Seeds of Destruction

Prologue

The Rogue Mercenary

For many years the Saiyans worked under the command of King Cold and every Saiyan in the Universe including King Vegeta bowed their heads to him, but not every Saiyan accepted to work under his dictatorship, there were those who seek their own destiny outside of Planet Vegeta and beyond the control of Cold, one of these Saiyans was a young mercenary named Turles, powerful enough to live beyond the dictatorship of King Cold and his army, one day, 3 years prior to the destruction of their planet, Turles was called to the Royal Chambers by King Vegeta itself.

— Introducing Turles! – Announced a small Saiyan.

Turles walked towards the King who was sitting in a throne in a room full of guards.

— Leave us! – Ordered the King.

Every Saiyan in the room left with the exception of Turles and King Vegeta.

— So, what do I owe the honor, my King? – Said Turles with a mischievous smile.

— Spare me of your humor. – Said King Vegeta – I wouldn't call you without a good reason.

— So you got a service for me? – Asked Turles – Must be important if you went after a mercenary instead of your loyal soldiers.

— Indeed… - King Vegeta said – Turles, you must be aware of our history and our battle against the Tuffles that led to the foundation of this Planet.

— I heard about it, why? – Said Turles.

— Because it appears that my ancestors didn't do a good job assuring that they were all dead – Said King Vegeta – And now they are coming back and using our weapons against us, you can guess where I'm going with this…

— You want me to kill the remaining Tuffles. – Said Turles – That's a tall request, King… you know my price.

— Yes, yes, I know, you only work for gold – Said King Vegeta – So here...

King Vegeta tossed a gold coin at Turles, who grabbed it in the air.

— You'll get a gold coin for each head your bring me. – Said King Vegeta – And Turles, if this conversation ever gets out of this room I'll put your head on a stake, no one can know about this, especially Cold…

— Only worry about your royal business or how to clean Cold's boots or something... – Said Turles – I know how to keep a secret, is that all?

— Yes – Said King Vegeta, containing his anger – You can leave now, and don't come back without a good reason.

Turles left the room with a confident smile, from that moment his hunt to the remaining tuffles began.

For the next 3 years Turles would hunt down every Tuffle in the Universe and kill them, wether be man, woman, elderly or even children, he was paid to kill every last one of them and that's what he would do, for each death a gold coin awaited him, most of them putted up a fight in the beginning but after news started to spread that a single Saiyan was hunting them, they started to hide, but it wasn't enough, it took years but he managed to find every last one of them, and after killing the final Tuffle in the Universe, he got back to his pod and flew towards Planet Vegeta, but in the same place as always, there was nothing, he double checked to see if he was in the right location, but right where Planet Vegeta was supposed to be there was just an empty void filled with space dust, he putted on the old scouter he received from King Vegeta to see if there was any information about it and there he received a message.

"To the remaining Saiyans across the universe, 2 hours ago a massive meteor impacted against Planet Vegeta, the planet has been completely destroyed and 97% of your race has been completely annihilated."

— A meteor? I thought this planet was ready to deal with this type of thing.

Before he had any more time to think about his situation, he received another message on his scouter.

"Lord Freeza is terribly sorry for your loss, the remaining Saiyans must to go to Planet 98 to receive aid from the Freeza forces and take your new orders."

— New orders? Now? The planet has just been destroyed and he wants to order us around…

Turles was still confused about the situation, he couldn't believe Planet Vegeta was destroyed by a meteor, but whatever happened, new orders just came in, and as a mercenary that meant a new business opportunity, after all, someone had to pay for his services, he was just about to go back to his pod when something got his attention, his scouter detected a weak presence, when he looked for the source, right on the middle of where Planet Vegeta once was he could see a small green seed, he tried to ignore it, but something about it caught his attention, of all things, what was a seed doing there? And why did his scouter detect it? Too curious to let it pass, Turles approached it and took a better look with his scouter.

— A seed? With a power level of 1007? What is the meaning of this? – He asked, analyzing the seed in his hand. - There must be something wrong with my scouter…

Turles was about to go away, but his scouter continued to detect that seed, its signature wasn't going to go away.

— This thing must be broken after all, well, I guess I'll get a new one when I meet up with Freeza.

