Majin Planet

By Verto
Mar 9 2007
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Chapter 38: Back in the Game

Piccolo chased after Vegeta, though was lagging behind badly since the Saiyan was much faster than he was. He sensed the growing battle between Goku and Gohan, and pressed harder to get there as soon as possible. If Goku couldn't talk some sense into his son, he was the next best hope before Gohan destroyed them all. It must be some sort of outside influence, I can't imagine that Gohan would just turn on us after all these years. He continued flying fast, but knew he still had several hundred miles to go since the lookout was so far away from the Son household. Vegeta would clear that distance within a few minutes or less, Piccolo however wasn't so lucky. Right about then he detected a powerful Saiyan ki signature behind him, coming up fast. He turned to see Bardock catching up to him. He hadn't seen the elder Saiyan for a few months ever since he took off into space without as much as a goodbye. He had suspected that perhaps Bardock needed to blow off some steam in space or something, but somehow knew that wasn't his style.

"Hey, do you know what is going on?" Piccolo asked.

"That's why I'm back, there is something terribly wrong with Gohan, and I know the source!" Bardock admitted.

"What is it?" Piccolo asked.

"Simply put, the source of the virus that is affecting the Earth and Gohan's sudden attitude change are one in the same. The mercenary for Frost is actually a warrior that can infect all sorts of people with this deadly virus and can take over others in order to use their own power against any resistance," Bardock explained.

"What?" Piccolo asked in surprise.

"In other words, that isn't Gohan," Bardock muttered as he accelerated and zoomed off into the distance. Piccolo stopped in his tracks and let Bardock's words go through his head a few times. This isn't good. Perhaps Vegeta was right, it's time to bring the others back to life. We won't have much of a chance against Gohan's power without their help. I can only hope that Verto's next stage of training was enough to make a difference.

"Dende!" Piccolo called out telepathically.

"Yes?" Dende responded instantly.

"I trust you were monitoring what Bardock just said?"

"Yeah, I heard him," Dende said.

"You know what to do. Get Verto and the others wished back immediately. I'm on my way to the battlefield!"

--

"Come on Goku, push yourself further, show me you aren't just another Saiyan that was thrown out with the trash!" Viro-Gohan taunted as Goku continued to build his power in his Super Saiyan 3 form. Viro grinned as Goku's power topped out and even matched his own currently. Goku stood there proudly, his aura leaving an angry intensity he hadn't felt in a long time, and it was slightly refreshing. Goku suddenly phased out and blind-sided Viro with a fast punch to the face.

"That's it Goku, tell your son exactly how much you love him!" Viro grinned as he wiped the blemish off.

"Be quiet!" Goku shouted back, phasing out again. Viro's whole body exploded with painful jabs as Goku attacked hard, punching and kicking him all over before knocking him into the distance, giving chase a moment later. Viro frowned as he recovered, not quite expecting that kind of reaction from the Super Saiyan. He slowly got up to his knees before stopping when he saw the potent blast forming in Goku's hand, not three feet away from him.

"Give up!" Goku ordered.

"That would be the day," Viro said with a grin as his eyes flashed with blue. He suddenly phased out just as Goku fired, leaving an empty piece of land to fall to ashes a second later. Goku spotted Viro in the skies, with his arms folded.

"I see, my training must have been too good for you to dodge that one," Goku said with a scowl.

"Say whatever makes you feel better, you aren't going to beat me," Viro shrugged slightly as he slowly floated to the ground.

"We'll see about that!" Goku said, preparing to charge after him.

"And don't bother waiting on your friends to bail you out, I'll wipe them out just as easily. Oh, here comes a few of them now!" Viro said, looking up. Vegeta landed next to Goku a moment later, a cautious look on his face.

"I see you didn't get too far into this yet. For once Kakarot, I'll take your teamwork concept into consideration," Vegeta muttered as he began to power up. Goku didn't answer as he sensed his own father coming closer and landing just as Vegeta shot into the 2nd Super Saiyan level.

"The prince makes his grand entrance, pardon me for not shaking in my boots!" Viro laughed.

Vegeta growled as he stood his ground, "We'll see about that you third rate spawn! Hurting my son is the last thing you will ever do!"

