*@* Dragonball SU *@* It Begins

[Master Rudy]

Well since Blade ended that with clever thinking and I really don't think we need one of my novel sized posts in Capsule Corp. with no action I'm just going to move things along quickly ^_~

Shitagi Summers
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Looking over the street where Zaito and Basawe fought and then towards them I came to the quick assumption that this was a losing battle. Hoping to break the somber mood I said "Well I'll be damned if I'm the one to clean up this mess!" Basawe allowed himself a small smile while Zaito who looked a little worse for wear remained silent. When Basawe explained how he tricked the two massive aliens it became clear to me as to why Zaito may have been a little upset. "Well to be honest I'm not exactly ready to call her an ally just yet" I explained. "There's still not enough we know about her. Besides the area in question has no towns or settlements. If she destroyed it and left the area soon after in search of a Dragon Ball then those two morons are only going to come across a crater. No matter how it plays out it did buy us time. The Four Star Dragon Ball is safe and sound along with some other things."

With that I pulled out the Dragon Ball and handed it to Basawe for him to look over. In the meantime I looked back over towards Zaito who looked a little worse for wear but for the most part his injuries didn't seem too bad. While I had never been to Kami's Lookout before I made a mental note to head out that way and see about picking up some Senzu Beans since I had a feeling we'd be needing them. My mother made occasional trips and got some in case of any bad injuries related to training accidents but at the current moment we were out of them.

Pulling out a capsule I threw it down to the ground and in a puff of smoke it released a supply crate I had packed while back in the lab. "I managed to gather some things before coming back here. I think we may need them in the end." I looked towards Zaito as I reached inside the crate. "First and foremost I think your going to have to change your clothes unless you want to be flying around naked eventually." Zaito's clothes were ripped up pretty bad in a few places, not to mention totally stained from blood and various office supplies. Handing him the traditional orange gi and blue shirt the Z Fighters and Kamesenin students wore I told him "The material is much stronger than that cotton one anyway and similar to my own gi. It's burn and tear resistant so it should hold up much better and offer you some light protection against the most basic of ki attacks. You can head back to the Capsule Corp labs to clean yourself up as well. After the last major attack on Earth my great grandmother Bulma expanded one of the research departments into a special medical lab for the original Z Fighter. My mother Victoria knows what's going on and is setting it up in case we need to use it. She'll get you patched up." Zaito nodded his thanks to me and set out in the direction of CC.

After he left I reached in and pulled out special modified blue scouter I had been working on for myself, a small computer chip and a tool kit. Turning back towards Basawe I asked him "Do you mind letting me see your scouter real quick Basawe?" He seemed a little confused at the request and despite seeming a little against the idea at first he did give it to me. As I opened up the casing and proceeded to replace one of the chips with the one I just pulled out he started to get a little more curious as to what I was doing. Sensing the impending question I explained to him "I'm just replacing it's main control chip with a newer one. Think of this as an upgrade. You'll be able to use the communicator on it to speak to me in the event we've got to split up. In addition unlike the originally that can only identify a race or species at close range this one can do it from far away and can even identify Androids. Just don't expect a power level reading on them. Finally it's got a map of the entire Earth built into it. I'm thinking I can pinpoint the Dragon Balls on the radar and the mark the general locations into the scouter. It'll be useless if someone else gets one and starts moving but if we do split up it'll be a start on where you can search."

Basawe seemed impressed as I handed the new upgraded scouter back to him. "Not bad at all. I'm use to most of our race being idiotic brutes. In fact I'm still getting use to how things are on this planet" he told me. "I'd rather not get into it but I've had a rough history with many of the other Saiyans back home." With a sense of pride over my work and a small laugh I said to him "Yeah it must be something in the water on that planet. While there's still a few arrogant ones for the most part those of Saiyan heritage that were raised on Earth are usually a little more laid back. While I'm proud of my family I try not to let it all go to my head. Of course other people around me make a huge deal about it. I understand Goku and Vegeta were two big reasons why this planet is still here but I do find myself wishing people would be a little more calm about it." Basawe had a slight confused look on his face at this point. "I obviously know the name Vegeta but I keep hearing you mention this Goku person. Obviously he was very important to this planet. Who was he exactly?" When dealing with Saiyans from off planet I sometimes forgot that not everyone knew of his name. "That's right. Your not originally from here" I said. "Goku was his name here on Earth. His real name was Kakarot. As a young boy he suffered a head injury and forgot that he was a Saiyan. He was suppose to purge the planet but in the end he grew up believing himself to be a human. His father was Bardock and to my knowledge so far he's been the only Saiyan to reach the third level of Super Saiyan. Originally he started off as enemies with Vegeta but over a period of a good 10 years or so they eventually became reluctant allies. Eventually Vegeta regarded Goku as his one and only true friend here on Earth." Basawe seemed taken aback somewhat by what I had said. With a shocked look on his face he said "Wait a moment. Not only was his father the leader of the resistance against Frieza but your also claiming that he became a Super Saiyan and that there was more than one level of it?!" Upon hearing this I suddenly realized that there must not have been any Super Saiyans back on our home planet. Of course that wasn't too hard to believe. The last known Super Saiyan to my knowledge was my grandfather Goten. Suddenly getting a little down I said "In short both of them as well as their sons were all able to become Super Saiyans. However it's been a good 100 years since a new one has emerged on Earth. It's a shame we had to meet like this Basawe. I admit I haven't dealt with Saiyans from Planet Vegeta often so there's much I'd like to know and discuss with you. Sadly that's something we don't have time for right now."

