Part 6

Juunanagou nodded. Though, one could barely call the barely noticeable head movement a nod. Krillin’s eyes went wider than before. The aged monk ran out from behind the gravestone.

“It’s such an honor to meet you! You look just like Juuhachigou! Well I guess that’s reasonable, I mean you were twins... She told me to look for you when she died. But I was stranded on this planet, and I didn’t have the chance. I'm really glad you made it here....”

Juunanagou frowned and closed his eyes.

“I came here to look for my niece.”

“Of course, of course! I know that. She told me not to expect you to stay. Well... I’ll make this short then. I have no idea where my daughter is. I’d suggest going to Princess Bra to find her. The last I heard of Marron, she had something to do with the princess. When you find her, smack her for me okay?” Krillin grinned sheepishly, turned around and walked inside the house.

Juunanagou blinked once, looking to where Krillin had stood a minute ago. That was... odd... Oh well... I guess I’ll just have to go see the Princess then... Damn... Let’s see.. royalty.. royalty... high ki level of course... aha! There’s two over that way. I’ll try for the weaker one, that one’s definitely Saiya-jin.

With that done and over with, Juunanagou hovered off the ground for a brief moment, before blasting into the sky. I guess I’ll go buy some stuff first... I should probably wait until night time. Isn’t there a tournament on Vegeta-sei around this time?

Bra and Pan sat in front of Goten and Trunks. Uub sat in front of them. They were in the royal seats for the tournament. Automatically, all five were qualified. But at the moment, they watched the other contestants battle each other. It was an all against all match. The last seven standing would be the only ones to get to fight in the actual tournament.

Pan and Bra were whispering back and forth, much to Trunks’ amusement and Goten’s dismay. Uub was getting annoyed, hearing everything they whispered as the two girls chatted.

Mostly, they’d been talking about which fighters they thought would last through the qualifying rounds. All the fighters were strong, mainly males. In the beginning, there had only been seven or eight female fighters to show up. Now, they were down to three.

Trunks rubbed his temples, bored of watching the qualifying rounds. I should just pick out those with the strongest ki and... His thoughts stopped in their tracks. He’d started scanning the fighters for their ki levels, when he’d come across one contestant who had just defeated one of the top royal guards. The weird thing was, the man had no ki.

Weird..... Trunks thought as a puzzled look crossed his face. I’ll have to see if he makes it to the final round, and if he does, how far he gets from there. It’ll be interesting to see how strong this guy is. Considering, he has no ki.

Juunanagou’s hand wrapped around yet another opponent’s neck and crushed it. In this tournament, there was no rule against killing. How could one expect there to be? This was, of course, Planet Vegeta: home of the Saiya-jin.

I don’t see anyone that looks like her in the royal section. Where could she be? A frown placed itself on Juunanagou’s handsome face. He’d come for one reason. To find Marron. The tournament was just a way for him to earn money.

Looking up from the man whose body he held, Juunanagou noted that there were only six other contestants still standing, He could kill them now and make the tournament go a lot quicker, but Juunanagou saw the famous King Trunks stand and announce the winners. He watched the other six approach the area in front of the King’s seat. He followed, dropping the body he still held.

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Trunks grimaced as he watched the man with no ki drop a dead man’s body and approach the area where the winners usually gathered. Taking a breath, he looked out at the crowds of people.

“Today was a fine day indeed. Despite many deaths that could’ve been prevented, we now have the other seven fighters needed for our tournament. These seven,” he looked down at the seven remaining fighters, “shall fight against myself, Princess Bra, King Goten of Western Vegeta, Lady Pan of Western Vegeta, and Lord Uub of Western Vegeta.

“Now, may I ask of you seven your names?” Trunks finished, looking at the first in the line-up of seven.

Standing at 5’8”, a surprising height for a female Saiya-jin, the dark green haired, silver eyed young adult replied with a slight accent. “The name’s Hoshi Ryu and that’s all you need to know.”

Trunks smiled at the young Saiya-jin, who looked no more than eighteen or nineteen years old and looked a the next opponent. “And your name would be...?”