"Thank the gods I'm not too late!" Bardock said as he landed.

"Don't concern about this one Bardock, he's ours!" Vegeta said.

"No, all of us need to take him, you don't understand what happened! That is not Gohan in front of you. It may look like him, sound like him and even have the same abilities, but it isn't him!" Bardock explained.

"What do you mean, if that isn't Gohan, that who the hell is he?" Vegeta asked.

"That is Gohan's body, but it has been taken over by a warrior that calls himself Viro. He has the ability to transform himself into gas and take over the body of another. Using this method of takeover, the host body then produces his other ability, a deadly virus with no cure, depending on the race of the host. Since the host was half Saiyan and half human, all of the Earth has been infected," Bardock explained.

"Very good Bardock, I wonder though, how did you find out about me?" Viro asked.

"When I was in the service, I had heard about a mercenary that worked for Frieza occasionally when he had need of a complete clearing of a planet of strong inhabitants, but without leaving any kind of blemish on the planet. Instead of sending in elite warriors, this dirt bag was sent in to wipe them out, and in return, he could keep the host that he used to produce the virus until he needed a new one. After all these years, he's still at it. When I left weeks ago, I had a sneaking suspicion that perhaps this guy had gotten involved with Frost. Now I know for sure, there are numerous worlds that have been conquered while we were in the other dimension, with nearly a dozen of them falling to some sort of virus of unknown origin. This guy is responsible for all of it!" Bardock said as he pointed straight at Viro.

"You caught me! I'm obviously no match for your powers of deduction! I guess the benefit of time travel allows you to recall things that I had forgotten long ago. I guess some of those things didn't happen for you. Like how you were the only Saiyan that actually had enough guts to stand up to Frieza before he blew the whole monkey farm away!" Viro laughed. Vegeta uttered a mighty battle cry and pushed his power up to Super Saiyan 3 just as Bardock shot up to level 2.

"Now that just isn't fair, you three powerful Saiyans against little old me! I guess it's time to up the ante!" Viro boasted, dropping his ki level a bit. The other Saiyans braced themselves as the silver aura emerged and Gohan's power erupted from the depths. Then they all lowered into their own battle stances, they knew they were in for a fight.

-

Just as Viro-Gohan finished the Super Mystic power up, all 3 Super Saiyans attacked. Viro ducked and dodged as fast as he possibly could as the three surrounded him and attacked. For several moments he kept up with the three and was not touched, but far from easily. Goku broke the streak though when he suddenly phased out and reappeared above. Viro was distracted enough by this to get nailed in the side by a kick from Vegeta, followed up by Bardock charging into his back like a battering ram. Viro stumbled, but recovered quickly, leaping into the sky a half second later just as a powerful ki blast hit the area he was just standing in. Viro turned as he floated backwards, seeing a horde of ki blasts from Goku heading for him. He set about dodging all of them easily by phasing in and out, throwing off Goku's aim. Just as he felt he had Goku's maneuvering figured out, another round of ki blasts came in from a different angle, courtesy of Bardock. Viro panicked slightly as he dodged these as well, and had to start deflecting the small blasts. Some of them even collided in front of him and exploded, blinding and distracting him for a moment. More blasts rained in from both Goku and Bardock, hitting their target and increasing the damage slightly, but Viro was more concerned that he lost track of Vegeta momentarily while he protected himself. Goku and Bardock ceased fire for a moment for the smoke to clear, and Viro sensed Vegeta behind him, high in the sky, and holding something that would probably hurt.

"Now you die! BIG BANG ATTACK!" The explosion was immediate, and encompassed most of the area for about a mile around, blowing down trees and ripping through the rugged terrain nearby until it was all one big blast mark. Once the blast cleared, Viro was on the ground, his shirt completely blown off and his pants torn in multiple places. Vegeta lowered himself to the ground cautiously as Goku and Bardock walked up beside him.

"That was too easy," Vegeta whispered.

"And you would be correct, fallen prince," Viro said as he slowly got to his feet, "But nonetheless a valiant effort. I doubt any of you will leave that kind of mark on me again!" he boasted.

