A Special Connection (Pre-Arc Special)

Cress had experienced many things over the course of a year; a drastic development of the body, having basic and linguistic information inserted into his mind, a relationship with his mother, a rivalry with Broly BUT most importantly, he found a… special connection.

Silver, daughter of Kura – A Saiyan Warrior that was KIA a mere two weeks after her daughter's birth – and the strangest specimen around.

She was painfully blunt, and deceptively straightforward, a self-contradictory oxymoron unto herself.

On the very first day of training, as he walked into a training room and witnessed a tale as old as the dawn of mankind itself; 'a girl beating the absolute shit out of a dumbass', or at least, that was the thought that crossed Cress' mind.

Broly wasn't an idiot, nor was he some pitiable child – product of his father's abuse… no, he was something far more malicious. A child exuding a sort of evil that was… difficult to put into words.

Cress could not quite explain it, but when he neared Silver, he felt a tug from deep within the depths of himself.

Now, he had found that Ki was amazingly simple to manipulate, a simple thought and the very essence of his being became subservient to his will, Ki could be repressed or released merely at his intent.

But THIS was something entirely different, an unfamiliar energy he could only gawk at was attached to his being – 'BEING' being his soul, a very obtuse thing that seemed to encompass his body.

The mysterious thing would flare up when he neared Silver, and everything in his vision darkened… it was then that he, somewhat inexplicably, could 'see' streaks of evil from Broly. But not only him, everyone had a few of these 'evil streaks' embedded on their being, Broly's were just a touch more… apparent.

Silver immediately took a liking to Cress, and at the slightest suggestion of Magenta, declared him her fiancé, much to the boy's chagrin.

He had the opportunity to visit his home, but never once had the opportunity to meet his father, who was away on a mission with his so-called 'elite' force of combatants.

His growing relationship with his mother had solidified one thing for him; he was a changed person, his resolve, his ability to do things, everything he didn't have before; all of it was now part of him.

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Age 724

In front of Cress was a picturesque landscape strewn across the screen of the facility computer, a green paradise that seemed to mock Planet Vegeta's wastelands, this was the place they were meant to go to… Kanassa!

"Honestly speaking, I don't think two years of training will prepare you for bullshit like this, why do I have to fight alongside these low-class mongrels? I can take care of a planet myself!"

Broly had taken to training in solitude since his defeat by Cress a year-and-a-half ago. Magenta had refuted this, stating his distress over the lack of team building this would result in, but his objections had been casually rebuked by Paragus.

"K, why don't you go down by yourself? And if something goes wrong, the handy Multi-Defence Force can always become the corpse retrieval team." Replied Cress, uninterested in dealing with the Legendary Super Narcissus of a team leader he had.

His team was scheduled to leave in a week, he had to bid his mother goodbye, and brace himself for a potentially life-changing experience in Kanassa, a place full of Psychic… fish-?-people.

But Cress had resigned himself to the ironic uncertainty of this trip, sure, he had grown stronger since his fight with Broly – his power level close to 10,000. But another matter troubled the young man, and that was a recent conversation with Silver.

He had come to ignore Silver's advances towards him, but a few weeks ago, he noticed her silently trail off to her room without as much as a word, and subconsciously – a mystery to himself – decided to directly investigate.

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"You seem unusually wistful Silver, are you alright?"

"Nah, I'm thinking of killing myself because you won't marry me."

Cress' eyes widened for a moment, before flaring up with a bit of rage.

"That's a bit far for a joke don't you think?"

"Maybe, but I can't help but feel a little down today."

"And why would that be?"

"… Today's the day my mother died."

*TO BE CONTINUED*

*END OF CHAPTER 5*