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The Saiyan of Two Universes Saga, A Dragon Ball story
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<blockquote data-quote="India Actual" data-source="post: 1270" data-attributes="member: 80"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Chapter 3: An Exciting Journey</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Age 760, <em>Planet Basur</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">A short time after Korian and the gang’s pitched battle against the evil crime lord Ancho the Reaper, a fragile peace had settled in on the world after much toil and some smooth talking on behalf of Sorrel. Korian and Kitsune were sparring in an open area near their home. Kitsune was working him hard until she paused and calmly said, “Good, now show it to me.” Korian nodded to his teacher and took a deep breath while he clenched his fists and found that sensation of Ki he was looking for in between his shoulders. “HAAAAAHHHH!” He exclaimed as he transformed into a golden haired and blue-eyed warrior that stood before her, his visible aura of Ki energy whipping around his body. “Good, good, now calm your mind and focus your energies, find the calm in the storm.” Kitsune said soothingly as helped him focus his mind. Korian felt anxious and waves of anger in his uneasy heart that he tried to hold back, he hadn’t gotten used to this new power yet. For him it was like relearning everything he was taught about self-mastery, but in a new body. He followed Kitsune’s calm voice as his mind focused in on a calm center, there he found the love he felt for Kitsune, as an adoptive parent and the love of his friends, he saw Sorrel’s face in mind and his energy quieted down. On the outside his aura disappeared as his body seemed to relax like the unclenching of a fist. He remained transformed this time and Kitsune felt any uneasiness in her pupil disappear. The young man exhaled slowly and opened his eyes much to the surprise of Kitsune. “I do believe you have found the balance that you were searching for, my son.” She smiled and Korian smiled back and gave his teacher a respectful bow.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Age 763, <em>Planet Basur</em></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Time marched forward on their now quiet world, an unusual peace had settled in for our group. Korian continued to train his body and Super Saiyan state with trial and some childish errors. One occasion of pushing his body too hard caused him damage which landed Kitsune on nursing duty for over a month. During this time Kitsune managed to come to terms with her own struggles and quit drinking so heavily. Sorrel had abandoned her life of petty crime and grew as a person who wanted to help others and not just take for herself. She and Korian remained close friends as he did indeed keep his promise and visited her in the city when he wasn’t busy keeping the peace elsewhere. It was on one of these visits that the duo would get an unlikely surprise that would propel their lives on a whole new course.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Korian and Sorrel were sitting down at an old lady’s outdoor food stand having a bite to eat. Sorrel doing her best to contain her laughter as Korian gobbled up his meal and asked for seconds and then thirds. The young Saiyan, now a head taller than he used to be previously, patted his stomach as he had satiated his hunger for the time being. He looked to Sorrel who calmly finished her single serving of food, the young rabbit had grown up as well, she was starting to blossom into quite the lovely lady. She just gave him a shy smile as Korian stood up. “Thank you for the food, Sorrel. I have some errands I need to run. See ya!” Sorrel stood up and clenched her fist as she looked quite incensed at his dine and dash demeanor. She suddenly took a swing at him which he narrowly dodged much to his surprise. “Is that all I get is a ‘Thanks and Bye, Sorrel?!’ You big f@&#ing dummy! I haven’t seen you in how long and I go out of my way to treat you to a meal and this is the thanks I get?!” Sorrel fumed at him as she crossed her arms and turned her back on him. Korian looked down right confused at her sudden lashing out and looked to the old lady tending the food stand. She just gave him a nudge to go over to Sorrel and at least Korian could take that hint. Korian tried to laugh it off as he put his arm around Sorrel’s shoulders much to her surprise. This seemed to cool the mood a little as seemed to blush. “Please come with me so we can catch up some more.” Korian said as he gave her a big grin to which Sorrel nodded and they were off.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">As the two walked, Korian explained that he had received word from his engineer contact that he had finally completed work on the projects he had started several years ago. The pair entered the man’s workshop and Sorrel looked around at all the machinery and tooling around the workspace. “Yo!” Korian called out as the short, bearded man rolled himself out from underneath a large tarp. “Yo, yourself youngster. He approached the pair and sized up Sorrel like he was expecting the worst from her, apparently her reputation from around the neighborhood proceeded her. “Hmmm, hands to yourself, missy.” The engineer said gruffly. She put her hands on her hips and leaned forward, so they were eye to eye. “What exactly is that supposed to mean?” He just scowled and turned to face Korian. “Alright, kid it took quite a while, but I managed to repair that ship you brought me. It was pretty banged up, but at least the propulsion system and life support were repairable. So, I retrofitted it to this…” He reached over and pulled the canvas tarp off what appeared to be a two-seat pod with a large view port and some landing skids affixed to the main body of the craft. Korian clapped the old man on the back and smiled at the thought of being able to travel in this ship to find stronger opponents and right the wrongs of the galaxy, his idealism was showing again in his face as Sorrel cut him right down off his high horse with an elbow to the ribs. “Thinking of taking off, are we? You don’t seriously think that you’ll be allowed by your “mother” and she did indeed make air quotations when she made that remark, “To take off in a spaceship to travel across the universe to get yourself neck deep in some absolute….”