"Surely you must be joking, you may know how to use the boy's power, but against the three of us you won't win!" Bardock pointed out.

"On the contrary, I'm positive I could have beaten the three of you eventually in a straight on fight, as tough as it may have been. However, I don't intend to give you the chance to drag it out in hopes of more allies showing up to stack the deck in your favor! Thankfully I don't have to worry about that," Viro boasted as he snapped his finger.

"And why is that?" Vegeta dared.

"Do you feel that headache coming on yet? I imagine it will be coming on shortly!" Viro said with a sick grin on his face.

"Argh, what the hell?" Vegeta asked as he clutched his head. How is this possible? My power is draining fast! Damn, it must be that virus! Vegeta thought as he glared a hole through Viro.

"Vegeta! What's wrong?" Goku shouted.

"It's, that blasted virus!" he cried out as his hair shortened. Down to Super Saiyan 2, Vegeta gasped for breathe before snarling up at Viro.

"I'll, get you!" he shouted, charging in fast.

"Vegeta, no!" Goku cried out. Viro moved aside just as Vegeta flew in before kicking Vegeta sharply in the stomach. Vegeta paused in surprised pain as he dropped to the ground, groaning all the way down. The groaning halted a moment later as Vegeta got back to his feet, a smiling Viro-Gohan didn't do anything to help his mood.

"Argh, I won't go out like this!" Vegeta said defiantly as he lifted his arms to the sides and charged a lot of energy into them.

"How inspiring, but foolish!" Viro said with a tight grin, prepared for the attack that was coming.

"We'll see about that!" Vegeta shouted as he summoned every ounce of power he could reach. His hair grew out to his waist again as he powered up dangerously high, groaning loudly all the way.

"No Vegeta, that's too much power!" Goku shouted.

"Don't concern yourself with me clown! No pitiful coward like him is taking me down, FINAL FLASH!" Vegeta roared, firing the massive beam. The golden blast skewered through the grounds and exploded around Viro's position, leaving an even larger explosion than before, lightening up the skies around the earth for several hundred miles as it eventually tore through the skies and into space. Vegeta grinned and gasped for breath as the explosion cleared, no real sign of Viro anywhere nearby. Bardock came to his aid an instant later, as Vegeta was bent over, holding his knees.

"Enjoy oblivion," he muttered.

"A decent effort, but to no avail!" Viro announced from the skies. All three Saiyans stared upwards and gasped to see Viro high in the air.

"You didn't actually think I would let that hit me, did you?" Viro asked, grinning all the way.

"Blast you, coward!" Vegeta blurted out as his breathing increased. A moment later Vegeta reverted back to normal, as he clutched his stomach.

Bardock felt his forehead, "He's burning up Kakarot!" Vegeta shoved Bardock's hand aside as he dropped to his knees, throwing up a few seconds later and then passing out.

"The great prince of Saiyans, taken down by a microscopic organism. Such disgrace is fitting for him," Viro laughed.

"I knew the virus was fast, but how could it affect him that quickly? His energy is already dangerously low!" Bardock said.

"All I did was activate it, but I suppose being a Super Saiyan 3 didn't help any. He'll be dead before the day is over due to how much energy he burned up trying to take me out!" Viro continued to laugh as Goku and Bardock growled in slight anger.

--

Lenz, Videl and I were just finishing up breakfast when King Kai received the message. He immediately connected us with Dende so we could hear the most of the story, but when I sensed Gohan's power erupt and Vegeta's plummet a few moments later, I had heard enough.

"Contact the Nameks, I think you know why," I said simply as I headed for the door.

"Yes of course," King Kai nodded.

"Where are you going?" Videl asked as I removed my weighted shirt and tossed it aside.

"You two stay here for now, I'm going to bust our friends out of the stasis chamber, it's time to go back to Earth," I answered as I blasted off into the air. I cleared the planet's gravity and soared down to Snake Way, intent on getting back to Earth as quickly as possible to help out. So intent that I crashed right through King Yemma's roof and landed on his desk, startling him.

"Verto, why didn't you just use the door?" he asked with a big frown.

