The Lost Jinzouningen Saga
A Dragon Ball Super Z spinoff by Deaku
Story 07 ~ Confrontation
It was a beautiful day, Bulma walked outside and stretched in the warm sun. Since she didn't have any work to do for the day she planed to enjoy it. Maybe she would go into town and do some shopping. She didn't feel like going alone, so she thought about who she could take with her. Vegeta was definitely out, he was going to be training in the gravity room all day. Trunks had left with Goten and Gohan to go do some training with Goku. Juuroku-gou was delivering something to the Kame house for her. But Juuhachi-gou, Videl, Pan, and Bra were all relaxing out back, Bulma was sure they would enjoy a day of shopping.
"Great! It'll be a girls' day out!" Bulma said to herself cheerfully. A low rumbling sound suddenly caught her attention.
Bulma then saw what was making the sound, it was a massive truck with several crates loaded on it. It had just pulled into the Capsule Corp lot and came to a stop, the engine shut down and a young man jumped out of the cab. By his looks, Bulma guessed he was in his mid-teens.
"Well, I guess I can forget about a day of shopping." Bulma mumbled to herself as she walked up to greet the stranger.
The young man introduced himself. "Hi, I'm Lore Tempest. Sorry to bother you but the people downtown said to bring any salvage here first. So who do I talk to about it?"
"You're in luck then, I'm just the person you need to talk to. I'm Bulma Briefs." Bulma told him with a smile and shaking his hand.
When Bulma told Lore her name, his computer reacted. Bulma Briefs: Friend of Son Goku. A picture was also called up, this girl looked exactly the same. Lore didn't believe what his computer was telling him. No way! This can't be the same person, the info in my computer is way too old for her to be the same. She might have the same name, but this girl is probably her daughter.
"Well, that's good," Lore replied with a nervous laugh. "Actually, I'm glad I came here. I've got a whole bunch of capsules that I wanted to turn in."
Lore reached back into the cab of his truck and pulled out a box from behind the seat. "They're all vehicles of different types, definitely more than I'll ever use. I figured since Capsule Corp made them, I would return them here."
Suddenly, the box started shaking in Lore's hands. Without warning, the box opened and a blue object flew out. Startled, Bulma jumped back a few feet. The object went high up into the air, then came back down and landed on Lore's head.
"Morning everybody!" The blue fuzz ball spoke.
"So that's where you went, I was wondering why it had been so quiet." Lore told the little creature.
"I was just taking a little nap until we stopped." It replied, bouncing onto Lore's shoulder then onto the ground.
"What is that thing?!" Bulma exclaimed, "Where did it come from?!"
"This little guy?" Lore replied, indicating the creature. "This is Trun, I found him out in the wilderness one day."
"Is he dangerous?" Bulma asked.
"Heh, the only danger you in from being near him is getting your ear talked off." Lore told Bulma with a smirk.
"What do you mean by that?" Trun asked as he began to bounce. "What's wrong with talking? I just talk when nobody else is talking. If no one else is talking, what's wrong with me talking? If everybody's quiet, it gets really boring. I talk so it doesn't get boring. If nobody talked how are people supposed to get to know each other, write notes? That would take way too long, and then I would be out of luck since I don't have any hands to write with. What would I do then? I couldn't ask anybody anything and I couldn't answer anybody."
"See what I mean?" Lore shrugged, then he and Bulma both started laughing.
Just then, a younger girl who Lore thought looked just like Bulma came running around the side of the Capsule Corp dome.
"Hey, what's going on?" The young girl asked, she then noticed Trun. "Kawaii! What is this little guy?" She said running over and picking him up.
"Hi, I'm Trun. Who are you?" Trun asked cheerfully, jumping back down to the ground and began bouncing around the girl.
"I'm Bra." she answered laughing, then began chasing Trun as he bounced towards two women, one who was cradling a small child, who had just come around the dome.
"Well, your little sister seems to like Trun." Lore said watching Bra and Trun run off.