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">“Shit! Korian, just what do you think you’re trying to pull with wanting to take off and go galivanting across unknown space lookin’ for a fight?!” Kitsune was livid at the notion of him wanting to go off on his own. He tried desperately to argue his case, but she was having none of it. All the while Sorrel just quietly sat at their table sipping on a cup of tea, secretly enjoying watching Korian squirm no doubt. “You may be a Super whatever the hell your people call it, but you’re still MY responsibility, MY son!” Kitsune placed a hand on his shoulder and tried to guilt trip him with her puppy dog eyes. He relented far too quickly and promised that he would obey her wishes. All the while Sorrel looked far too pleased with herself while she sat at the table enjoying her tea. He left the house all worked up and closed the door rather harshly on his way out. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sorrel proceeded outside and followed the sounds of over-bearing masculinity to his location, where he had just demolished a few trees and was now laying out flat on his back looking at the stars in the encroaching twilight. She sat down next to him and sprawled herself out, not giving a damn that her ears slapped him in chin when she laid down. She resisted every fiber of her being to rub it in his face and tell him that she told him so. She did the next best thing and leveled with him, “Take me with you and I’ll help you realize your dream of getting off this rock.” His eyes grew wide at the shock that she delivered. “Let me get this straight, you threw me to the wolves with Kitsune only to then turn around and tell me you’d help me out. Why?!” She rolled over on her side and turned his head to face her so he would look her in the eyes. She looked upset, but her features softened when she curled up and put her arm across his chest. She spoke softly now “Because you’d leave me otherwise, you big f@&#ing dummy.” Korian was shocked but couldn’t help but smile at the sincerity behind her words and he cozied up to the little, foul mouthed rabbit under the nighttime sky. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">The next day, Sorrel was busying herself gathering up supplies and packing them away in a duffel bag. She was totally focused on the task at hand when Korian interrupted her with a knock at the door. She hurriedly opened the door without greeting him and jumped back into making sure that she had everything mentally checked off, he just leaned against the door frame looking curious as to the amount of mental focus the little rabbit was putting into her trip. “I think you forgot the kitchen sink.” He said very smartly. She just turned and threw him a dirty look as she rose up to her feet and dusted off her knees. “You’ll be thanking me for my preparedness, when we get into trouble that you no doubt will be dragging us into.” He just scowled at her with his arms crossed against his chest. She wasn’t necessarily wrong, but she didn’t have to bring it out into the open that way, so he just decided to ignore her comment. The pair finished up with the preparations and hurried off to the engineer’s workshop where he had just completed going over his final checks on the ship. “Alright, you two, she’s ready to go and quite the fine piece of work, if I do say so myself.” He looked very proud of himself, but the Saiyan and the white rabbit completely bypassed his ego and started looking over their vehicle. He coughed to catch their attention “I have one more thing you for, lad.” He disappeared for a moment behind his workspace and came back around holding a set of armor that he had commissioned him to make, the set based off his mother’s prototype designs was truly glorious; black with gold trim, so sleek and form fitting with a pair of bracers and boots to match. Korian beamed with excitement as he nearly jumped the distance between the two to get his hands on the new items. He quickly went about pulling on the boots and slipped the bracers over his wrists, completing the ensemble by squeezing the body armor over his head and around his torso. He began to twist and flex his body in front of Sorrel who just stood there dumb founded at his man-child antics. “We should get going before Kitsune starts to wonder why you’re hanging out in town so long” she said. He just nodded to her and grabbed a hold of the ship on its taxiing wheels and pulled it along out to the back of his workshop where they began to load their stuff inside and prepare for takeoff. Once Sorrel was onboard and firmly in the pilot’s seat of the ship, Korian hopped inside and sealed his entry hatch for takeoff. The sound of it sealing shut gave him a moment of pause that he was going to be leaving almost everything he has ever known behind for the great unknown. He was still excited to venture off, but there was a tinge of sadness in his thoughts as to how Kitsune would feel let down by his actions. It was all shaken off as Sorrel brought the engine online, which hummed to life and began to kick up dust around the ship. They slowly lifted off the ground and rose up above the rooftops of the run-down city’s skyline. There perched on the edge of a tall building was Kitsune with her hands clasped at the small of her back, she looked up at the pair as they rose into the sky and rose up her hand to give them wave as a sendoff. Korian pressed his face against the window and fought back tears that were welling up in his eyes, he knew she was proud of him and that she wished them both well. Before they were out of sight, he mouthed the words “Love you” and he knew they reached her as he could swear, he saw her saying “I know.”</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sorrel set in and piloted them up and off the only rock the two have ever known. She was completely focused on the task and when the atmosphere broke away from blue into the cold, black emptiness of outer space the young lady let an audible gasp “Whoa.” Korian got sudden flashbacks to his younger days of his arrival, it all made him feel anxious and it turned his stomach into a knot. Sorrel saw his face and plugged away at the control panel to set in the course so they could rest for the journey. “Coordinates to our neighboring planet are set in the navigation and the hibernation system should kick in shortly. No use in staying up for the couple day’s journey when there’s no toilet around.” She stuck out her tongue at him to make a joke about it all as Korian looked way too serious right now. Sorrel just leaned her head against his shoulder which caused him to look down in surprise. He had a sense about the growing feelings the pair shared between one another and did his best to return them to her as best he could. He did care for her, but couldn’t understand what a lively, young lady like her could see in a fighter like him. He put his arm around her as she closed her eyes and the hibernation system kicked in which let them both fall fast asleep for their long journey ahead.