Turles picked the seed, placed inside a small container and got in his pod to head towards the Planet for the orders, but when he approached it he realized that the planet was empty, confused, he landed his pod anyway and got out, once there he was greeted with two power levels waiting for him, he recognized one of them as Ginyu, an elite soldier from Freeza Forces, he didn't knew him very well, but he knew it wasn't someone to be messed with, and the other was just one of the many soldiers of Freeza's army that he recognized by its armor and the scouter on his face.

— So, I'm here, you got a job for me? – Asked Turles

— Turles! – Screamed Ginyu – You are late! – He said, doing an odd pose.

— The message didn't say anything about a time for this meeting.

— Yes it did! – Yelled Ginyu.

— N-No it didn't, sir… - Said the small creature next to Ginyu.

— Doesn't matter! – Screamed Ginyu, doing another pose – You received a direct order from Lord Freeza! You should answer it as soon as possible!

— Different from you, I'm not one of Freeza's lapdogs. – Said Turles, getting annoyed at Ginyu.

— Oh, so I take you're not willing to follow his orders? – Asked Ginyu, in a much more serious tone.

— I don't care about who is giving the orders as long as the payment is good. – Said Turles.

— You demand a payment? You should be satisfied with the honor of working under Lord Freeza's orders! – Said Ginyu.

— As if! If that lizard wants me to work for him then he better pay me! – Said Turles.

Ginyu and Turles stared at each other in silence, it was clear that they could attack each other at any second.

— C-Calm down now, we're not here to fight! – Said the small creature, trying to calm both men down.

— Then why am I here? – Asked Turles on an impatient tone.

— You are here because your race has been destroyed and Lord Freeza was kind enough to offer his services for you. – Said Ginyu.

— As I said, if he wants my services, he gotta pay. – Said Turles.

Once again, Turles and Ginyu stared at each other in silence.

— Turles, I expected us to be partners, I even considered letting you join the Ginyu Force, but clearly. – Ginyu paused for a second.

For some reason, Turles felt his body get a lot heavier, then he realized he was completely paralyzed, not being able to move a muscle.

— That's not an option… - Ginyu concluded.

— Ginyu! What did you do to me?! – Asked Turles.

— Oh, I didn't do anything, this is the work of my great companion, Guldo! Excellent work! – Screamed Ginyu.

— Hehehe, thank you, sir! – Said a small fat green creature behind Turles.

— Ginyu! What do you think you're doing? – Asked Turles, trying to free himself from Guldo's paralysis.

— As one of Lord Freeza's 'dogs' as you putted, I'm simply following his commands! And I was told to get rid of any savage creature who's not willing to follow him, and unfortunartely…

Ginyu started charging a big purple energy ball in the palm of his hand.

— Ginyu! – Yelled Turles, still immobilized by Guldo.

— You fit that description! – Said Ginyu before launching his attack against Turles, his attacked hit on the middle of his chest, leaving a massive hole on his armor.

Guldo deactivated his technique and Turles's body fell on the ground, he wasn't dead, but it was clear that it was just a matter of time.

— Good work, Guldo! I'm proud to have you in my team! – Said Ginyu.

— Thank you very much, sir! – Said Guldo.

— We must perform the victory dance once we get back!

— Is… is that really necessary? – Asked Guldo.

— Of course! – Exclaimed Ginyu.

— S-Sir! What about him? – Asked the soldier besides Ginyu.

— Huh? Just leave him there, he's going to die sooner or later anyway, oh, and before I forget.

Ginyu launched another attack against Turles's pod, exploding it to pieces, with the explosion, the seed inside the pod fell on the ground and buried itself on the floor.

— If anyone asks, Turles died on an accident with his pod.

— U-Understood! – Said the man.

Ginyu and Guldo started heading to his ship and leave the planet, but when the soldier tried to follow them, his body was immobilized by Guldo.

— I hope you understand that there can't be any witnesses to what just happened, so I must leave you in this planet. – Said Ginyu.

— W-What?! – Asked the man.

— I won't kill you out of respect for your years of service for Lord Freeza, but I can't allow you to come with us either, farewell! – Said Ginyu, as he and Guldo flied away with the ship.

When their ship was far away, Guldo's technique turned itself off and the man was free from his control.

— Damnit! That bastard Ginyu! – The man yelled in anger.

The seed that was buried on the ground quickly started growing into a tree, its massive roots expanded across the planet so fast that it was like an earthquake was in course.