"I came for the others, get them out of stasis right now!" I ordered.

"Despite your power boy, I am in charge here. Now why should I let them out now? The Supreme Kai has given me no such order! Who is going to fix my roof boy? That's what I want to know!" Yemma responded with an angry glare.

"I'll put it to you simply, if you don't go and get them out soon, you are going to have a lot of traffic coming up here! You recall what happened when Buu was on Earth don't you? Well just imagine that, only I expect it will be all at once!" I warned.

King Yemma opened his eyes wide before he let his anger take over, "Not another crisis, not now! I just got caught up!" he whined.

"Sir, more arrivals from earth, it looks like it was that weird virus again!" an ogre shouted up.

"Argh, this has to stop, attendant, go thaw our guests!" Yemma shouted. I jumped off his desk now that he had come to his senses, and followed the ogre that had run off. Fortunately, whatever device they used to thaw and freeze others worked fast, the other Saiyans were already awake when I arrived, but also a bit disoriented.

"Man, this freezing stuff is worse than hyper sleep gas!" Shugesh mumbled.

"At least your stomach didn't growl the whole time," Borgos muttered back.

Tora was wiping his face with a towel when I came into the room, and his face lit up with slight surprise and panic. "Kid, you all right?" he asked cautiously.

"If you mean, do I feel like killing you again, the answer is no," I grinned. Tora smiled back, knowing that it wasn't actually me that had killed him, even if it was by my own hand. I stepped forward and shook his hand when he offered it, and he slapped the side of my arm in friendship.

"Oh man, remind me never to complain about the boredom of space travel ever again!" Fasha said as she yawned and woke up a bit more.

"As good as it is to see you all again, its about a week before we were supposed to go back to Earth. I'd say its been about seven months since Tora and Fasha died, and longer for you two. There's a battle going on right now and they need our help," I started to explain.

"Yeah, I can sense something going on down there with Gohan, Bardock and Kakarot, but I don't sense who they are fighting," Tora said, looking a bit confused.

"It's Gohan we have to fight, apparently some evil dude took over his body and released a deadly virus that has infected everyone on Earth! Apparently this guy can turn this virus on in anyone at anytime and it's up to us to stop him!" I explained.

"So, there's still another battle for us here eh? Count me in!" Tora said, putting his fist out at arms length.

"Bardock's in trouble, what else is new? I'm in!" Shugesh replied, putting his hand on top of Tora's.

"I'm starting to miss the good days when the odds weren't so stacked," Borgos said, adding his hand.

"And here I thought life without you would get boring kid, let's do this!" Fasha grinned, putting her hand on the pile. Just as I stepped up to the team, I sensed a sudden presence behind me, and scowled a bit when I recognized who it was.

"Just my bad luck, I thought I told you to stay with King Kai," I growled a warning.

"And let you run off to battle without me? Besides, I owe you for saving my neck against Frieza! If anyone can talk some sense into Gohan, it is a beautiful girl like me. Isn't that right, little bro?" Lenz asked, draping her arm over my shoulder to add to the pile.

"She's your sister kid? Man, I'd love to have your bad luck!" Tora exclaimed, getting a smack to the side out of Fasha.

"She is not my sister! Fine you can come, but stay back! This is our fight. Let's finish this, our last battle together!" I replied, adding my own hand now. Just as I did, I sensed a slight change in the energy of the air around us. One by one, all of our halos vanished, and I sensed a charge in everyone's power.

"All right, we're back in the game now!" Tora said, giving Shugesh a high five.

"Now to get to Earth, looks like Kibitoshin isn't up for it. King Kai, can you hear me?" I asked aloud.

"Loud and clear kid," he said.

"There goes that whole voice in my head thing again," Borgos muttered, knocking on his own head as if to clear it out. I snorted as he likely meant what he had gone through with the Zerg.

"Keep Videl up there where she'll be safe, but have the Nameks wish us to the Lookout, we'll proceed from there," I said.

"You got it! Good luck to all of you!" he replied before cutting the connection.

"The lookout?" Tora asked.