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Age 763, <em>Planet Metius</em> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Several days later, the ship soared across the black void and neared their destination, it was a large purple tinged planet that went by the name Metius. The pair were awakened after the hibernation system made several audible beeps like an alarm clock, Sorrel yawned and stretched as Korian quickly roused himself and blinked the sleep from his eyes to take in their new view. “We’re here” he said with a note of excitement in his voice. Sorrel set about making sure the ship guided in correctly as they broke into the atmosphere in a ball of fire which quickly dissipated as they began to slow down for landing. The ship came in and settled in near some tall willow-type trees in a small clearing, the landing skids touched the ground with a thump, and they had arrived safely. Korian very excitedly popped the exit hatch to step out onto the ground and was suddenly pulled down and he ate the dirt face first. Sorrel just giggled to herself “Forgot to tell you that the gravity here is about five times what it is back home.” He just groaned to himself and gave himself a lively push up to bring his frame upright again. He could feel all that extra weight bearing down on his body. Sorrel was moving sluggishly and wasn’t her normal nimble rabbit self. Perhaps it was a good thing that they had trained their bodies so vigorously over the years or they might be laid out on the ground or worse. Still Korian’s Saiyan physique did allow him more leeway than what poor little Sorrel was experiencing right now. It was twilight at present and there seemed to be a thick haze that hung in the distance. He threw both their bags over his shoulders so she wouldn’t have to carry any extra weight around and they set off walking to find the nearest population center. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">After a few hours of walking and what felt certainly felt like dozens of miles covered on their march, the pair spotted what seemed like a few buildings in the distance and Sorrel huffed and puffed as she struggled to catch up to Korian. He looked over to the little rabbit, who looked like she was ready to fall over from exhaustion. “Maybe we should rest for a while over there and get our bearings.” She just nodded and was panting like a dog with her little tongue hanging out of her mouth. Korian surprised her by scooping her up and carrying her piggyback the rest of the way. She just used his spikey Saiyan hair as a pillow to rest her weary head on. They reached the tiny settlement of no more than half a dozen buildings and saw no one out and about. It was also strange that even though several hours had gone by that the twilight never shifted one way or the other in difference. Korian set the bags and Sorrel on the ground before he approached the closest building and gave the door a knock. “Hello. Excuse us, we’re visitors and I think we’re a bit lost.” No one had come to the door and there were no signs of life either, though it was strange that he thought they had sensed some energy levels off in this direction. “Sorrel, stay here and rest. I’m going to have a look around.” Korian jumped into the air with some extra effort than usual and hung there floating as he panned around looking for signs of life. He did see what appeared to be a campfire not too far off and he set about flying off in that direction.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Once he made his way to the camp, he saw several wolf and bat-like creatures congregating around the something near the fire. He made his way over and called out to the people in the camp, “Excuse me, I was wondering if you could hel….” His words cut off as he saw what they were all gathered around was a wolf man tied to a post with his throat cut and blood staining the front of his body. He clenched his fists and narrowed his eyes as they all simultaneously turned to the voice that called out to them. What immediately caught his attention was the abnormal red hue all their eyes had to them as they began to encroach on Korian rather rapidly and with malice. Korian fell back to his training and gave himself space hopping backwards but was caught off guard by the speed of their encirclement. One wolf attempting to grapple him from behind was quickly given the point of his elbow to the face. The melee was now on as they attempted to pile in with murderous intent in their red stained eyes and were met with kicks and punches to allow Korian to press through and try and break contact, but their numbers were many and he was but one person. It also did not help that his movements were more sluggish than usual due to the increase in gravity and weight being pressed down on him with every step. He felt the tingle on the hairs of his neck as he twisted to dodge a purple Ki blast that exploded on impact with a tree on the far side of the clearing. One of them seized onto his arm as he made his dodge which followed suit with another jumping his back and then came the pile on of the whole lot of them taking him down to the ground. His face was buried in the dirt and snorted to try and get a breath, but all their weight and the increase in gravity made it near impossible for him to get any air. His eyes felt heavy as he began to lose consciousness, all the air was pressed from his lungs by the weight of the ones on top of him, he closed his eyes and felt his mind drift away. Yet there at the edge of life and death was a small light in his vision, he didn’t know whether it was a hallucination or not, but his mind seized on to it and suddenly he felt envigored with the will to live and press on. He focused his energies for a moment before letting them pour out and the bodies on top of him were blown away by a golden wave of energy. He stood up and grappled the leg of the one who was on his back and he flung the bat into the distance and ricocheted him off a tree. There stood Super Saiyan Korian looking furious and intense, time for some payback. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">In a golden flash, the furious Saiyan was upon his foes and striking them down with thunderous and crushing blows which leveled each of them in quick succession. After a momentary pause to survey the damage he dealt, Korian was surprised as the lot of them returned to their feet with glowing red eyes and now shrouded in fiery purple auras of Ki energy. Korian just smiled as he opened his stance and readied his hands in a defensive posture. “Good, I was worried that was all you had” he said cockily as he vanished and began to appear and strike out at his enemies with Ki energy laden strikes from his fists which gave the needed force and penetration behind the blows to make their impact felt upon the intended victims. While he moved around, he noticed that while he was indeed causing damage to their bodies to great effect, the ominous and dark energy seemed to drive them on like they were possessed. Only one thing left to do then, he quickly jumped high into the air and charged up a sphere of Ki energy which grew larger and larger until it enveloped the entire area over head of the battle space, he gritted his teeth in concentration over this large mass of energy as a few of his foes headed skyward to press their attacks on him in the air. They never got the chance to reach him as he clutched his fist down tightly and the entire sphere exploded downward in tightly packed beams of energy like a massive air burst raining destruction down from above. Korian watched the scene unfolded below as bodies were shredded to pieces and other less fortunate souls were vaporized into black marks of scorched earth.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">“KORIAN!!!” a familiar voice called out to him from across the sky as Sorrel was flying over him from where had previously left her resting. He pointed down to the ground as a direction to meet him below as he sunk quickly and made a light touch down with her landing in front of him a few seconds later. Much to her surprise and disgust as the amount of carnage and left-over body parts strewn across the landscape, she promptly exclaimed with his arms thrown up into the air. “What the f$@* just happened?!!! Korian just nervously scratched at the back of his head and looked kind of sheepish at her excitement over the matter. “Well, I saw some people who killed some other guy and then they attacked me, but they looked really weird and had a strange energy so I uh…. handled it.” Sorrel just blinked like she couldn’t believe what her ears had just heard, and she opened her mouth like she was about to say something, but nothing came, and she seemed to truly be at a loss for words. Sorrel’s ears twitched and Korian felt a cold sensation at the back of his neck as they both turned their attention to the sky, there were a pair of blue skinned humanoids with white hair and pointed ears, one a voluptuous female wearing a half smile and looking at the pair rather curiously and the other a rather large, muscle bound male with a scowl on his face. Korian put his arm to shield Sorrel from any attack and spoke to her without turning around to her “Sorrel, please give us some space, I have a bad feeling about these two.” Sorrel just nodded and slowly crept backwards while the two descended from the sky and landed a short distance away. The female chuckled to herself as she planted a large staff she was clutching against the ground with an audible clank. “My, my, just what do we have here? A Saiyan and a frightened little rabbit trying to interfere in my new dominion.” Korian scowled as she brought up his race, but his eyes never wavered from the pair especially not the male. The blue skinned female continued, “Since you see it so prudent to involve yourself in my pursuits, I’ll seize you for my own needs, Saiyan, but the other one……” she made a *tsk tsk* as he eyes focused in on Sorrel looking terrified in the background. “Mira, if you would please, dispose of that trash and take the Saiyan. His energy will be delightful.” The big one, unfurled his arms from across his chest without a word and charged up a handful of purple energy in the palm of his hand, Korian was stunned as he whirled spun around quickly and shouted “Sorrel! Get down!!” In a flash the beam split the air and was bound right for Sorrel who could only watch her end unfold before her eyes, but before the sinister energy made contact Korian was in front of her and taking the beam directly to his back which exploded with such force that it threw him into her and knocked the pair across the clearing into the ground with a tremendous crash that their bodies dug a long trench that stretched into the far side tree line. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">Sorrel’s eyes cracked opened as she felt pain all over her body, but her vision was blurred and her head felt like it was spinning in circles, she couldn’t hear anything except ringing in her ears from the concussive force of the blast, but then she felt a weight on top of her and reached out to touch it thinking she had debris laying over her body. She felt skin, but also something wet and brought her hand to her face to see it was stained red with blood and she looked down to see Korian’s limp and still smoking body sprawled across her. He had reverted to his base form and didn’t move at all even though she struggled to free herself from underneath his body. Once free after some effort she took in the aftermath of the attack. Korian’s back was exposed with all the armor and clothing from his torso was completely burned away to reveal charred flesh and large bloody wound. She knelt and shook Korian to rouse him and get a response, her voice cracking with fear after what she witnessed being done to him and the terror that he might already be dead. “Korian, Korian!” She looked up aghast to see that Mira was proceeding across the clearing with menace to come finish what he started and she hastily grabbed Korian under his arm to lift him up and attempt to make a get away, but where would she good trying to carry him? She had a hard-enough time trying to move herself around under this gravity. She charged up Ki in her free hand into a white, softball sized, orb and side-arm pitched it across the distance between herself and Mira. Instead of attempting to dodge the blow or intercept it in any way Mira just left it come as he felt that this level of power was of no concern to him whatsoever. The attack stopped in mid-air just inches from Mira’s face as the Sorrel directed it with her hand and she splayed her finger the tiny, white ball erupted in a blinding flash which gave her enough time to make a hasty retreat into the forest.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204)">Sorrel glided just above ground level with all the energy she had left in her being, clutching onto a still bleeding and motionless Korian. Her thoughts were a complete mess in her state of panic, but she knew one thing that she wouldn’t let it end this way, if she could get enough distance between them to hide or even escape. She quickly broke through the remaining trees and came to a sliding stop at the edge of a deep, black fissure in the ground. She panted for breath as she struggled to keep Korian braced on her shoulders, she was too weak to fly across the gap and she couldn’t see the bottom to risk making a jump. Her eyes tracked quickly looking for a way out, any way to escape this nightmare, but it was quickly cut short when Mira appeared nearly on top of them, increasing her panicked state. He finally spoke with a cold and apathetic tone to his voice, “This is the end for you.” He swiped down with an energy laden knife hand which was aimed at Sorrel’s neck, but her legs had given out on her under the strain from carrying Korian in this increased gravity and she toppled over the edge of the ravine along with him. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="India Actual, post: 1270, member: 80"] [B][FONT=verdana][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Chapter 3: An Exciting Journey[/COLOR][/FONT][/B] [COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)][FONT=verdana] Age 760, [I]Planet Basur[/I] A short time after Korian and the gang’s pitched battle against the evil crime lord Ancho the Reaper, a fragile peace had settled in on the world after much toil and some smooth talking on behalf of Sorrel. Korian and Kitsune were sparring in an open area near their home. Kitsune was working him hard until she paused and calmly said, “Good, now show it to me.” Korian nodded to his teacher and took a deep breath while he clenched his fists and found that sensation of Ki he was looking for in between his shoulders. “HAAAAAHHHH!” He exclaimed as he transformed into a golden haired and blue-eyed warrior that stood before her, his visible aura of Ki energy whipping around his body. “Good, good, now calm your mind and focus your energies, find the calm in the storm.” Kitsune said soothingly as helped him focus his mind. Korian felt anxious and waves of anger in his uneasy heart that he tried to hold back, he hadn’t gotten used to this new power yet. For him it was like relearning everything he was taught about self-mastery, but in a new body. He followed Kitsune’s calm voice as his mind focused in on a calm center, there he found the love he felt for Kitsune, as an adoptive parent and the love of his friends, he saw Sorrel’s face in mind and his energy quieted down. On the outside his aura disappeared as his body seemed to relax like the unclenching of a fist. He remained transformed this time and Kitsune felt any uneasiness in her pupil disappear. The young man exhaled slowly and opened his eyes much to the surprise of Kitsune. “I do believe you have found the balance that you were searching for, my son.” She smiled and Korian smiled back and gave his teacher a respectful bow. Age 763, [I]Planet Basur[/I] Time marched forward on their now quiet world, an unusual peace had settled in for our group. Korian continued to train his body and Super Saiyan state with trial and some childish errors. One occasion of pushing his body too hard caused him damage which landed Kitsune on nursing duty for over a month. During this time Kitsune managed to come to terms with her own struggles and quit drinking so heavily. Sorrel had abandoned her life of petty crime and grew as a person who wanted to help others and not just take for herself. She and Korian remained close friends as he did indeed keep his promise and visited her in the city when he wasn’t busy keeping the peace elsewhere. It was on one of these visits that the duo would get an unlikely surprise that would propel their lives on a whole new course. Korian and Sorrel were sitting down at an old lady’s outdoor food stand having a bite to eat. Sorrel doing her best to contain her laughter as Korian gobbled up his meal and asked for seconds and then thirds. The young Saiyan, now a head taller than he used to be previously, patted his stomach as he had satiated his hunger for the time being. He looked to Sorrel who calmly finished her single serving of food, the young rabbit had grown up as well, she was starting to blossom into quite the lovely lady. She just gave him a shy smile as Korian stood up. “Thank you for the food, Sorrel. I have some errands I need to run. See ya!” Sorrel stood up and clenched her fist as she looked quite incensed at his dine and dash demeanor. She suddenly took a swing at him which he narrowly dodged much to his surprise. “Is that all I get is a ‘Thanks and Bye, Sorrel?!’ You big f@&#ing dummy! I haven’t seen you in how long and I go out of my way to treat you to a meal and this is the thanks I get?!” Sorrel fumed at him as she crossed her arms and turned her back on him. Korian looked down right confused at her sudden lashing out and looked to the old lady tending the food stand. She just gave him a nudge to go over to Sorrel and at least Korian could take that hint. Korian tried to laugh it off as he put his arm around Sorrel’s shoulders much to her surprise. This seemed to cool the mood a little as seemed to blush. “Please come with me so we can catch up some more.” Korian said as he gave her a big grin to which Sorrel nodded and they were off. As the two walked, Korian explained that he had received word from his engineer contact that he had finally completed work on the projects he had started several years ago. The pair entered the man’s workshop and Sorrel looked around at all the machinery and tooling around the workspace. “Yo!” Korian called out as the short, bearded man rolled himself out from underneath a large tarp. “Yo, yourself youngster. He approached the pair and sized up Sorrel like he was expecting the worst from her, apparently her reputation from around the neighborhood proceeded her. “Hmmm, hands to yourself, missy.” The engineer said gruffly. She put her hands on her hips and leaned forward, so they were eye to eye. “What exactly is that supposed to mean?” He just scowled and turned to face Korian. “Alright, kid it took quite a while, but I managed to repair that ship you brought me. It was pretty banged up, but at least the propulsion system and life support were repairable. So, I retrofitted it to this…” He reached over and pulled the canvas tarp off what appeared to be a two-seat pod with a large view port and some landing skids affixed to the main body of the craft. Korian clapped the old man on the back and smiled at the thought of being able to travel in this ship to find stronger opponents and right the wrongs of the galaxy, his idealism was showing again in his face as Sorrel cut him right down off his high horse with an elbow to the ribs. “Thinking of taking off, are we? You don’t seriously think that you’ll be allowed by your “mother” and she did indeed make air quotations when she made that remark, “To take off in a spaceship to travel across the universe to get yourself neck deep in some absolute….” “Shit! Korian, just what do you think you’re trying to pull with wanting to take off and go galivanting across unknown space lookin’ for a fight?!” Kitsune was livid at the notion of him wanting to go off on his own. He tried