Finding His Place...(SSE, Natto)

Inside the Royal Spaceship, the Star Javelin, Natto was having an intense training session. The young saiyan wasn’t wearing anything, but his jumpsuit black-colored pants, and kept of moving across the place at an incredible speed. He was training his acrobatic moves, somersaulting across the whole training hub of the ship, circling around it, as fast as he could. Sweat was dropping from his body and the whole floor was wet, since he had been training for pretty much the whole day. It was already midafternoon and, by the time someone spoke outside of the ship’s door, he was finishing a push-up session. – Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety seven…. Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety eight… Wait a second!!! – he answered loudly for whoever was outside of his door. His tone was harsh, but not angry… It was more like he was busy than anything else.

– Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety nine… Ten thousand! – he said, finally, as he finished the left arm series, completing all of his post-training series of thirty thousand push-ups. He still needed to do his crouches, but it would take a while, so he decided to post-pone it to after he spoke to the person who was looking for him. As he got up, he closed his eyes for a bit, to feel the ki energy from the person who was outside. To his surprise, he felt two different energies, and none of them seemed familiar. Their power level were not that high. One of them were low-class tier and the other mid-class tier, but it didn’t matter, they were saiyans, and he would receive them; a commander has to be a leader, not a boss.

Natto approached the door and hit a red button beside it, opening the door in an instant. And there he was, all sweat with his disheveled black hair sort of wet. He wasn’t wearing his scouter for now and, on his left cheek he had a quite distinguishing cross-shaped scar that was very prominent. He had other minor scars on his body, like a true warrior, but none of them compared to the one on his face. Other than that, he seemed pretty young, no older than twenty years old.

There were two saiyans there and one of them was in a pretty bad shape, being held by the other one. The one holding the injured saiyan had those odd eyes, that made Natto frown a bit, wondering who he was.

– I’m here… What do you need? And what happened to this one? – he said, pointing his head towards the injured saiyan. His tone was a little concerned, but nothing much.

The odd eyed saiyan seemed to be a bit nervous, and that made Natto a little suspicious. ”What is this guy hiding?” he thought to himself, as he looked at him from the bottom to the top, analyzing him with cautious eyes. When he did that, Natto noticed something really odd: He had no tail whatsoever. That made him arch one of his eyebrows quite a lot, before staring back into the saiyan’s eyes. ”He looks definitely like a saiyan… Apart from his eyes… But… He has no tail… Odd… Maybe a very saiyan-like hybrid?” he wondered, focusing on his speech when he started talking again.

When he indicated that he thought that he was Natto, he nodded, confirming his identity, while folding his arms, showing that he was – somewhat – uncomfortable with something, but willing to listen. He said that they had sparred before and that he may have overdid it, and Natto nodded. It was quite normal among saiyans to overdo it when sparring… Natto himself had vaporized the leg of one of the members of his squad a week ago, so he wouldn’t judge them. Then, he said that he wanted help for the injured saiyan and then talk to Natto about things. The young saiyan nodded and walked inside his spaceship, leaving the door open so that Riku could get inside.

Natto went towards a table on the central of the large round area that seemed to be a training hub inside the huge spaceship. He grabbed his red scouter and put it on his left ear. – Send a first aid team… There’s an injured saiyan by the entrance of my spaceship. Get him some medical care. Doesn’t seem serious, but he still need care. Over. – he said by the scouter. It would take only a couple minutes before the paramedics arrived, and that was all he could do for the injured saiyan. Having done that, he stared back at Riku, folding his arms again. – Are you a hybrid? I see you have no tail… - he commented. His tone was quite mysterious, as it was really difficult to determine what he was implying with that. A more attentive person would be able to see that he had no prejudice in his tone, he was just… Tired.

The saiyan said that he wasn’t a hybrid, which made Natto suspect that the fate of his tail was a darker one, which he confirmed shortly after that. As Riku told him that his tail was cut off due to the risk of him becoming a Great Ape, in order to protect the Earth he frowned his eyebrows and gritted his teeth, showing anger. The moment he did that, he failed to suppress his ki energy, and that made his power level to quickly skyrocket to an unbelievable mark, which Riku’s scouter would go crazy by beeping it.