"Little sister? Oh! Little sister, right!" Bulma said with a nervous laugh. "Well, let's see what you got on the back of this mechanical monster of yours."
Bra finally caught up with Trun and picked him up as they reached Juuhachi-gou, Videl and Pan. The two women were giving a Trun a very strange look and were not sure what to make of the little creature. Pan thought it was funny and laughed
"Juu-chan, Videl-chan, This is Trun." Bra told the pair. "Isn't he kawaii?"
"Sure Bra," Videl told her, still unsure what to make of the little creature. "Where did he come from?"
"He belongs to that guy over there." Bra said pointing to Lore. Who was standing near his truck, talking with Bulma.
"I've seen him somewhere before." Juuhachi-gou thought aloud as she looked at Lore.
Without warning, Trun leapt out of Bra's arms and landed on Juuhachi-gou's shoulder and began sniffing. "Hmmm... You have a metal scent to you just like Lore does. Maybe you can tell me what it means since Lore won't."
"Nani?" Juuhachi-gou then scanned Lore. She was shocked at what she discovered. "He's a Jinzouningen." Juuhachi-gou said with quiet amazement.
They then heard a roar of anger and someone shot past them. "Vegeta! Matte yo!" Juuhachi-gou called after the him. Juuhachi-gou realized Vegeta must have heard what she had just said. So distracted by Trun and Lore, she had failed to notice saiyajin prince's approach from behind them before it was too late.
Lore heard someone call out. Before he could react, someone's fist slammed into his face, sending Lore flying into the wall surrounding Capsule Corp. The wall crumbled under the force of the impact, burying Lore under several large pieces of concrete.
"Stay away from my mate, you mechanical piece of trash!" Vegeta roared.
"Vegeta! What the hell do you think your doing!" Bulma demanded. But was surprised to see Lore push away the rubble and stand back up. He looked a bit disheveled, but otherwise unharmed.
"What the hell was that for?" Lore asked brushing himself off. "I wouldn't mind a little warning before being hit. Besides, shouldn't someone ring a bell or something before a fight starts?"
Vegeta charged again, but Lore was prepared this time. He blocked the blow and was only pushed back a few inches. The two started trading punches, Vegeta had the obvious advantage of experience. He was landing far more punches than Lore was, but Vegeta's blows didn't seem to be affecting him. However, the few blows Lore was able to land were strong enough that Vegeta chose to dodge the punches instead of blocking them.
Since standing there slugging it out wasn't getting anywhere, Lore decided to try a different tactic. Side-stepping Vegeta's next punch, Lore grabbed the saiyajin's arm and tossed Vegeta into the air and over the wall. Lore's instincts were telling him to run away right then and there, but then again, Lore never had been good at listening to his instincts.
Lore leapt over the wall and spotted Vegeta lying in the middle of the street. Lore flew over, bringing a fist down to strike. Vegeta disappeared at the last second and Lore's fist sank into the asphalt, causing that section of road to shatter into pieces.
Vegeta reappeared a short way down the road with a smirk on his face. Vegeta found this Jinzouningen to be quite amusing, his opponent knew nothing of his true power. Vegeta could end the fight in an instant if he wanted, but he would rather enjoy the battle a little before it came to that.
Bulma ran out of Capsule Corp's front gate, followed by Bra, Juuhachi-gou, and Videl. She spotted the two fighters down the road. "Matte yo, you bakas!"
"I'll stop them." Juuhachi-gou said as she began to move forward, followed by Bra.
"No Juu-chan, you know what Vegeta would do to you if you got in his way." Bulma put an arm out blocking Juuhachi-gou's advance. "Same goes for you young lady." She said as she grabbed Bra's shoulder.
"But Kaa-san!"
"No buts young lady. We don't know what the other guy would do if you jumped in. I don't want you getting hurt."