— W-w-w-what is happening?

In seconds, a giant full grown tree was born, almost as big as the planet it was on, draining the resources of it to keep itself alive.

— What the hell is this thing? – Asked the soldier, in fear.

From one of its many branches, a fruit grown up and fell besides Turles' head, the soldier grabbed the fruit.

— Is this some sort of fruit? I never saw anything like it...

After taking a look at the fruit he got curious and took a small bite from it, when he swallowed, he could feel the power inside his body growing, multiplying, he never felt so strong in all his life.

— This… this is amazing! I bet not even Ginyu could touch me with this power! - The soldier looked down at Turles' body - But… I'd rather not face him and that his entire team on my own.

The minion looked at Turles' body on the floor, he was barely alive, but if he eat the fruit his forces would definitely go back to him, with his help there wasn't any doubt that he could have his revenge on Ginyu, maybe not even Freeza could touch him!

The man took a piece from the fruit and placed it in Turles' mouth.

— Come on, eat this up, you'll feel a lot better when you do. – He said.

Turles did as he said, he chew the fruit and swallowed and he could feel his power coming back to him, not only that, but increasing.

— Ah… what happened? – Asked Turles.

— Ginyu attacked you and left both of us to die in this rock.

— I know that, but how am I not dead? – Asked Turles, laying down on the floor looking at the wound on his chest.

— Oh, this giant tree over here suddenly grew out of the floor and this fruit fell out of it, I gave it a piece of it to you and you're back, it must have really powerful healing properties. - Said the soldier.

Turles looked at the tree and the fruit on the man's hand, that thing saved his life, but where did it come from? That giant tree definitely wasn't there when Ginyu attacked him, and now it's big enough to cover the sunlight.

— This fruit is amazing! I only took a bite of it and I could feel a power that I never felt before! Hehe, that Ginyu will never see me coming! – Said the soldier, thinking of his revenge.

Turles took the fruit from the man's head and ate the rest of it, it was true, not only his strength was completely restored, but it was greater than before.

— This fruit, is there more of it? – Asked Turles.

— Maybe, but that's the only one I found.

— Only one… - Reflected Turles.

— Eh… clearly you need a rest after what happened, so wait here, I'll go look for more, okay?

— I'm fine. – Said Turles, getting up from the floor – I'll look up with you.

— Well… in this case, let's go then, I'll lead the way.

The minion looked around the tree for more fruits, he found a couple but none of them were as effective as the first one.

— Hmm, maybe these are rotten? I don't feel any different after eating these…

— Or maybe they haven't matured yet… - Turles said.

— Could be, but we don't have time to wait for these things to mature.

— Why not? From where I'm standing time is all we have in this place. - Turles replied.

— Hehe, that's where you're wrong, Ginyu might have abandoned us here but I already called for backup with my scouter, it might take some time but I'm definitely getting out of here.

— Seems like you thought about everything. – Said Turles, looking at one of the fruits.

— What about you? Will you come with me? I'm thinking about looking for more of these and give myself a good rank on Freeza's army, with enough of those we could easily get rid of Ginyu and live an easy life.

Turles also planned to get more fruits, but with a different goal in mind, he didn't care about Ginyu of Freeza, all he really wanted was money and this fruits could be a very handy source of income, with enough of them no one in the universe could lay a finger on him, but for that he would need more of these fruits, whatever they were, but where did the seed come from? Perhaps a science project from Freeza's army? The only thing that came to his mind was the seed he got at Planet Vegeta. Whatever the case was, he had to find more of it.

— Before that, do you know where my pod is? – Asked Turles.

— Oh, I'm sorry but Ginyu destroyed it right before this tree started growing.

— I see… - Said Turles.

That confirmed his suspicions, somehow, the seed he got from Planet Vegeta's remains got on the floor and became this tree, now it was time to put his plans into action, he needed to find more seeds and plant them… alone.

— You there. – Said Turles.

— My name is…

— I don't care, just give me your armor. – Demanded Turles.

— M-My armor? Why? – The minion asked.

— As you can see, thanks to Ginyu, there's a hole on mine, so I need a new one.

— But… it wouldn't fit you, you're way bigger than me.

— Don't play dumb, I know these things expand, it will fit me just fine.

