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| Ledas Hareki | |
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| 晴氣•リイダス, Hareki Rīdasu | |
| Detailed Information: | |
| Appearances: | Dragon Ball: The Great War (cameo)
Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten (First appearance) How To Act Like a Professional Mercenary The History of the Decline and Fall of the Planet Trade Organization Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon The One with Several No Good Rotten Space Vermin Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon The Great Sushi-Eating Contest Dragon Ball Z: In Requiem (cameo) |
| Nicknames: | Monkey, Ape, Kid, Leeds |
| Species: | Saiyan |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthplace: | The Royal City, Planet Vegeta |
| Birthdate: | June 7, Age 733 |
| Birth Power Level: | 417 |
| Maximum Power Level: | B- Tier |
| Personal Pronouns: | 僕, 私, 俺, 麿 |
| Height: | 4'5" |
| Weight: | 77 lbs |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Grey |
| Rank: | Super Elite (Age 733 - Age 737) Soldier in Frieza's Empire (Age 737) Soldier in Cooler's Empire (Age 739 - Age 745) Student at West City Middle School (Age 774) Member of the Starchasers (Age 776 - present) |
| Organizations: | Frieza's Empire (Age 733 - Age 737) Cooler's Empire (specifically The Plantains) (Age 739 - Age 745) Starchasers (Age 776 - present) |
| Favorite Food: | Kiwis, shumai |
| Favorite Vehicle: | Model-14 Gravity Training Unit |
| Hobbies: | Training, spending time with friends, traveling |
| Family: | Lascon (grandfather) Layeeck (father) Cyleria (mother) Ryori (husband) Yuki (mate) Chari (daughter) Olivien (son) Nir (son) Lauto (ki brother) The Benefactor (ki brother) Mrs. Fanshi (caretaker) Vegeta (best friend) Chaiva (FWB) Cuber (fusee) Beelzebub (comrade) Okinaro (comrade) Linessi (comrade) Naemi (comrade) Vizzer (comrade) Theodosius (comrade) |
| Voice Actor: | Destructivedisk |
Ledas (晴氣•リイダス, Hareki Rīdasu) is a Saiyan and the protagonist in Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten. He is featured in all six sagas and is introduced in the chapter "Lest I Forget..."
Ledas is featured in Ledas: A Saiyan's Story, a collection of stories ranging from novels and novellas to short stories and one-shots. Ledas is also a playable character in Dragon Ball: Raging Blast DLC.
Ledas is KidVegeta's primary roleplay character.
Overview[]
Appearance[]
Ledas is a Saiyan. In the first saga, he is only four years old. Understandably, he is very short. He is about half a head shorter than Prince Vegeta, who is five, himself. Ledas' hair is tall (though not as much as Vegeta's), spiky and wild. It curves over, in two points, over his right ear. In the back, it also goes down, partially, to the base of his neck, and he has several strands sticking out, sideways, down there. Ledas is also decently skinny. His muscles and physique are still developing at this time, which helps explain his rapid power level growth. He has large, round eyes, which are a dark grey color, almost black, like his father's are. A notable feature of Ledas is his lack of using the customary Saiyan tail belt; instead he lets his tail hang free-form at nearly all times.
By the time Ledas is 12 years old, he looks only slightly different than he did as a younger Saiyan. His eyes are sharper, and his cheeks are thinner. As well, his bangs are less pronounced. Aside from that, he looks generally the same as he does in the first saga. Being only 4'5", he is quite short for his age. Ledas is also ambidextrous. He fires his attacks with either hand, not favoring his right or left, and in the Planet Earth Saga in school, Ledas writes with both hands.
In the Prince Vegeta Saga, Ledas wears the the standard armor of the Planet Trade Organization, with the skirt and crotch guard. The color of his armor is black with red shoulder pads. His under-clothes consist of a simple short-sleeved black jumpsuit. He wears white on black/red/grey fingerless gloves and white boots. His scouter is cyan. While training, Ledas never wears his full armor. Instead, he wears only his black training shorts and his gloves (occasionally his scouter too) during those sessions.