"Lore wouldn't do anything like that!" Trun piped in. "The only reason he's fighting now is that Vegeta person attacked first. Lore's not the kind of guy to start something without provocation. But he is the kind of guy that will try to finish it if someone starts it with him or starts picking on people that can't defend themselves."
"Maybe, but it still stands that we won't be able to stop them without someone getting hurt." Bulma told the little blue fuzz ball. "If the everybody was here, they could tackle and overpower those two before anybody got seriously injured. Where are they all anyway? They should have sensed this fight by now!"
~~~~~
Juuroku-gou suddenly stopped talking and looked towards the north detecting a battle within New Hope City.
"What's wrong Juuroku-gou?" Chamuya asked the large Jinzouningen.
"It's Vegeta." Juuroku-gou answered.
"I sense it too." Marron added. "But he just might be training. Vegeta can get pretty intense when he's in the gravity room."
"No," Juuroku-gou replied. "Vegeta has powered up far beyond what he normally trains at and his power is fluctuating too much for this to be training."
"Then what are we waiting around here for?!" Rinriku told them. "Let go see what all this is about!"
The four powered up and took off, kicking up a wind that blew the magazine off Roshi's face and causing him to wake up. Roshi picked up his magazine and brushed it off, watching the four disappear into the distance.
"Young ones are always in such a hurry these days" Roshi muttered to himself. "Oh well." Roshi laid back down on his chair and went back to sleep.
~~~~~
Trunks suddenly stopped in the middle of sparring when he sensed his father's power skyrocket to fighting levels. Trunk's lapse in attention left him open and he would have been hit hard by Gohan if the other half-saiyajin hadn't sensed Vegeta's power as well.
"Whoa!" Goku exclaimed as he sensed Vegeta's power. "I wonder what Vegeta's doing now. Is he trying to fight with Juuroku-gou or Juu-chan?"
"I don't think so Goku-san." Trunks answered. "Mom was sending Juuroku-gou to the Kame house this morning and Juu-chan said she was going to be hanging out with Bra and Videl all day."
"Well, we better go see what's going on. Vegeta might need our help." Gohan said rising into the air.
"I don't think it's too serious." Goku replied as he jumped into the air. "He hasn't even gone Super Saiyajin yet."
"Just think Trunks-kun." Goten told his best friend as the group began to fly towards the battle. "If it's a powerful enemy, we can fuse into Gotenks to defeat him."
"I told you! I am never doing the fusion ever again!" Trunks yelled, putting on a burst of speed.
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Piccolo was brought out of his meditation when he sensed the battle. He instantly knew Vegeta was involved but he could not sense who the saiyajin was fighting.
"What's sprout-head up to now?" Piccolo wondered. "Maybe the kid can give me a heads-up on what's going on." Dende
Piccolo! I was just about to contact you.
About Vegeta and who he's fighting, right? Well, who is the unlucky fool?
Do you remember that Jinzouningen that you helped after he destroyed that alien bug?
Camper boy?! Kuso! How did he end up fighting Vegeta?
Well, he had brought some things he had salvaged to Capsule Corp and was talking with Bulma. Juuhachi-gou recognized and scanned him. She found out that he was a Jinzouningen and said what he was out loud, Vegeta overheard.
Then Vegeta jumped the gun and started trying to pound the kid. Right?
Yes, that's basically what happened
Alright, I guess I'd better get over there before Vegeta decides to blow camper boy into dust. Thanks Dende.
Piccolo leapt up into the air and flew towards the battle.
~~~~~
Meanwhile, back at New Hope City, the battle raged on. The two combatants had fought their way downtown, fortunately everybody cleared out of the area when they saw the battle approaching.
Lore punched Vegeta, sending him flying into the back of a parked car. Vegeta picked the car up and tried to slam it down on top of Lore, who dodged out of the way. They both charged each other again and began trading kicks and punches, neither fighter showed any signs of slowing down anytime soon. Both of them soon jumped back and landed in defensive stances.
"You don't have a chance you know." Vegeta told Lore. "Not against me, Vegeta, Prince of the Sayajin!" With that, Vegeta charged Lore again.