"Simply put, if we were just wished to Earth, who knows where the dragon would put us. Could be right in the thick of the battle, could be thousands of miles away. At least we'll have a familiar location to deal with this way," I explained. I smiled slightly as a bright light surrounded us and we began to fade, I was finally going back home.

-

The bright white floor of the lookout blinded me for a moment, but it was very refreshing to see as we arrived on Earth.

"Hey, welcome back you guys!" Dende shouted from nearby.

"Good to be back, lets get to it," I suggested as I scanned around the Earth for the battle location. I found it quickly once I had my bearings back, finding that it was going on near the Son home, but several miles off in the mountains.

"You guys need to be careful, the virus took Vegeta down very quickly, and once you're infected, it drains your power fast. Any heavy exertion could kill any of you," Dende explained.

"I wonder what this guy is waiting for then. If he can activate this virus at any time in any one, why hasn't he just infected the whole planet and killed everyone?" Fasha asked.

"Bardock just got back a little while ago and I overheard that this guy who took over Gohan works for someone named Frost," Dende replied.

"Ah that explains it," Tora said as the others nodded.

"Care to fill me in?" I asked.

"Frost likely wants to preserve the human population to use as slaves. Frieza did that quite often back in the day and we saw a lot of previously conquered species enslaved as servants as Frost's base," Tora explained.

"Yeah that sounds right, its just what that scumbag would do," Lenz added.

"Excuse me, but who are you?" Dende asked her.

"That's kind of a long story, you see…" Lenz began before I cut her off.

"She's with us. We're wasting time here, now Dende, the dragonballs won't bring anyone back that died by natural causes right? Does that include viruses like this?" I asked just as I sensed the sudden irritation from Lenz for not introducing her properly.

"Unfortunately yes, Vegeta suggested that we use your healing powers to wipe it out, but that's a lot of people to treat," Dende replied, trying to ignore the glare coming from Lenz. I lifted an eyebrow before responding, surprised that Vegeta gave it that much thought about humans before rushing off, but then again, he had changed a great deal.

"Well, no promises, but I'll give it my best shot. But I'll need some help doing it. We'll deal with that after we beat this goon, let's get going guys!" I ordered. Just as we took off into the clouds, I sensed Goku struggling against this Viro, and we quickened our pace to get there in time to help. We ran into Piccolo along the way, who joined us in mid flight, though he had to give a lot of effort to keep up.

Just after we met up with him, King Kai interrupted us again, "Hey Verto, um, what about the third wish?"

I glanced at Piccolo and the others, but it didn't appear that they had even heard anything, meaning he was speaking only to me. "Can you ask the dragon to remove the virus from everyone?" I asked silently.

"That could work on at least everyone who is infected. However, that wouldn't prevent anyone from being infected again. Viro infected Gohan and used his body to produce the virus. And that being the case, all he had to do was travel around and use both Gohan's breathing and any physical contact with any substance to spread it around. Once inside its victims, it multiplies on its own to survive and then spreads to others. And then Viro can activate it at any time to kill his victims. So it wouldn't do much good to remove it from all victims when it's still around in the air. I don't think either dragon can isolate air molecules that precisely to effectively take care of it. And remember, you can't make a wish that exceeds the Namek elder's power! Either way, you should focus on taking care of Viro before trying to fix the damage caused by the virus. If you try to wish it away now, and fail to beat him or allow the battle to last too long, the virus may linger on earth!" he explained.

I grimaced slightly at this, "Well that's just fucking perfect. Fine, tell them to stand by on the third wish, I'll try to hurry!"

Power levels:

Viro-Gohan (Super Mystic): 700,000,000
Goku (SS3): 590,000,000
Vegeta (SS3): 585,000,000 (drops quickly as he gets sick)
Bardock (SS2): 450,000,000

Next time on DBV: As Verto and the others rush to the battlefield, Viro takes on Goku and Bardock. He puts Bardock down quickly and Goku has to hold on for more help to arrive. Viro senses Verto coming and quickly cheats his way to a victory over Goku with his virus. Before he can finish him off though, Verto arrives and the battle between the two Super Mystic Saiyans begins. When he was infected by the Zerg, Gohan was willing to risk destroying Verto in order to help him, will Verto do the same thing?

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