[Ki Suppression Still On. Current PL: 150.000]

He could take control of it before it reached his peak, but it was still far above the original power level he showed to them.”Calm down… But damn! Earth! That damn planet! I’m starting to truly hate that freaking place! It’s people… Reikiko… Tail cutting maniacs… Crazy powerful androids… What the hell is that planet anyway?!” he couldn’t help but ask himself. Following that, just after Natto was able to control his anger, Riku took a blow at his patience once more, asking if it was true that the queen had abandoned the planet. – WHO SAID THAT LIE?! – he shouted. The whole place started shaking, as his power reached its peak.

[Ki Suppression Off. PL: 201.688]

Natto grabbed Riku by the collar of his battle suit, easily raising him from the floor and stared him right into his eyes with pure rage inside of him. His power started growing more and more, and his scouter would go crazy, as it grew by the hundred thousands. – The queen didn’t abandon the Planet! She is fighting a war against our ancient enemies!! She cares about the planet so much that she is risking her life going to a war with a small squadron, so that she won’t leave the planet vulnerable!!! Dare to speak ill words of our queen again and I will show you what a super saiyan is capable of! – he roared, throwing him strongly to the ground. A bright golden aura engulfed his body, and his power level reached that of one million but it quickly dropped, as he started breathing deeply. ”Control yourself! This guy seems to be quite unaware of what is going on… He is not to blame for his words…” he thought to himself, doing his best to suppress his ki energy once again.

[Ki Suppression On. PL: 50.000]

The young saiyan commander managed to calm down and, after that, he took a few steps towards Riku, with a rather irritated look on his face. – Sorry for that… As you are knew here… You couldn’t know… But you will tell me who spread those rumors. You were saying that you wanted to join the army? But to defend Earth? Why do you care about that planet? – he asked him, staring inside his eyes. He was curious about it. Why would a full blooded saiyan care about that damn place, where they amputated his main heritage as a saiyan?

Riku told him that the injured saiyan was the one to say that, and explained it further, mentioning that he said that both the queen and the “vice queen” had abandoned the planet, which made Natto sigh deeply. He couldn’t blame any of them, since the queen explained about the war in details only to the elite members of the saiyan army, and low-class warriors wouldn’t know quite a lot. On top of that, Kaula didn’t announce publicly that Natto was the new Commander-in-Chief, mentioning it only to the higher officials, which was making his life difficult, as a lot of saiyans were desperate thinking that they were abandoned to their own fate.

The young saiyan commander felt bad for losing his temper with Riku, as he had no fault for being ignorant to what was actually going on. Damn, even Dezoru wouldn’t be able to know much. Natto shook his head after Riku said that he didn’t know it was a delicate matter, as if he was telling him that it was okay, that he didn’t have to worry about it anymore, and then he answered his question, making Natto stare him in his odd colored eyes as he spoke.

He asked if he had ever been taken care of by people, after being rejected, making him think about Felucia immediately. His mind focused on his foster father Sugoro, who took care of him for about five years until he rampaged on the planet as an uncontrolled Great Ape, killing everyone that had taken care of him. Riku continued speaking, explaining about his connection to Earth, and Natto couldn’t help himself but to relate to his story. However, Felucia was quite different from Earth, as it was composed of good people, which was a quite rare trait among the aliens, so far as he knew, and, about Earth… it was filled with hateful creatures and dangerous beings. He wouldn’t empathize with that planet just because a fellow saiyan held it in high regard, especially after Kaula betrayed Vegeta to defend it, and since it was also the home of that damn Reikiko, who threatened the saiyans.

The saiyan was adamant about getting stronger and even dared to flare his ki aura to show his power. Natto frowned a bit when he did that, but there were two things that made Natto’s anger vanish: first, he was crying, meaning that he wasn’t like the other saiyans too, he was able to show some emotion; and second, his ki aura had the same color as Tomoroko’s, the young saiyan girl that Natto had as his significant other. In response to his words, he sighed.

– Very well… I can help you training and even allow you to join the army… But there’s one thing. – he paused, staring deep inside his eyes. – There may be a time where the saiyans and the earthlings fight each other. I hate traitors to the saiyan race and, if when that time comes... And it will most likely come! – he emphasized that. – You choose to fight for the damn earthlings… I will kill you myself! I don’t care if they raised you and are your friends and all… I’ve met some earthlings and they are dangerous and they dislike us! They are potential enemies of our race! And I will not tolerate that! – Natto was very protective of the saiyans, and that was quite obvious on his tone, but he was, somehow, willing to let Riku join under those conditions.