Lore leapt up, narrowly avoiding Vegeta's attack. Lore grabbed Vegeta's head as he passed over him and flipped around, using the momentum to send Vegeta through a wall.
"Perhaps when this fight is over I'll show you the proper respect, Prince Lawn Dart!" Lore called out as he stood back up.
Two energy bolts came from the break in the wall, Lore dodged around them. Then a large energy beam fired and Lore took to the air to avoid it. The only reason this guy is attacking me is because I'm a Jinzouningen. I probably could stop him rather easily if I resorted to extreme measures, like my swords. But I don't want to kill him, regardless of how big a yarou this guy is. My Supreme Cannon is also out, it'd turn him into a cinder if I hit him with it. But he'd probably see it coming and dodge it, then I might end up taking out most of the city. Damn! This is definitely not going to be easy.
Vegeta suddenly appeared above Lore and drove both feet into the Jinzouningen's back, sending him crashing into the top of a building that was under construction. Lore slammed down into the area of the building that was still framework, breaking apart several girders before he came to a stop. Vegeta decided to press the attack and dove down after Lore. But right before Vegeta was able to strike, Lore grabbed one of the fallen girders and swung it at Vegeta. The steel beam connected, sending Vegeta flying back up into the air and away from the building.
"Well, that certainly worked better than I hoped." Lore said to himself. "I probably sent him clear out of the city. Doubt it stopped him though. Slow him down temporarily? Maybe. Make him even angrier? Definitely."
Lore took to the air and headed for where he calculated Vegeta had landed.
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As he was flying towards New Hope City with his sons and Trunks, Goku detected three more ki powers approaching from the east. Looking he saw Marron, Rinriku, Chamuya, and Juuroku-gou.
"Hey guys!" He called out to them, waving.
"Hey Goku!" Rinriku called out, waving back
"Let me guess." Gohan said as the two groups joined up. "You guys are headed for New Hope City to see what Vegeta is up to."
"Correct." Juuroku-gou answered.
"Goku-san, why don't you use the Shuken Idou?" Trunks asked.
"I don't think that's necessary yet Trunks. I don't want to appear and get blasted before I know what's going on. And we all know how Vegeta feels about others interfering in his battles. Besides, it doesn't seem to be too serious yet, since Vegeta still hasn't gone Super Saiyajin." Goku answered, Trunks just nodded.
"But Tou-san, what is Vegeta fighting?" Goten asked.
"Another Jinzouningen." came a gruff voice from above them.
"Piccolo-san!" Gohan looked up grinning.
"What do you mean by that Piccolo?" Rinriku asked.
"You guys wouldn't know who I'm talking about. Trunks has seen him once even though he didn't know what he was at the time.".
"That guy!" Trunks exclaimed, realizing who Piccolo was talking about. "Juu-chan and I have been trying to catch up with him for awhile now. But he always disappears before we can find him."
"I remember Kaa-san telling me about that." Marron added, "But how did Vegeta find him, let alone figure out he's a Jinzouningen?"
"Your mom figured it out and Vegeta overheard when she said what the guy was." Piccolo told her.
"So then Papa attacked him." Trunks sighed, "Probably thinking it would be better to just destroy him."
"Well, whatever went on." Goku looked back at everyone. "Lets just get there and stop them before something bad happens."
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Lore was flying over the forest outside the city, but Vegeta was nowhere in sight. Using his scanners to see if his quarry was hidden beneath the trees, Lore still found nothing.
"I know I didn't hit him that hard, he has to be here." Lore told himself. "Now where could Veggie have gone?" Lore detected a energy signature above him. Looking, he saw the one he was searching for.
"I admit that your a well built little toy." Vegeta said mockingly. "But I tire of this little game and think it's time to show you what you're really up against."
