The new commander (solo)

He never expected to be left in charge of the whole Planet. He never had such an ambition, but there he was, in charge of everything since that damn girl left it, taking Radasha with her to help that alien douchebag protect her home, just because she thought that her love was more important than all of the saiyans, and that made Natto mad. But the most maddening part was that he could empathize with her decision, since it was done out of love for Reikiko, and that was completely pissing him off. ”How can I feel empathy for that asshole?! She abandoned us to our fates! Left us to die if Virtual Poi manages to appear here out of the blue, since we have no freaking way to detect him… And we are unable to use the power ball, since I can’t do that odd technique, and she didn’t even consider teaching it to me!” he gritted his teeth as he thought about that. ”Still… Wouldn’t I do the same if Tomo wasn’t a saiyan…? Dammit! Why do I even think that?! Tomo is a saiyan, so protecting her is the same of protecting our race and our empire! So that thought is completely out of damn question… But why do I still consider it and feel for Kaula?! I think I’m too soft, like Aspa said… Still to naïve for my own good!” he sighed angrily, as he stared at the floor of the palace.

Natto was in a computer room inside the palace in Cacumber Capital, thinking about how he would organize the planet defenses, now that he was the one in charge of that. It was such a huge responsibility, one he never wanted, that he couldn’t help himself, but to feel anger towards Kaula and hatred towards Reikiko, but he could still understand in some degree the hybrids action, and it pissed him off so much, that made him feel like beating the crap out of himself, but he couldn’t do that. ”Dammit! One thousand times dammit!! I’m gonna beat her to the pulp when she gets back… If she gets back…” he sighed again, feeling completely unsure about everything. As he stared back at the computer screen, where there was data on pretty much every member of the army, he tried to organize them into squads and position them into strategic positions around the planet. He had to focus on the main populated areas, but he couldn’t ignore the wasteland, since the enemy could think that the defenses would be completely focused on the cities and towns, forfeiting the badlands, and land there, unspotted.

That would allow for a surprise attack that could completely destroy all of the defenses of the planet. ”And he most definitely will avoid the week of the full moon, so I can’t count on that…” he huffed angrily, as he kept on positioning the squads on the computer. Natto decided to create some stationary squads that would guard certain affixed spots, while also creating scouting cells to move through different areas of the planet, in order to have most of the area covered at all available time. They didn’t have enough personnel as to be able to do a perfect scouting and defensive system, but he had to work on what he had. ”At least I’m a super saiyan… And I can’t slack off on my training now… Quite the opposite, since that freaking shit-head left I have to train even more to make up for her leaving the planet… I have to achieve mastery of my super saiyan form, in order to be able to harvest all of its potential!” he thought, remembering what both the queen Zucceta and Reikiko said about the super saiyan transformation: it could be mastered and then the saiyan would be even more powerful, without letting it put too much strains on the body, consequently increasing the amount of time the transformation could be sustained.

He could also count on the kagami that composed most of the cannon fodder of the army. He would use them alongside the low class saiyans to make more numerous squads, in order to improve their chance of survival, were they to be attacked by the enemies. Other than that, he would also ensue an intense training regimen to all members of the Saiyan Solar Empire. – Members of the Saiyan Solar Empire. You commander-in-chief of the defensive stationary army, Natto, is speaking. From today onwards, until the end of the Saiyan-Arcosian War, when our queen and her elite squad comes back, every member of the army, be it a saiyan or a foreign alien ally will be required to train for at least two hours straight. There will be zero tolerance to those slacking off the training regimen, and they will prosecuted to all extension of the Empire’s law. I repeat, there will be zero zero tolerance to those slacking off the training regimen, and they will prosecuted to all extension of the Empire’s law!! – he was quite emphatic on the mandatory training sessions to be held at the whole Planet. He couldn’t afford to allow the saiyans to be easily defeated. Natto knew pretty well that if Virtual Poi was to appear with Kaula abroad, he would destroy the saiyans, so he wanted to ensure that they would, at least, be able to inflict some serious pain to that bastard.

”We are not going down without a fight! And if that is to happen, it will be a hell of a fight, you freak!” he gritted his teeth, having to take a deep breath to avoid hammering the computer with his fist, breaking it in the process. After he calmed down a little bit, he went back to the data base, now paying more attention to what he was about to do. He had to create his own personal elite squad, to be called Natto’s Elite. Yeah, it was a lame name, but he didn’t have any better idea. It still sounded better than Natto’s Special Force, Natto’s Squad, Natto’s Platoon, Natto’s Rangers and other ideas he had come up with before deciding on the selected name. He sighed as he started to look at the elite with some disappointment. Most of them were with Zucceta on Arcose… Kaula took Radasha away, leaving him with few options. He wanted to create a six saiyan cell, but there wasn’t enough members of the elite to fill in the ranks left on the planet. ”That sucks…” he thought to himself.