desperately to argue his case, but she was having none of it. All the while Sorrel just quietly sat at their table sipping on a cup of tea, secretly enjoying watching Korian squirm no doubt. “You may be a Super whatever the hell your people call it, but you’re still MY responsibility, MY son!” Kitsune placed a hand on his shoulder and tried to guilt trip him with her puppy dog eyes. He relented far too quickly and promised that he would obey her wishes. All the while Sorrel looked far too pleased with herself while she sat at the table enjoying her tea. He left the house all worked up and closed the door rather harshly on his way out. Sorrel proceeded outside and followed the sounds of over-bearing masculinity to his location, where he had just demolished a few trees and was now laying out flat on his back looking at the stars in the encroaching twilight. She sat down next to him and sprawled herself out, not giving a damn that her ears slapped him in chin when she laid down. She resisted every fiber of her being to rub it in his face and tell him that she told him so. She did the next best thing and leveled with him, “Take me with you and I’ll help you realize your dream of getting off this rock.” His eyes grew wide at the shock that she delivered. “Let me get this straight, you threw me to the wolves with Kitsune only to then turn around and tell me you’d help me out. Why?!” She rolled over on her side and turned his head to face her so he would look her in the eyes. She looked upset, but her features softened when she curled up and put her arm across his chest. She spoke softly now “Because you’d leave me otherwise, you big f@&#ing dummy.” Korian was shocked but couldn’t help but smile at the sincerity behind her words and he cozied up to the little, foul mouthed rabbit under the nighttime sky. The next day, Sorrel was busying herself gathering up supplies and packing them away in a duffel bag. She was totally focused on the task at hand when Korian interrupted her with a knock at the door. She hurriedly opened the door without greeting him and jumped back into making sure that she had everything mentally checked off, he just leaned against the door frame looking curious as to the amount of mental focus the little rabbit was putting into her trip. “I think you forgot the kitchen sink.” He said very smartly. She just turned and threw him a dirty look as she rose up to her feet and dusted off her knees. “You’ll be thanking me for my preparedness, when we get into trouble that you no doubt will be dragging us into.” He just scowled at her with his arms crossed against his chest. She wasn’t necessarily wrong, but she didn’t have to bring it out into the open that way, so he just decided to ignore her comment. The pair finished up with the preparations and hurried off to the engineer’s workshop where he had just completed going over his final checks on the ship. “Alright, you two, she’s ready to go and quite the fine piece of work, if I do say so myself.” He looked very proud of himself, but the Saiyan and the white rabbit completely bypassed his ego and started looking over their vehicle. He coughed to catch their attention “I have one more thing you for, lad.” He disappeared for a moment behind his workspace and came back around holding a set of armor that he had commissioned him to make, the set based off his mother’s prototype designs was truly glorious; black with gold trim, so sleek and form fitting with a pair of bracers and boots to match. Korian beamed with excitement as he nearly jumped the distance between the two to get his hands on the new items. He quickly went about pulling on the boots and slipped the bracers over his wrists, completing the ensemble by squeezing the body armor over his head and around his torso. He began to twist and flex his body in front of Sorrel who just stood there dumb founded at his man-child antics. “We should get going before Kitsune starts to wonder why you’re hanging out in town so long” she said. He just nodded to her and grabbed a hold of the ship on its taxiing wheels and pulled it along out to the back of his workshop where they began to load their stuff inside and prepare for takeoff. Once Sorrel was onboard and firmly in the pilot’s seat of the ship, Korian hopped inside and sealed his entry hatch for takeoff. The sound of it sealing shut gave him a moment of pause that he was going to be leaving almost everything he has ever known behind for the great unknown. He was still excited to venture off, but there was a tinge of sadness in his thoughts as to how Kitsune would feel let down by his actions. It was all shaken off as Sorrel brought the engine online, which hummed to life and began to kick up dust around the ship. They slowly lifted off the ground and rose up above the rooftops of the run-down city’s skyline. There perched on the edge of a tall building was Kitsune with her hands clasped at the small of her back, she looked up at the pair as they rose into the sky and rose up her hand to give them wave as a sendoff. Korian pressed his face against the window and fought back tears that were welling up in his eyes, he knew she was proud of him and that she wished them both well. Before they were out of sight, he mouthed the words “Love you” and he knew they reached her as he could swear, he saw her saying “I know.” Sorrel set in and piloted them up and off the only rock the two have ever known. She was completely focused on the task and when the atmosphere broke away from blue into the cold, black emptiness of outer space the young lady let an audible gasp “Whoa.” Korian got sudden flashbacks to his younger days of his arrival, it all made him feel anxious and it turned his stomach into a knot. Sorrel saw his face and plugged away at the control panel to set in the course so they could rest for the journey. “Coordinates to our neighboring planet are set in the navigation and the hibernation system should kick in shortly. No use in staying up for the couple day’s journey when there’s no toilet around.” She stuck out her tongue at him to make a joke about it all as Korian looked way too serious right now. Sorrel just leaned her head against his shoulder which caused him to look down in surprise. He had a sense about the growing feelings the pair shared between one another and did his best to return them to her as best he could. He did care for her, but couldn’t understand what a lively, young lady like her could see in a fighter like him. He put his arm around her as she closed her eyes and the hibernation system kicked in which let them both fall fast asleep for their long journey ahead. Age 763, [I]Planet Metius[/I] Several days later, the ship soared across the black void and neared their destination, it was a large purple tinged