Lore detected Vegeta's power start to increase to unbelievable levels. Lore braced himself for the attack as Vegeta smirked, but it didn't come. Instead, Vegeta let out a scream of rage. His hair went from black to gold and golden flames erupted from his skin, Lore was forced back by the sheer amount of power that was flowing from Vegeta.
Before Lore could regain his balance, Vegeta attacked. Lore tried to block but found that Vegeta was much faster now, totally out-classing him in speed. More blows landed, Lore was definitely being affected now. Vegeta's physical strength was unbelievable, he was stronger than Lore now. But Lore was not out-classed as much as he was in the speed department. Vegeta punched Lore in the gut, causing a mixture of blood and mechanical fluid to expel from Lore's mouth. Lore doubled over in pain and Vegeta axe-kicked him, sending Lore smashing into the ground far below.
"Kisama!" Lore growled as he pulled himself out of the impact crater.
"You're a determined little tin man!" Vegeta mocked. "But it's time I ended this!" Vegeta threw his arms out to the sides as he built up his power. He then shoved his hands forward. "FINAL FLASH!"
Lore saw the massive energy blast coming down at him and thought of only one thing he could do. He raised his hands up and braced himself, hoping his system could handle the energy.
Vegeta saw the Jinzouningen raise his arms into the air with open palms. What does he think he's doing? Making one last prayer before he dies?
The energy blast struck it's target. But instead of an explosion, there was a strange humming noise and the energy disappeared. Vegeta saw that Lore was still standing unharmed, except that his gloves had been burned away revealing a red lens set in each palm.
Lore dropped his arms. His plan had worked, barely. Boy, does he look mad. But what do I do now? I could fire it back at him but he would probably just dodge it. My only other option is to attempt to use it to temporarily increase my physical strength and hope I don't blow up doing it. Lore began his attempt to integrate the absorbed energy into his artificial muscles. His computer informed him that he was successful. Strength Increase Complete. No Adverse Effects Detected. Well now, I may not be any faster but when I hit him he is definitely going to feel it. I just hope I can take him down before this wears off.
Vegeta was furious that Lore had absorbed his attack and was now just standing there. An occasional spark of energy would arc across the Jinzouningen's body, indicating that he still possessed the absorbed energy. So he thinks that he can absorb my attack does he? Let's see just how quickly he can absorb more of them.
Vegeta began to move his fists in a punching motion. "Renzoku Energy Dan!" Several energy bolts rained down upon Lore.
Lore knew there was no chance of absorbing so many shots, even if his system was capable of absorbing more energy. Instead, he rocketed up at Vegeta, dodging and spinning around the small energy blasts. Lore struck Vegeta in the ribs before the saiyajin could block, sending him flying back.
Vegeta could feel that a few of his ribs were cracked. He realized that his opponent must have used the absorbed energy to increase his strength, so using more energy attacks was out of the question for the time being. No matter, he still doesn't stand a chance. It doesn't matter how much he was able to increase his strength, my speed and skill are still far superior to his. It's only a matter of time before I pound him into scrap.
Vegeta rushed Lore and continued his attack. He pounded Lore with several punches before the Jinzouningen could react. Finally, Lore was able to return the favor by landing a few blows that nearly cracked more of his opponents bones.
Vegeta once again slammed Lore into the ground. Lore got back up and jumped back, watching the saiyajin. Vegeta landed on the ground and stood there with a mocking grin, awaiting Lore's next attack.
Lore stood there staring back. The extent of the damage to his systems and injury to Lore's body was preventing him from being able to completely focus. Kuso! I have to end this now before my strength boost runs out and I'm at a complete disadvantage. Got to put everything I have into one last shot and hope I can knock him out.
Lore charged forward screaming in rage. Vegeta, who had finally tired of this, did the same. Both fighters put all of their strength into their separate attacks. When their fist collided, it created a shockwave that blew down nearby trees and sent both combatants flying back.
Vegeta stood up, holding his right arm. He could feel that it was broken in at least three places, his hand was in even worse condition. Swearing under his breath, Vegeta prepared himself for an oncoming attack but nothing happened. Looking at the Jinzouningen, Vegeta saw that his opponent seemed to be having problems of his own. He was clutching his left arm, obviously in pain.
