the size of a penny and threatened to disappear, the intense energy transfer between its source and the ball it had formed threatening to collapse with deleterious (bad ;-)) results for the creator.

There...stay...stay...stronger...how do they...do this...ow... burning...bad...grow...smaller...smaller...more...energy...hold... hold...concentrate...

And as those words flicked across his sleep-depraved and energy-drained mind, Kelson's ball of energy grew, then began to compress into itself...changing from nearly black to grey to dark, dark red then finally starting to turn blue.

No...the river...infinite...never stopping...hold it...okay...okay... RELEASE

And with that mental command, the ball exploded into blue flames and blasted away from the falling Kelson. Falling to his knees, Kelson feebly watched it go 20m...40m...80m...150m... 200m...then explode in, what appeared from this distance, to be a basketball size ball.

With a grim smile, Kelson pushed himself back onto unsteady feet and made his way away from the edge, weak knees threatening to spill him over the hard ground.

 

[cats]

Nilons 2.0

OOC: Sorry ment to post this yesterday but the site whent down on me for some reason. That happened once to me before thats not normal right?

Any ways by the time the fighting begins Nilons will be able to fly.... Well she will be scared as she dose it and any air battle will have to be within 20 feet of ground unless she get real desprate. She will have a power of 360 to 370. And knows one energy attack she made. She calls it furry beam, it is virtuly a larger form of "speacil beam cannon". It done with two hands and is about as powerful. She still never learned the kamahamea wave. (Did I spell that right?)

IC: I was still confused about the actions Michio took. It just wasn't something he would do. I didn't want to believe it, nor could I beleave it. 'Nilons, would you mind going out side for a minute?' "Um shure." I had to think anyways.

I contimplated the situation, I finally decided not to think about it. Weather it really happened or not didn't matter. It was in the past there was no way to change it, and no point worrying about it. I needed to get back and continue training. I ahd a new energy attack to work on. As Boxer said put some spin on it who thought my brother could inspire me like that. The spin would make the attack go further into my oponet before explodeing. That would make it take less enrgy then an equall sized what ever that blue ball was called.

After a few minutes Ski's sister came out. 'While Ski was screwing you his girlfriend called. I thought you would like to know the truth.' Screwing me? What the hell did Ski tell her? "Dose this mean that Ski didn't tell you we were training to save the world?" 'If he told you that and you beleived him.... Then you are the dumbest girl he has gone out with yet.'

His sister then walked off. How the hell did Ski do it. Now my mother wants me to marry him, my father thinks he is useing me and his sister thinks we had slept together. Well there was that one time I stumbled into the wrong bed. Guys they will take the simplest things and make them into unbelive able stories.

Ski walked out. For what ever reason he looked like he was in a lot of pain, didn't matter to me. "How could you tell your sister a fabricated tell like that?" I gave him a swift kick to the nuts. He fell to the ground and began to squell in pain. I took out my capsole and pushed the button. I then flew back to the look out, I wouldn't be able to take another vacation for some time.

 

[Kelson]

OOC) I wonder if Ski can get a new pair of nuts attached surgically. I think both his current ones were cracked... wince

 

[Dark Warrior]

OOC: Serious, Ski must be in... some pain.

IC: Laos.

Laos looked down at the sleeping form of Michio, a concerned look on his face.
"Poor bloke..." he thought as he thought about what Piccolo had said to him. "I guess he's alone now, like me."
Laos then decided that he should probably go get Nilons and Ski from North City. He said a silent farewell to Michio and then left, before walking over to Piccolo.
"Piccolo, I'll go and get Nilons and Ski. They need to get back to do some serious training." I said. The big green guy just looked at me and nodded, before turning away again. Seems like he's got something on his mind as well.
Just as I was about to leave, Nilons came flying up in one of her capsule machines.
"Hey, Nilons! Where's Ski?" He asked the girl.
"Back down there." she replied, waving towards the world below.
"Well, seeing as you know where he is... would you mind going to get him? It would take me longer..." Laos said, wondering if she was going to react violently like he expected.

 

[cats]

Nilons

OOC: All things considered Michio had a much better then Ski. Three nut shots in a row. He isn't haveing children. Oh and DW we all know Nilons is never violent, seriously though why would she react violent? Did I forget something?

IC: "Shure." Maybe I should ask why he looked so hurt before I kicked him in the balls. Then I can find out why he told his sister such an exagerated story.