Ledas also possesses a ceremonial armor set, which is rarely used. It consists of a black/gold/silver lined under-suit with a gold and red rigid-set armor piece, including the side guards and crotch guard. This set includes black boots and gold and red wrist and ankle supports. Because this armor is non-stretch, it is a bit big on Ledas when he wears it. Of course, he is obligated to wear his scouter with this.
Starting in the Lauto Saga, Ledas is refitted with Cooler-standard armor (which does not carry a should pauldron over the right side). This armor set includes the chest piece and thigh guards; the colors are black with a green shoulder. During the saga, Ledas stops wearing a scouter due to learning how to sense ki. He also is given the left wrist guard of Guva late in the next saga and wears it at all times thereafter. The wrist guard is purple and ornate; it had a spike on the lower side that could be used to slam into people. However, Ledas still wears fingerless gloves with this armor set.
Upon arriving on Earth, Ledas abandons all of his armor. He is given normal Earth clothing from Mrs. Fanshi , which usually consists of a dark maroon hoodie and jeans. He wears a plain white undershirt and socks underneath. Other times, he wears black shorts, a white shirt, and a brown hoodie. At least on one occasion, Ledas is seen wearing a black hoodie and white shorts as well. Ledas usually wears socks constantly, because his toes often get cold (and wet). He wears these clothes for the rest of the series, and when fighting, Ledas only puts on his fingerless gloves and Guva's wrist guard, never going back to his full, old armor.
Auras[]
Ledas' primary aura is cyan. While he is charging up, the aura will get rather large, around twice as tall as his body, and will completely engulf Ledas. Additionally, flecks of white will intermingle with the cyan color of his aura while the boy is charging up energy. When he is not charging up energy, however, Ledas' aura looks like short, wild flames leaping off his body, and it is uniformly cyan. Plasma sparks can be see in this aura after Ledas unlocks his Super Saiyan 2 form. Of note is that Ledas usually keeps this aura even when in Super Saiyan forms, except when mentioned below.
Another aura that Ledas uses is a black one. This aura is not a conscious aura of his; it is only visible when he's near The Benefactor (after accidentally absorbing some of the alien's energy). While he is near The Benefactor, the energy that Ledas had absorbed wants to return to The Benefactor, and as such, it forces Ledas' energy colors to turn black, which is the color of The Benefactor's aura. While charging up, this aura looks like a collection of needles poking up in all directions. It is completely black except for a grey/white area just around Ledas' visage, allowing him to be viewed while charging up. When not charging up this aura, Ledas' body is covered in a shallow coat of black energy that moves about his body constantly like flowing water.
A third aura that Ledas uses is seen only in his Super Saiyan 3 form (which he reaches many years after the end of Dragon Ball Z in Other World). This aura is gold with flecks of white while he is charging it up, and it looks like a standard aura in that it covers his entire body and juts out from all sides with thin spikes of energy. When he is not charging up, the aura around his body is a lighter shade of yellow and hangs around his body like a mixture between a cloud and rain. This aura always has plasma sparks in it.
Personality[]
Ledas' personality when he is 4 years old is light, innocent, and carefree; when pressed, he can be quite brutal and unmerciful. From the time he is able to fly, Ledas is trained to fight and kill without mercy. He does not hold any value to life, except to those whom he is friends with. Unlike Prince Vegeta, Ledas can be very childish even in this; notably, he views his missions to clear planets and kill billions of aliens as just a game. Ledas also sees Vegeta as an older brother and role model. Ledas feeds off of Vegeta's arrogance and can be somewhat arrogant himself, especially about his rank as Super Elite. He is humbled more than a few times because of this, and his arrogance slowly gives way to more of a quiet confidence in himself. Ledas holds a grudge against his father for cutting off his tail, and he becomes distant and combative towards Layeeck for much of the first saga because of it. Additionally, Ledas does not like to show off. This comes from his father's own request for Ledas to conceal his power. Ledas has a hard time demonstrating his power for others afterward, as he finds it both awkward and humiliating, even when he should feel perfectly confident with his own powers.
Ledas' personality evolves when he arrives on Guva's outpost. Mentally, he is broken and becomes utterly withdrawn after he learns of the fate of his race. Having no friends and with practically everyone trying to kill him, Ledas is forced to become much stronger than he thought possible; this causes an incredible physical and mental strain on his body, almost beyond what he can handle. He uses Vegeta as a role model still and often asks himself what Vegeta would do in similar situations. This motivates Ledas quite a bit. In general, Ledas matures quite a bit during his time on Planet Cooler 92, especially since the inhabitants of the outpost do not treat him as someone who is special.