Lore's arm felt like it was on fire and he was unable to shut down the pain receptors on that limb. Suddenly, Lore's computer gave him an emergency alert. Danger! Danger! Power Conduit in Left Forearm has Ruptured! Explosion Imminent! Lore screamed in pain as his arm exploded, causing a power surge that nearly shut him down. Lore dropped to one knee, holding what was left of his arm. He tried getting up but his body was too racked with pain. Looking up, he saw Vegeta begin to rise up into the air.
"I have won this battle." Vegeta said as he stopped in the air far above Lore. "It's time I sent you to hell to be with ton'ma creator of yours. Say goodbye, jinzouningyou!" Vegeta then flattened the palm of his good hand towards Lore. "BIG BANG ATTACK!"
Lore saw the attack coming but was unable to move, so he closed his eyes and waited for oblivion.
"MAKKANKOUSAPPOU!" A voice called out, followed by an explosion.
"Kakarotto! Namekian! Let go of me or you'll both regret it!" Vegeta roared in anger.
"Gomen, Vegeta, we can't do that until you clam down." A voice Lore didn't recognize.
"Forget that." Replied a gruff voice. There was the sound of a blow being struck to flesh and a grunt from Vegeta. Then all went silent.
Opening his eyes, Lore looked around. Standing in front of him was a young man with short dark hair, with group of people standing around him. In the air there was a man with wild dark hair holding an unconscious Vegeta. A green humanoid, that Lore thought he recognized, was floating in the air next to dark haired man.
"Vegeta is definitely not going to happy with you when he wakes up Piccolo." The dark haired man said lifting Vegeta up and setting him over his shoulder.
"Do you think I care what Vegeta thinks Goku?" Piccolo answered.
Shaking his head, the young man in front of Lore kneeled down. "Can you stand?"
"Yeah, I think so." Lore stood up but was a bit wobbly.
The young man put Lore's arm over his shoulders to help steady him. "I'm Gohan, everything is going to be okay. We'll get you back to Capsule Corp and get you fixed up."
"Arigato." Lore told Gohan.
"No problem," Gohan replied. "We can talk on the way."
The group flew back to Capsule Corp. Goku carrying Vegeta and Trunks assisting Gohan to carry Lore.
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Back at Capsule Corp, Vegeta was placed in a regeneration tank. Lore was placed on a table so Bulma could use her instruments to scan him and determine the extent of his damage. Juuroku-gou was assisting Bulma and everybody else was standing around the room, either watching or talking.
"I remember you now." Lore said to Juuroku-gou. "You were in one of the other capsules back in Gero's lab." The only response he got was a nod.
"Speaking of which," Bulma said as she typed some commands into a computer. "Why don't you tell us how you became a Jinzouningen and what you've been doing since then."
"Sure, why not." Lore half shrugged.
As Lore told the group his story, Bulma continued to use different tools to scan him. Lore told them of how he became a Jinzouningen, how he woke up and left Gero's lab and what he had been doing since then. He left out things that he felt were too trivial, unbelievable, or personal to tell. Lore nearly left out the part about fighting the alien bug, but Piccolo mentioned it so Lore told what had happened. After Lore had finished explaining where Trun had come from, Bulma typed something and a schematic of Lore appeared on the computer screen.
"There, that's finally finished." Bulma said spinning around in her chair. "Now that I know what's what, I can begin repairs." Bulma picked up some tools and first detached Lore's ruined arm and set it aside.
Just then, a beep sounded from the regeneration tank, signaling that Vegeta was finished healing. Bulma ran over and opened the tank before Vegeta managed to blast his way out. Stepping out, he saw Lore and growled in anger.
"What is that thing doing here!" Vegeta demanded.
Goku and Piccolo moved to place themselves between Lore and Vegeta, but Bulma beat them to it.
