Brolly's Domain Were the sayjian are powerful but insane

The Keldar Saga

Episode 1: The Enemies Within

It was a horrible night to be outside. The sky was pitch black, not that it could really be seen due to the roiling clouds that covered it like a thick blanket. A fierce wind blew over the rocky landscape and intermittent flashes of lightning could be seen on the horizon. The distant rumble of thunder warned those outside that a storm was brewing and the torrential downpour of the rain quickly soaked those caught in it. Fortunately, the night was empty�. Well, almost empty. A solitary figure stood alone of top of a large cliff. Alone, and for the time unmoving, this figure seemed totally unaware of the harsh conditions upsetting the environment around him.

He liked training on these nights. Nature had taught him a valuable lesson over the years; that no matter how destructive and powerful a force may be with courage and determination one could always muster the force to overcome it. The figure started to move now, slowly at first, swinging one arm and then the other, ever faster until the movements became a blur that only the most trained eye could distinguish. Now the legs joined in. Jumping high into the air, this unknown let out a flurry of kicks before landing, back-flipping, turning upon landing and destroying the rock behind him with a well placed side kick. Then a quarter circle turn and a back-fist demolished the greater part of the cliff face in that direction, causing the rest of the cliff to collapse now that there was no longer anything to support its vast weight. For over an hour, clad in the Saiyan armour that had continually served him well, Vegeta trained without rest in conditions that would have left most normal people on the floor unconscious within moments.
The rain had stopped now and so too had Vegeta. Even with his close-cropped hair it still seemed to be discharging buckets of rainwater down his face. As he sat on one of a few surviving rocks, Vegeta suddenly jerked his head to face the side. Someone was there; he�d heard their voice. He was about to get up and check the surrounding area out when the cause of his discomfort appeared before him. What he saw left him wide-mouthed with surprise.

�Hello, my son.� The figure before him, clad in Saiyan armour, with a close-cropped brown beard and hair that resembled Vegeta�s own some years back, Vegeta instantly recognised the awesome spectacle of his long-dead father.

�But, how� I mean��
�Don�t worry about that, son, I�m here to tell you something important,� his father replied.
�Wha� Wait a minute, what am I doing?!! You�re not my father; my father died a long time ago when I was just a boy!! You better reveal who you really are before my fists grow impatient!! Speak, or I�ll beat it out of you!� Vegeta was angry now, angry with himself for being taken in by such a deception. But the figure didn�t reply, he simply smiled and his face and clothing took on a sombre change. The beard disappeared and the face became firmer and the Saiyan armour disappeared to be replaced by an orange Gi and blue karate belt that Vegeta knew only too well.

�What!! How can this be?!� he bellowed at the figure standing before him. �How can you possibly be here Kakarot? Am I going crazy?�
Goku laughed mockingly.

�No, Vegeta, you�re not imagining it but I do have something important to tell you.�
�What?� Vegeta growled tersely.
�Plain and simple? You are a disgrace to the Saiyan Race.�
�WHAT?! How dare you, Kakarot, you dare to insult my Saiyan heritage?!�
�Face it, Vegeta, you�ve spent your entire life striving to be better than me but it just hasn�t worked has it? I mean, what on earth ever possessed you to think that your potential was ever as good as mine?�
�It IS!! I have achieved things that our Super Saiyan ancestors could only dream of!!�
�Yes, but how much of it was your own, personal achievement?�
�What do you mean?�
Goku laughed again.

�Ah aa aa � no more questions. Don�t be angry, Vegeta, after all not everybody can be like me.�
�FOOL!! That�s it Kakarot, you�ve overstepped your bounds. Prepare for battle!!

With this Vegeta powered up to Super Saiyan and flew towards his oppressor. He lunged towards him with a vicious left hook but long before it made contact Goku had disappeared. Vegeta strained his senses trying to find the location of his enemy but before he could find him Goku had buried his fist in the base of Vegeta�s spine. Before Vegeta could move to recover Goku caught him in the stomach with a devastating uppercut that left Vegeta gasping for breath. Vegeta grabbed hold of Goku�s face to head-butt him but Goku got it in first. As Vegeta flew through the chill night air, Goku flew up alongside him and kicked him into the base of a cliff. Even before Vegeta smashed into it Goku had released several small ki blasts that brought the entire cliff down on Vegeta�s prone form with a deluge of debris and energy. As Goku stood 10 yards away, laughing, Vegeta noticed that Goku had beaten him without powering up to Super Saiyan himself.

�But�.� Vegeta�s words came out in a ragged voice, and he coughed, tasting blood in the back of his throat. But before Vegeta could finish his sentence Goku was standing next to him and with a vicious kick forced Vegeta to close his eyes in response to the sudden pain. When Vegeta opened his eyes he gasped in terror. The figure standing before him had his arm outstretched, presenting him with an open palm with the fingers pointing straight up and the thumb curled in towards the palm. But it was not the copy of his own move that startled him; it was the person about to perform it. The face now sneering back at Vegeta, with that half-cocky half-arrogant smile, was Vegeta�s own.

�You disgust even me. You�re not a warrior, you�re a pathetic Saiyan wannabe.�

Before Vegeta could reply the Impostor yelled �Big Bang Attack!� and in a flash of intense white light all feeling left Vegeta�s body.

Suddenly, Vegeta woke up in his bed, sat bolt upright, sweat covering his skin from head to toe. He made a quick assessment of his body and found nothing out of the ordinary. When his breath had finally slowed and his heart ceased to race he turned his head to see if he had disturbed Bulma. Obviously he had, for she was staring up at him from her pillow on the right side of the bed.

�What�s the matter, Vegeta? Did Goku beat you again?�

With this, she smiled and began to laugh harshly, a laughter that hurt Vegeta as much as Goku�s had but moments before. Vegeta reached out to grab her and shake her out of it but before his hands met with her skin she and the room had faded to an inky blackness. But even this was not the end. The faces of his friends and family appeared before him, all around him, surrounding him.

�You were never a father to look up to,� stated his son, Trunks, with a total lack of emotion.
�You�re pathetic, you let a Saiyan half-breed out-perform you,� Gohan retorted.
�Why can�t you ever show me that you love me? You just use me, you don�t appreciate me do you?� Bulma added.
The voices continued to insult and berate him, their voices becoming louder and louder until they were all talking so loudly Vegeta thought it would tear his skull apart. Clasping his head in both hands, he threw his head back and screamed �Nooooooooooooooooo�.!!�

Once again, he found himself in his bed. However, this time he was not upright, he was laid down and Bulma grasped him roughly by the shoulders, shaking him to rescue him from his delirium and terror.

�Vegeta? Vegeta?! Please, speak to me, tell me you�re OK, please!�
The sound of his beloved Bulma�s voice calling to him soothed him and with each intake of breath his terror subsided, until he was eventually able to muster a half-smile.

�Thank� you,� he murmured.
�Er, sure � no problem,� Bulma replied. �Are you OK Vegeta? Is anything wrong? You were sure shouting a lot. It�s the third time this week.�
�Nothing is wrong, trust me. Nothing at all�.� was Vegeta�s blunt reply.
With this he strolled over to the window and pulled the curtain aside. The sun was just coming into view on the horizon, and as the life-giving rays passed over his body, the fatigue of his �ordeal� faded away.

�Trust me, one day Kakarot�. One day��

ON THE NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGONBALL AS:

Everybody is pretty excited when they hear that another World Tournament is looming just round the corner, but this one has a difference! The Z Warriors begin their training but a new threat to the safety of the universe is waiting just round the corner. All this and more will be revealed on the next exciting episode of DRAGONBALL AS.

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