Natto was pretty adamant about fighting the alien menace with all he’s got, but Riku managed to hit a weak spot in his resolve: he said that he would fight for the empire and all, that he would defeat the evil creatures and even the bad earthlings, but he asked Natto if it was really necessary to kill the innocent ones. Natto widened his eyes, feeling confronted by those words, but unable to answer as of yet. Riku continued to say that while there were bad people on Earth that truly deserved to be defeated, he didn’t think that it was right to mercilessly slaughter all of the earthlings. Natto sighed, grazing away from Riku and gritting his teeth. ”The earthlings… They mix with us and produce quite a lot of good people… Like Rose, Habana… Even that kid, Etoru… Kaula is a freaking asshole, but she still fought for us until some conflict happened on Earth… I cannot become what I hate on my kind… I never liked meaningless slaughter… Sometimes… Sometimes I feel I’m getting a little paranoid in protecting the saiyans… This burden of being left in charge is getting me completely stressed! I can’t take it for much longer… Please, queen Zucceta… Please come back soon! Please come back at least…” he clenched his fists and, from another person perspective it may seem like he was angry, but he was actually frustrated and disappointed with himself.

He stared back at Riku as he approached cautiously and that had another impact on Natto: people were getting scared of him. He was always somehow driven by anger, but now he was too strong to let it take control of his actions. He had matured quite a bit and managed to be in control of the anger that took away his consciousness while in the Great Ape form, and also managed to get rid of the rage that tried to direct his actions as a super saiyan. He couldn’t let all that effort go to waste because he was getting stressed for being the Commander-in-Chief.

Finally, the odd eyed saiyan stretched his hand toward Natto, saying that he had someone he cared about and someone he hated. Natto stared at his hand and then to his eyes with a serious look. – There’s someone I hate… She is an earthling and she threatened to bring Virtual Poi here, to destroy us due to our arrogance… She claimed she had eaten… eaten! – he emphasized that word. – A super saiyan before… A saiyan named Athren… She took the “vice queen” with her to Earth in order to protect it and Kaula, the one who was supposed to be in charge of Vegeta left us alone, powerless to protect our Planet, because she valued Earth more than Vegeta! – he said, gritting his teeth. When he spoke about the earthling woman there was pure hatred in his tone, but when he talked about Kaula, there was just resentment and bitterness. – Those three made me hate Earth… But I have to agree with what you said… Unlike most of us I never liked slaughter… I will kill anyone if they are a threat to us… But if you can show me some proof that the Earth is not a threat to us… Then… - he sighed, holding Riku’s hand and shaking it, before letting a subtle smile to appear on his face. – Then I see no reason on why we couldn’t be on good terms with them… - he said, in a rather sincere tone. Natto didn’t act like the average saiyan. Even though he had quite a lot of anger inside of him, he was much kinder and gentle, especially considering his huge power level.

After the hand shake, Riku seemed quite happy, since he held a large grin on his face. Natto was smiling too, despite it being a subtle smile. The odd eyed saiyan also seemed to get quite pumped, anxious for his training. He verbalized it, asking when he would start it. Natto’s face became quite thoughtful and he touched his chin while thinking about what he asked, until he shrugged. – I remembered that Aspa, one of our elites and member of my own squad, mentioned that he was about to train the below elite tier saiyans… I think he will send an invitation tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow… I’m not sure. – he said, thinking about what Aspa said, but being unable to remember if he had actually mentioned an specific day.

Anyway, as far as Natto knew him, he was a saiyan of action and wouldn’t take long to summon the low and middle class warriors for a training session. Natto thought about maybe sparring a little bit with Riku, but a one on one spar would be really pointless, since he would have to hold back a lot and, even so, it wouldn’t still be a fair fight. – I may even join the training session, if he manages to gather enough warriors… So I will suggest you keep your scouter on! Other than scanning power levels we use them as our main mean of communication. – he said, touching his own red scouter with his left index finger.

– Is there anything else I can help you with, Riki? – he asked, while walking toward a fridge nearby and grabbing a bottle of water to himself, which he drank in a single gulp. ”He seems to be a rather interesting saiyan… Maybe… Just maybe… If he is worthy… I can invite him to join my squadron...” he thought about it, glancing towards Riku with the corner of his eye.