"Vegeta! I'm not going to let you try and destroy him again!" Bulma yelled in Vegeta's face, poking her husband in the chest to emphasize her words. "You tried to blow him away and he's not even an enemy! Now you just get out of here, I don't need you getting in my way while I'm working!"
Vegeta snorted and walked up the stairs, mumbling something under his breath. "Stupid woman, What does she think these Jinzouningyous are? Toys for her to collect?"
"As for the rest of you, give me some room so I can work." Bulma rushed everyone up the stairs. The only ones who remained were Juuhachi-gou, Juuroku-gou, and Trunks.
"Now Lore," Bulma said turning around. "Before I repair your mechanical parts, we should gets the human part of you healed up first." She guided Lore into the regeneration tank, then pulled out a small black box.
Low saw the box and knew what it was. "Now wait just a minute."
"Don't worry," Bulma assured him. "Everything will go much smoother this way. And it will be much faster for you. When you next wake up, you'll be better than ever."
Bulma smiled and pushed the button. Lore slumped down and Bulma closed the regeneration tank's hatch. She then went and sat down at her computer to look over Lore's schematics, Juuhachi-gou and Trunks were looking over Bulma's shoulder.
"Not much of the human part of him left is there?" Juuhachi-gou said looking over the schematics. "He's nearly all machine."
"True, but he's all the more stronger for it." Bulma replied.
"If he's so strong, the why didn't Gero use him?" Trunks asked
"It is as he explained," Juuroku-gou replied. "Gero was unable to erase his memories as he did to Juunana-gou and Juuhachi-gou. It made Juuni-gou unsuitable for Gero's purposes, so Gero sealed him within a stasis capsule until the mind wipe process could be perfected. It is my hypothesis that Gero felt that Juunana-gou's and Juuhachi-gou's strength was sufficient and it was unnecessary to bring Juuni-gou out of stasis. So Gero stored him away with other unsuitable Jinzouningen, such as myself."
"Don't talk that way." Bulma reprimanded him. "Just because you guys wouldn't follow orders doesn't make you unsuitable."
"Were there any others that may have been stored with you two?" Juuhachi-gou inquired.
"It is unknown," Juuroku-gou answered. "There were no others when I awoke and Juuni-gou did not mention any. If there ever were any others, it is possible that Gero dismantled or destroyed them."
"Hmmm... Interesting." Bulma interrupted.
"What's wrong?" Juuhachi-gou asked.
"Lore's level of sophistication is pretty far below yours and Juuroku-gou's." Bulma told her as she looked over the schematics. "Some of his systems are put together rather sloppy, seems like Gero was in a bit of a hurry. I'll have to fix that up when I'm doing repairs. Heck, there's systems in him that I don't even know what they're for. Still, I probably shouldn't mess with or remove them for that very reason. Hmmm... But that's thing has definitely got to go."
"What has got to go?" Trunks asked.
"The internal explosive." Bulma indicated the device on the schematic.
"Definitely," Juuhachi-gou agreed. "Well, we better let you get to work." She then took Trunks by the arm and headed for the stairway.
Bulma began to type, inputting different things into the computer. "First, need to build him a new arm. Then start system wide repairs and undo all the damage. Maybe I'll add a few things here and here so his systems run more smoothly, hmmm..."
Juuhachi-gou paused before going up the stairs and turned around with a smirk on her face. "Do me a favor Juuroku-gou. Make sure Bulma doesn't turn Lore into Inspector Gadget." Juuroku-gou nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I think he's had enough already" Trunks added trying not to laugh. "I don't think Lore wants to wake up with a bunch of new surprises"
Bulma just stuck her tongue out at the couple and went back to typing. Juuhachi-gou and Trunks laughed as they walked up the stairs to join the others, leaving Bulma to her work.
The End
Hey everybody, I hope you enjoyed the Lost Jinzouningen Saga. But I haven't stopped writing, so look forward to more fanfiction from me in the future. Until next time! ^_^