Getting back to the situation at hand I turned on my scouter and then pulled out the Dragon Radar. Looking it over I noticed something odd. Since we had a Dragon Ball here there should have been 6 dots on the radar. However I was seeing only four. Taking a closer look at the screen I noticed that one of the dots was moving toward another. Doing I quick check of power levels on my scouter I picked up several among what could be read. The power readings in the area of the moving Dragon Ball or Balls all came back as an unknown race. This confirmed my fears......

Whoever was in charge of these guys was somehow able to track Dragon Balls.

I tried to remain calm but my face must have betrayed all the things I was thinking because Basawe asked me "Is everything ok Shitagi?" Without looking away from the screen I said "I think the situation may be far worse than we originally thought." I tried to get everything straight in my head and try to pinpoint different power levels the figure out who may have had what. The radar was reading only 4 dots. The Dragon Ball we had wouldn't show up since we right on top of it obviously. The moving dot with all the unknown powers surrounding it likely accounted for two or more of them since two other dots were missing. While the races were unknown I counted at least six different powers ranging from 1000-1500. While it was a small group if any of us got caught outnumbered it may have been a problem. My scouter read two full Saiyans, a Namekian, an Android and a demi-Saiyan near one of the Balls that wasn't moving. The two brutes Basawe and Zaito just tricked were moving towards the whole group and putting out a power reading of 5000. The ones gathered around the Dragon Ball were suppressed for the most part since no one was reading over 800 but one of the Saiyan power levels was firmly sitting at about 2200. I assumed this was the one female who landed at the Budokai and came to realize that she may not have known how to sense ki or hide her own. Finally another demi-Saiyan was near a Dragon Ball with two more unknown races. The two unknowns were also around the 2500 mark with the Saiyan power level slowly creeping up to 2000.

I quickly explained everything to Basawe. As soon as Zaito got back we had to figure out what the best course of action was. With so much going on all over the planet we had to decide carefully. Not only were we a target if these guys were able to track Dragon Balls but one wrong choice would result in lives lost and the possible loss of all the Dragon Balls to a madman.

Time was running out and it was not on our side......
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Ok in an attempt to get things moving here's the breakdown. Shi's group has the Four Star DB, Sandor and company have the Two Star and Gav is defending what I assume is the One Star. The brutes are closing in on Sandor's group and Geno Squad who we already know has the Six Star has been quite busy. They have three DB's and are heading towards a 4th one.

As for power levels don't take them seriously. They were only thrown out to give an idea of how strong various NPC's floating about may be. Be aware almost every main character can hide their ki with the exception of Brandy's character. 2200 is only a base number I threw out there in regards to a power level mentioned earlier and should be taken with a grain of salt. If I had to BS power levels I'd say our characters are all around 1500-2500 with maybe some skills or temporary power ups peaking us at about 4000........

......Or in Basawe's case some of us could peak at "OVER 9000!!!!" lol

BTW has there been any sign of MoP since May? Van's kinda all alone right now and I'd hate to see him get written out. He's perhaps one of the more intresting and original characters we got in this.

And finally this goes to Heald. Since I haven't introduced Shitagi's mother yet just role with it if you do included her in your next post. Imagine a dead ringer for Bulma/Bra with the obvious addition of a tail. Clothing wise she'll have a long sleeve black shirt, blue jeans and a blue CC jacket. For the most part think Future Trunks there with a few differences. Personality wise she'll be like Shitagi in the fact that she's smart and can fight. However while Shi leans more towards fighting she'll lean more towards inventing. Maybe later she could get involved with a battle as an NPC but don't expect her to have as wide a range of skills as Shitagi ^_~