Also, during his stay with Guva's men, Ledas' begins to appreciate life more. He is disturbed by the poor treatment of the Planet's native species. He notes how they are little more than slaves, just like he is. When Ledas acquires some Saibamen, he becomes overjoyed and names them. Thereafter, he treats them like his pets and they treat him as their master. They are the only friends that Ledas has until he gets to Earth, and they help alleviate some of his anxiety and loneliness.
Ledas sees Payar kill a few natives and finally loses his patience. Ledas then ascends to Super Saiyan because he is fed up with people being abused by the Planet Trade Organization, including himself and the natives. This is a striking evolution of character, as only a few dozen chapters before, a much younger Ledas was having fun decimating entire populations of aliens in the name of the Planet Trade Organization.
Upon reaching Earth, Ledas' personality becomes slightly more carefree again, as he is no longer under authoritarian rule. Ledas is too embarrassed to confront Vegeta at this time, as he sensed that Vegeta was much stronger than him. This was just another, final example that Ledas' mental state stayed just as young as his body did, in The Forgotten. On Earth, he kills several humans, though mostly because they are threats to him. Otherwise, he tends not to kill just for fun. He longs for attachment with other humans, as witnessed by him trying to make friends with several humans, including Ryori, Yajirobe, and Korin.
Ledas suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after the Stomping Grounds Saga, as evidenced by his waking hallucinations of his father and The Benefactor. While The Benefactor's visions may have been a result of Ledas absorbing energy from the alien, they were certainly exacerbated by his shell-shocked mental state. He sometimes has angry outbursts thereafter because the visions he is seeing are affecting his daily life and his ability to focus.
Ledas will attempt to kill those who are his enemies. He does not have any mercy in him. He prefers to let his fists speak for him, and detests those who just endlessly taunt and blabber on about themselves. While he does hurl insults at his enemies, they are not very frequent, and usually only come after Ledas has landed a critical blow. When Ledas is truly in fury, he will speak slowly and quietly instead of screaming. When he screams and whatnot, he is usually scared or in pain.
Ledas is a homoromantic bisexual. His attraction to males is overwhelming, while he has a light attraction to females every now and then. He's a bottom with both sexes. His attraction ratio is 90% to males and 10% to females. Ledas is primarily attracted to Saiyans, or beings who look very similar (such as humans). How swiftly he joined into a mated pair with a male human (Ryori) exhibits his homosexual leanings even if he doesn't like to talk about it. He could not have married a woman, as he wouldn't have been able to satisfy her. He has also shown a high level of attraction to members of Frieza's race, primarily seen in his relationship with Yuki. He was unaware of his attraction to females until coming to Earth in Age 774, as he did not come across many of them during his time in the Planet Trade Organization.
Because he was subjected to an unusually spicy diet while living on Planet Cooler 92, Ledas developed a preference for a hefty amount of spice in nearly everything he eats. He's a happy drunk. When he's inebriated, he will tell everyone around how much he loves them. Ledas enjoys adventure, and he can never sit still for very long. He likes to visit other planets, even after arriving on Earth. While he wants to be as strong as Vegeta, Ledas has no desire to become the strongest person in history; he just wants to be on par with his friend. Saiyan culture has dictated to Ledas how a Saiyan should act, and as such, he tries not to run from fights and remain courageous in battle; he is usually able to do this, but sometimes, if he is losing very badly, he will abandon his morals to save his life.
Ledas does not consider himself a hero or a good person, and he is fine with that. He does not take well to slights against his family's honor or reputation, either. He does not stand for being called a coward. Ledas believes firmly that a Saiyan's identity resides in their tail. He is shocked and angered when he learns that numerous Z Fighters who are Saiyans had their tails cut off and are proud of it.