“I’m Nagareboshi,” she answered in a slightly raspy voice. She stood at 5’8” as well, and her body was covered in dark green dragon scales. She had a long tail, which was also covered in scales. Nagareboshi had no mouth. Whatever words or sounds she created came from an unknown source. Her eyes were completely gold, with no pupils. Nagareboshi’s hair was silver, knee length, and held back loosely with a blood red bow.

The entire crowd moved to get a closer look at Nagareboshi. They’d never seen anyone like her before. She glared at them all and they all flew back into their seats.

Trunks blinked and smiled at the fighter, “It’s nice to have someone different in the arena once in a while.” His eyes flickered to the next person. “Your name, sir?” He was required to ask, though he already knew the man.

The elderly Saiya-jin with dark grey hair that stood up (like Goku’s) answered in one word. “Gamu.”

“Gamu, eh? You’re back again this year! Fellow Saiya-jin, this is Gamu’s fifth year making it to the final rounds. He’s the brother of the late general Bardock, and he’s made it very far each year. I’m sure he’ll make it just as far this year.” Trunks announced to the audience, eyes glinted.

Goten’s eyes went wide, but quickly narrowed. The man was family. But Goten wouldn’t treat him as part of his family. If the man had wished to be a part of the royal family of Eastern Vegeta, he would’ve come to him. Though, Goten doubted the man had come to try and get back into the Son family. After all, according to King Trunks, this was the man’s fifth year competing in the tournament.

Goten briefly heard the next man reply that his name was Urusai. Urusai stood at 6’2” and he had silver hair and sparkling dark green eyes. After Urusai came another female Saiyajin who was named Hanita. She had beach blonde hair cropped to her shoulders and blue eyes. She stood at 5’9”. The sixth fighter was Koocha. He stood at an amazing 7’1” and he had dark blue hair and black eyes.

Last, but not least, Juunanagou gave his name and no other comment.

A few minutes later, the guards had drawn names from a box and the line up was ready to be announced. A slip of paper was handed to Trunks.

“Well Ladies and Gentlemen! The time to announce the fights shall is upon us! In the first fight, is Hoshi Ryu vs. Urusai! In the second match, Hanita shall fight Gamu! In match number three, King Goten shall fight Nagareboshi. After that, Lady Pan and Princess Bra shall be fighting. Koosha and Juunanagou shall be fighting in the fifth match. And last, but certainly not least, Lord Uub shall fight against myself!

“We’ll see all of you here tomorrow at noon for the first round of fighting!” Trunks finished and sat back down.

The crowd cheered wildly before departing.

As she got up to leave, Bra turned to look at the departing fighters. The one called Juunanagou turned to look up at them at the same time. Their eyes met and Bra sucked in a breath of air. So handsome....

That’s the princess, Juunanagou thought. I have her ki locked now, so I can pay her a visit tonight. Then I’ll be one step closer to Marron.

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Night had fallen, and two figures, unaware of each other, crouched on opposite sides of the Eastern Princess’ balcony. Inside the room, Princess Bra sat at her vanity, brushing her long lavender hair out.

After going over her hair one last time with the brush, Bra tied it back loosely with a ribbon and stood up. She walked towards her large bed, but stopped when she caught sight of the full moon, which was completely visible from her window.
Curling her tail tightly around her waist, Bra closed her eyes and grabbed a pill off her nightstand. She swallowed it quickly and felt the affects of the moon’s rays disappear instantly.

The Princess smiled serenely and headed out to look up at the bright, full moon from her balcony. Once she was outside, she leaned against the pearly white railing that surrounded her mediocre sized balcony.

Juunanagou’s breath caught in his throat. With the moonlight reflecting off the Princess’ sky blue eyes and lavender hair, she looked more beautiful than before, but in an almost eerie way.

Uub’s breath also caught in his throat, and he wondered how he’d be able to kill the Princess. Especially with how beautiful she looked at the moment. Just remember Uub... She’s nothing compared to Marron. You must complete the task she has set upon you.

After a few moments, Bra turned around; her aqua silk nightgown blew gently in the breeze her turn had created. She took a step forward and grabbed a hold of the door that closed off her balcony from her room.

Now’s the time... Uub thought suddenly. He jumped from his spot without a sound, and landed behind the Princess. In one hand, he held a ruby studded dagger. That hand flew up to Bra’s neck, and the other hand wrapped around her mouth.