— A-Alright…

The minion took his armor off and gave it to Turles, as he predicted, it fitted him perfectly.

— Ah, thanks, that's a lot better. – Turles said.

— Okay, can we focus on the fruits now? – The minion said, turning his back against Turles to analyze the tree.

That was the moment he was waiting for, when the soldier turned his back on him, Turles quickly approached him from behind and got him on a rear naked choke.

— T-Turles? What are you doing? – Asked the man, trying to breath.

— You are right about one thing, with these fruits we could beat even Freeza together, but I don't care about any of that, all I know is that this thing will make my job a lot easier, and I'd rather not share it with anyone.

— Y-You bastard!

Turles tightened the choke and felt his neck breaking between his arms, only then he let the body go and fall lifeless on the floor.

— With that out of the way I just need to figure out a way to get the hell out of here.

The answer to his problems came from the heavens, a small ship crewed by two soldiers landed on the planet.

— We got an emergency backup request, was that from you? – Asked the first soldier.

— Yeah, me and my... partner were attacked some time ago, unfortunately he got killed… - Said Turles.

— Oh… and how did that happen? – Asked the second soldier.

— I broke his neck. – Turles answered, with a grin in his face.

Before the man could react, Turles grabbed him by the neck and lifted his body from the ground, the man desperately tried to get rid of his grip, but the saiyan's fingers only got tighter around his neck.

Surprised by his sudden attack, the second soldier proceeded to pull his own gun and point at Turles.

— Hehe, don't think that just because you're some hotshot you'll survive this, these guns are just as powerful as Lord Freeza's energy blasts! – Said the second soldier.

— Just as powerful as Freeza? I guess that's a good way to test my power, go ahead, shoot me. – Said Turles.

— S-Shoot you? Are you crazy?

— Crazy? No, just curious, so go ahead, shoot me, but have in mind that if you don't kill me…

Turles tightened his grip even more around the soldier's neck, his eyes started rolling on his head and his face got red before turning purple, and after a few seconds, they could hear a snap. Turles grinned and let go of the soldier's corpse on the floor.

— I'll kill you... – Said Turles in a menacing tone. – So you better not miss!

The second soldier got tears in his eyes, he tried to aim at Turles but his hands couldn't stop trembling, Turles started laughing and approaching him, the soldier's knees got weaker, at each step Turles made, he felt like he was closer to death.

Now face to face with him, Turles grabbed his hand and putted the tip of the soldier's pistol against his forehead.

— W-W-What are you doing? – The soldier managed to ask.

— Seems like you had some trouble with your aim, but there's no way you'll miss like this. – Turles said – So by all means, pull the trigger...

Following his order, the soldier pulled the trigger and shot Turles' head at point blank, a curtain of smoke raised from the shot, covering their bodies, when the smoke went down, Turles was smiling, his head was bleeding from the shot, but he was still alive.

— Oh… oh no... – Said the soldier.

— Congratulations – Said Turles.

— H-How is this possible?! – Said the second soldier in shock.

— My turn! – Said Turles.

Turles grabbed the soldier's arm and landed his knee on his guts, leaving him gasping for air, the soldier fell on the ground trying to recover, but Turles lifted his body by the neck and started charging an energy ball against his chest.

— I-I-I give up! – Said the soldier, trying to avoid his death.

Turles laughed at his words.

— You give up? – Said Turles with a grin in his face.

— Y-Y-Yes! Here, take my gun, just don't kill me! – He pleaded, offering his weapon to Turles.

— Well, thank you for your offer. – Said Turles, taking the gun from the soldier's hand – but I have to deny it.

Turles pointed the gun point blank at the soldier's head and pulled the trigger, putting a hole in his brain.

Now he stood as the only living creature on the entire planet, even the tree itself gave signs that it was about to die, Turles got inside the ship the soldiers came in and got out of the planet.

Now on outer space, to simply test the limits of his power, Turles released multiple energy balls against the planet, and to his satisfaction, it blew up with the impact, but then he saw something he wasn't expecting, amongst the space dust from the left overs of the planet there was a seed, identical to the one he saw on the remains of Planet Vegeta, now he understood where it came from, when a planet is destroyed, the seed will come from its remains, waiting for someone to plant it, if he wanted more seeds he had to destroy more planets, now with had a goal in mind, Turles took the seed and parted away.