planet that went by the name Metius. The pair were awakened after the hibernation system made several audible beeps like an alarm clock, Sorrel yawned and stretched as Korian quickly roused himself and blinked the sleep from his eyes to take in their new view. “We’re here” he said with a note of excitement in his voice. Sorrel set about making sure the ship guided in correctly as they broke into the atmosphere in a ball of fire which quickly dissipated as they began to slow down for landing. The ship came in and settled in near some tall willow-type trees in a small clearing, the landing skids touched the ground with a thump, and they had arrived safely. Korian very excitedly popped the exit hatch to step out onto the ground and was suddenly pulled down and he ate the dirt face first. Sorrel just giggled to herself “Forgot to tell you that the gravity here is about five times what it is back home.” He just groaned to himself and gave himself a lively push up to bring his frame upright again. He could feel all that extra weight bearing down on his body. Sorrel was moving sluggishly and wasn’t her normal nimble rabbit self. Perhaps it was a good thing that they had trained their bodies so vigorously over the years or they might be laid out on the ground or worse. Still Korian’s Saiyan physique did allow him more leeway than what poor little Sorrel was experiencing right now. It was twilight at present and there seemed to be a thick haze that hung in the distance. He threw both their bags over his shoulders so she wouldn’t have to carry any extra weight around and they set off walking to find the nearest population center. After a few hours of walking and what felt certainly felt like dozens of miles covered on their march, the pair spotted what seemed like a few buildings in the distance and Sorrel huffed and puffed as she struggled to catch up to Korian. He looked over to the little rabbit, who looked like she was ready to fall over from exhaustion. “Maybe we should rest for a while over there and get our bearings.” She just nodded and was panting like a dog with her little tongue hanging out of her mouth. Korian surprised her by scooping her up and carrying her piggyback the rest of the way. She just used his spikey Saiyan hair as a pillow to rest her weary head on. They reached the tiny settlement of no more than half a dozen buildings and saw no one out and about. It was also strange that even though several hours had gone by that the twilight never shifted one way or the other in difference. Korian set the bags and Sorrel on the ground before he approached the closest building and gave the door a knock. “Hello. Excuse us, we’re visitors and I think we’re a bit lost.” No one had come to the door and there were no signs of life either, though it was strange that he thought they had sensed some energy levels off in this direction. “Sorrel, stay here and rest. I’m going to have a look around.” Korian jumped into the air with some extra effort than usual and hung there floating as he panned around looking for signs of life. He did see what appeared to be a campfire not too far off and he set about flying off in that direction. Once he made his way to the camp, he saw several wolf and bat-like creatures congregating around the something near the fire. He made his way over and called out to the people in the camp, “Excuse me, I was wondering if you could hel….” His words cut off as he saw what they were all gathered around was a wolf man tied to a post with his throat cut and blood staining the front of his body. He clenched his fists and narrowed his eyes as they all simultaneously turned to the voice that called out to them. What immediately caught his attention was the abnormal red hue all their eyes had to them as they began to encroach on Korian rather rapidly and with malice. Korian fell back to his training and gave himself space hopping backwards but was caught off guard by the speed of their encirclement. One wolf attempting to grapple him from behind was quickly given the point of his elbow to the face. The melee was now on as they attempted to pile in with murderous intent in their red stained eyes and were met with kicks and punches to allow Korian to press through and try and break contact, but their numbers were many and he was but one person. It also did not help that his movements were more sluggish than usual due to the increase in gravity and weight being pressed down on him with every step. He felt the tingle on the hairs of his neck as he twisted to dodge a purple Ki blast that exploded on impact with a tree on the far side of the clearing. One of them seized onto his arm as he made his dodge which followed suit with another jumping his back and then came the pile on of the whole lot of them taking him down to the ground. His face was buried in the dirt and snorted to try and get a breath, but all their weight and the increase in gravity made it near impossible for him to get any air. His eyes felt heavy as he began to lose consciousness, all the air was pressed from his lungs by the weight of the ones on top of him, he closed his eyes and felt his mind drift away. Yet there at the edge of life and death was a small light in his vision, he didn’t know whether it was a hallucination or not, but his mind seized on to it and suddenly he felt envigored with the will to live and press on. He focused his energies for a moment before letting them pour out and the bodies on top of him were blown away by a golden wave of energy. He stood up and grappled the leg of the one who was on his back and he flung the bat into the distance and ricocheted him off a tree. There stood Super Saiyan Korian looking furious and intense, time for some payback. In a golden flash, the furious Saiyan was upon his foes and striking them down with thunderous and crushing blows which leveled each of them in quick succession. After a momentary pause to survey the damage he dealt, Korian was surprised as the lot of them returned to their feet with glowing red eyes and now shrouded in fiery purple auras of Ki energy. Korian just smiled as he opened his stance and readied his hands in a defensive posture. “Good, I was worried that was all you had” he said cockily as he vanished and began to appear and strike out at his enemies with Ki energy laden strikes from his fists which gave the needed force and penetration behind the blows to make their impact felt upon the intended victims. While he moved around, he noticed that while he was indeed causing damage to their bodies to great effect, the ominous and dark energy seemed to drive them on like they were possessed. Only one thing left to do then, he quickly jumped high into the air and charged up a sphere of Ki energy which grew larger and larger