“Don’t try anything little Princess. I’m here to kill you and I can do it instantly. I’m warning you. No matter what you do, there’s always a way for me to permanently silence you.” Uub whispered fiercely into her ear.

From his perch, Juunanagou’s eyes blazed in anger that came from an unknown source. The anger was generated, for some reason, because the man seemed to be trying to kill the Princess. Perhaps the anger was there because the Princess was seemingly his link to his niece. Juunanagou didn’t really know. All he knew, was that he was angry.

Leaping down from his perch, Juunanagou kicked Uub in the head. However, it was apparent that the kick wasn’t strong enough. Why? Because it had absolutely not affect on Uub.

Spinning around, still holding onto Bra, Uub sent an icy glare towards Juunanagou. The cyborg only glared right back with an equally icy glare.

“I suggest you release the Princess now,” Juunanagou stated calmly, crossing his arms. “If you don’t, there’s bound to be trouble and I can guarantee the outcome won’t be pretty.”

Uub growled, “You have no idea who you’re messing with, pretty boy.”

“Why thank you, I am, aren’t I?” Juunanagou replied in a sickeningly sweet voice. Then his voice returned to normal. “Don’t provoke me, you have no idea who YOU’RE messing with.”

Bra got an annoyed look on her face and sweat dropped. Her hand flew up and grabbed Uub’s hand. She flipped him over her shoulder with enough force to fling him into the opposite wall.

Uub hit the wall with a thud.

Grinning, Bra dusted off her hands and turned to Juunanagou. “Is there something I can help you with? Juunanagou, isn’t it? You were in the qualifying fight for the tournament earlier today.”

Juunanagou merely nodded, eyes slightly wide. She’s... But she’s a girl! And she’s only a young one at that! How could she be strong enough to throw him over her shoulder like that?!? He had her in a death grip!

Bra laughed.

“Don’t look so surprised, Juunanagou. I’m the Princess of the Saiya-jin of Eastern Planet Vegeta. My brother is the strongest known person on the planet. As his sister, it’d seem pretty stupid if I were weak, ne? I CAN go SSJ ya know.” She almost giggled at the completely shocked look that crossed the cyborg’s face.

“B-but... That’s impossible! Super Saiyajins are just myths! And if it WERE real, I highly doubt a young FEMALE could possibly attain such a high power level... And how.. How.. His ki is stronger than yours!” Juunanagou stuttered slightly, trying to regain his composure.

The Princess rolled her eyes and turned around, flipping her hair over her shoulder. “It’s far from impossible good sir. Lady Pan is a level two Super Saiya-jin. And I’m not young. I’m nineteen ya know!”

Juunanagou was about to answer when Bra was tackled by Uub and thrown against the balcony railing. A sigh of impatience came from Juunanagou’s pale lips. He formed a laser blast at the tip of his finger and shot it at Uub. It went straight through his heart, but stopped before hitting the Princess.

Bra’s shocked face was quite a sight. She rolled Uub’s now limp body off of on top of her. She stood up and dusted herself off, trying to regain HER composure. Coughing slightly into her hand, the Princess looked up at the android as guard’s rushed in to respond to the scream she’d let off when tackled.

“I’d say I owe you one, but you got his blood on my gown!” She said in mock anger, winking at the android.

Juunanagou grinned sheepishly, then mentally smacked himself for doing so. Juunanagou you baka! You’re turning into mush just because of her! Don’t forget your mission! You have to find Marron.

For a moment, Juunanagou merely watched as guards carried Uub’s body away. King Trunks entered the room a moment later, and the cyborg distinctly heard Bra telling her brother what had happened.

Trunks turned to Juunanagou, a grateful look on his face.

“I don’t know why you were by my sister’s room in the first place, Juunanagou, but we’re eternally grateful for your assistance. I believe a reward is due---”

Juunanagou cut the King off, speaking in an almost bored tone of voice. “You could repay me easily. I came here in search of my niece, Marron. You think you could tell me where she might be?”

Bra and Trunks exchanged looks and looked back at Juunanagou.

“Well.....” Bra started....

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