The first person he selected was Tomoroko, that had just risen through the ranks, being considered now an elite. Truth be told, Natto would have selected her to the squad even if she was still a middle class warrior, since having her by his side was the best way to ensure that she was going to have the best available protection on all of Planet Vegeta. With that in mind, he selected her with a click. ”I will protect you, Tomo… No matter what… Even if I have to send you away from this planet at the last moment! With you by my side I shall be able to act quickly… You are not going to die on my watch! I won’t allow that!” he thought, as he finished selecting the young saiyan girl.

After her, he found Aspa’s profile. ”The jerk…” he sighed with the thought of having him on his squad. ”But he is quite an accomplished fighter, I have to admit… And he has experience that could really help me out… And when it comes to making tough decisions, he is better than me… I have to admit it… I’m too soft, and sometimes, especially as someone in charge, we have to make tough decisions… Which means I can actually benefit from having that irritating asshole on my squad…” he sighed, as he selected Aspa too. ”And… If he is going to be part of the team, I’ll have to do my best in order to stop calling him a jerk… If he keep on fighting all the time we won’t be able to cooperate and it will hurt the squad chemistry…” he decided not to call Aspa a jerk anymore, not even to himself, and that was quite a tough thing to do, since he still ruminated that fateful night on the outskirts of Cacumber Capital, where he met Aspa and Rose.

Thinking about Rose, she could be a fine asset to the squad, but she wasn’t enlisted on the army, so he couldn’t summon her right off, he would have to find a way to convince her to join. ”And I think that will be almost impossible, considering how much she is reticent about us, saiyans… But maybe Aspa can convince her… He seems to have a way with women…” he wondered, as he took some notes about that possibility. If Rose was to join, they would have quite an ally, as the girl was also a capable fighter and an experienced bounty hunter. Still about girls and Aspa, he remembered Habana, but she was an ex-prisoner so he wasn’t sure if he could trust her enough to convoke to the squad. He would have to talk to Aspa about it, and to realize that made him swear and hit the arm of the chair. – Damn! – he cursed, as he came to realize that Aspa was pretty much and in a natural way becoming his second-in-command. ”I can’t freaking believe it… I was thinking about putting Tomoroko on that position, but that jer… I mean… That guy… He is just naturally filling in that damn position… I guess I have no choice… I kind of need him…” he sighed again, staring at the computer. And there you have it! No one else to convoke, and it made him feel quite stressed.

Well, there was Rukkora, but she was quite a savage one and he knew that he couldn’t just focus all of his elites on one single squad; otherwise he would compromise the rest of the army. At least for now, he would have to settle for just Tomoroko and Aspa, with some slight possibility of adding Rose and Habana to the team. And… Since they had a team, Natto had to make sure they could move together if they had to travel: he had to buy a big badass ship. With that in mind, he put his scouter on his left ear and configured it to a the transportation department. – Hello, commander-in-chief Natto here… I need a large spaceship… Maybe a Royal one! – he asked, to which the kagami on the other side answered. – I know nothing of a Natto commander, sir… The commander-in-chief the Queen informed us about is Lady Kaula and her only! – the kagami said with a bored voice. ”Dammit! That shit-head didn’t inform them I was the new commander! What should I do?!” he gritted his teeth as he tried to think about something. – She didn’t actually had time to say it, but I am… So what can I do to get a ship?! – he said in a harsher tone.

– Buy it. – the woman responded, with her bored tone, making Natto angry, but there was nothing he could do, so he sighed deeply. – Dammit! How much is that damn thing?! – he asked, irritated. – It’s 6.250 zeni, sir. – and the answer almost made him have a heart attack. – What the hell?! That’s pretty much all of my savings! I was planning on getting a house for myself! – he complained, in hopes that she would somehow lower the price. – If you can’t afford it, then don’t buy it. she said, in an even more bored tone. ”Fuck!” he swore inside his mind, trying his best to control the rage he was feeling towards that damn kagami, but he was already too stresses to let it get the best out of him. Sighing deeply as he rested his forehead on his right hand, he took a second to breath and then responded. – Fine… I’ll take the freaking ship… Have it named Star Javelin! – he finished and didn’t even wait for her answer before taking off his scouter. He was pissed, but there was nothing he could do, at least he had a squad and a badass spaceship now.