until it enveloped the entire area over head of the battle space, he gritted his teeth in concentration over this large mass of energy as a few of his foes headed skyward to press their attacks on him in the air. They never got the chance to reach him as he clutched his fist down tightly and the entire sphere exploded downward in tightly packed beams of energy like a massive air burst raining destruction down from above. Korian watched the scene unfolded below as bodies were shredded to pieces and other less fortunate souls were vaporized into black marks of scorched earth. “KORIAN!!!” a familiar voice called out to him from across the sky as Sorrel was flying over him from where had previously left her resting. He pointed down to the ground as a direction to meet him below as he sunk quickly and made a light touch down with her landing in front of him a few seconds later. Much to her surprise and disgust as the amount of carnage and left-over body parts strewn across the landscape, she promptly exclaimed with his arms thrown up into the air. “What the f$@* just happened?!!! Korian just nervously scratched at the back of his head and looked kind of sheepish at her excitement over the matter. “Well, I saw some people who killed some other guy and then they attacked me, but they looked really weird and had a strange energy so I uh…. handled it.” Sorrel just blinked like she couldn’t believe what her ears had just heard, and she opened her mouth like she was about to say something, but nothing came, and she seemed to truly be at a loss for words. Sorrel’s ears twitched and Korian felt a cold sensation at the back of his neck as they both turned their attention to the sky, there were a pair of blue skinned humanoids with white hair and pointed ears, one a voluptuous female wearing a half smile and looking at the pair rather curiously and the other a rather large, muscle bound male with a scowl on his face. Korian put his arm to shield Sorrel from any attack and spoke to her without turning around to her “Sorrel, please give us some space, I have a bad feeling about these two.” Sorrel just nodded and slowly crept backwards while the two descended from the sky and landed a short distance away. The female chuckled to herself as she planted a large staff she was clutching against the ground with an audible clank. “My, my, just what do we have here? A Saiyan and a frightened little rabbit trying to interfere in my new dominion.” Korian scowled as she brought up his race, but his eyes never wavered from the pair especially not the male. The blue skinned female continued, “Since you see it so prudent to involve yourself in my pursuits, I’ll seize you for my own needs, Saiyan, but the other one……” she made a *tsk tsk* as he eyes focused in on Sorrel looking terrified in the background. “Mira, if you would please, dispose of that trash and take the Saiyan. His energy will be delightful.” The big one, unfurled his arms from across his chest without a word and charged up a handful of purple energy in the palm of his hand, Korian was stunned as he whirled spun around quickly and shouted “Sorrel! Get down!!” In a flash the beam split the air and was bound right for Sorrel who could only watch her end unfold before her eyes, but before the sinister energy made contact Korian was in front of her and taking the beam directly to his back which exploded with such force that it threw him into her and knocked the pair across the clearing into the ground with a tremendous crash that their bodies dug a long trench that stretched into the far side tree line. Sorrel’s eyes cracked opened as she felt pain all over her body, but her vision was blurred and her head felt like it was spinning in circles, she couldn’t hear anything except ringing in her ears from the concussive force of the blast, but then she felt a weight on top of her and reached out to touch it thinking she had debris laying over her body. She felt skin, but also something wet and brought her hand to her face to see it was stained red with blood and she looked down to see Korian’s limp and still smoking body sprawled across her. He had reverted to his base form and didn’t move at all even though she struggled to free herself from underneath his body. Once free after some effort she took in the aftermath of the attack. Korian’s back was exposed with all the armor and clothing from his torso was completely burned away to reveal charred flesh and large bloody wound. She knelt and shook Korian to rouse him and get a response, her voice cracking with fear after what she witnessed being done to him and the terror that he might already be dead. “Korian, Korian!” She looked up aghast to see that Mira was proceeding across the clearing with menace to come finish what he started and she hastily grabbed Korian under his arm to lift him up and attempt to make a get away, but where would she good trying to carry him? She had a hard-enough time trying to move herself around under this gravity. She charged up Ki in her free hand into a white, softball sized, orb and side-arm pitched it across the distance between herself and Mira. Instead of attempting to dodge the blow or intercept it in any way Mira just left it come as he felt that this level of power was of no concern to him whatsoever. The attack stopped in mid-air just inches from Mira’s face as the Sorrel directed it with her hand and she splayed her finger the tiny, white ball erupted in a blinding flash which gave her enough time to make a hasty retreat into the forest. [/FONT][/COLOR] [FONT=verdana][COLOR=rgb(204, 204, 204)]Sorrel glided just above ground level with all the energy she had left in her being, clutching onto a still bleeding and motionless Korian. Her thoughts were a complete mess in her state of panic, but she knew one thing that she wouldn’t let it end this way, if she could get enough distance between them to hide or even escape. She quickly broke through the remaining trees and came to a sliding stop at the edge of a deep, black fissure in the ground. She panted for breath as she struggled to keep Korian braced on her shoulders, she was too weak to fly across the gap and she couldn’t see the bottom to risk making a jump. Her eyes tracked quickly looking for a way out, any way to escape this nightmare, but it was quickly cut short when Mira appeared nearly on top of them, increasing her panicked state. He finally spoke with a cold and apathetic tone to his voice, “This is the end for you.” He swiped down with an energy laden knife hand which was aimed at Sorrel’s neck, but her legs had given out on her under the strain from carrying Korian in this increased gravity and she toppled over the edge of the ravine along with him. 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