In the West City Saga, after Jia becomes Ledas and Ryori's caretaker, Ryori tells the Saiyan that he doesn't trust her at first, since she has been sent by Cardinal. Ledas assuages his fears somewhat by reminding him no human can touch him while Ledas protects him. The boys work together to scam Ledas through a seventh-grade education, Ryori taking the lead to teach the Saiyan how to write many common kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Before bed, Ryori asks Ledas how he deals with having killed people, as he is haunted by killing Supreme General Silver. Ledas reminds him that he had been forced to kill Silver, as the man had tried to kill him, and thus he has nothing to be ashamed of. Ledas says he's proud of Ryori for showing strength in that moment and promises he'll stay on Earth permanently, a major reason for that being his friendship with Ryori. This makes Ryori feel a lot better.
During the early days of the boys' class, Ryori tries to keep Ledas' identity a secret, pretending he's his cousin from the countryside. He and Ledas make friends with the other seventh-graders by the end of the first day. That night, Ledas leaves before bedtime, which triggers Ryori's abandonment anxiety. Ledas promises he's just going to train with Vegeta and will be back in the morning, promising that whenever he's away, Carawa will protect Ryori in case Cardinal tries anything. This once again eases Ryori's mind.
Later, under the instructions of Vegeta, Ledas tries to stay in Super Saiyan 2 at all times to improve his stamina in the form. This causes him to sleepwalk throughout his house, a disorder he had even on his homeworld and Planet Cooler 92, though to a much more infrequent degree.
Ryori doesn't like Ledas' plan to complete the rest of the class while in Super Saiyan 2, but he cannot convince Ledas otherwise so drops the issue. Jia is concerned that Ledas' hair will be misconstrued as dyed, but since it isn't, Ryori knows he's in no danger, bringing up a case of a girl who had sued her school for forcing her to dye her naturally brown hair black. After Ms. Kairyupin takes Ledas out of class to use a Capsule Corp. device to test if he'd dyed his hair, Ledas has harsh words for her, saying nobody has a right to tell him how he keeps his hair. Even if he had dyed it, his teachers would be in the wrong for trying to force him to look a certain way. He loses all respect for Kairyupin from that, especially after she tries to defend her actions. When the seventh-graders discover Ledas has a tail at lunch, he and Ryori convince them that the boy is just an animorphaline user.
Ledas takes part in the scheme to steal the ecology test answer key, showing he's not above using dirty tactics to pass the class. Ryori isn't happy with Ledas fighting Master Kamome, but after Ledas annihilates him, he's really impressed, perhaps marking the beginning of him falling for the other boy. Ledas doesn't notice this.
He lets Chiwan and Ryori organize their side of the plan while offering his Saibamen to aid Chiaki and Hachi. After Ryori, Chiwan, and Ledas break into Ms. Kairyupin's apartment, Ledas is forced to fly the other kids out of Kairyupin's apartment so they can escape before their teacher notices they're in there. Afterward, Chiwan hugs Ledas and thanks him for the amazing experience. Ledas doesn't know what a hug is, thinking it's an invitation to spar, which forces Ryori to explain to him what's going on.
The next day, Ryori shows the seventh-graders footage of Tien's battle against Jackie Chun in the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament, explaining that not only is he a WMAT superfan, but he's still trying to convince the others that Ledas isn't an alien, just a skilled martial artist.
Soon after, Ledas and Ryori begin their swordfighting competition, which marks the utmost beginning of their relationship (which is not official at this point). Ryori is annoyed at Ledas for not going to the Guac with him and the others, thinking the boy had abandoned him. After Ledas explains that he had been off-world with Bulma researching PTO rejuvenation tank technology, his mood improves. He's ecstatic when Ledas promises to take him on a ride on his gravity training unit now that Bulma has installed an AI to pilot it. During this scene, Ledas reveals he doesn't know what kissing is after seeing a couple do so on television, leading Ryori and Jia to educate him (while in disbelief).
Ledas and Ryori begin flying to school instead of having Jia drive them since they continue to get ready for school later and later, barely leaving them any time to get there. Ryori doesn't like that Ledas flies so fast and is often scared by how recklessly the Saiyan flies through the city.
When the seventh-graders take a trip on Ledas' gravity training unit, Ledas tells them he's an alien (against Ryori's protests) since they already know he has a spaceship. Chiwan says Earth can be his new home and he's welcome to stay as long as he wants. While Hachi finds her speech cheesy, Ledas appreciates Chiwan's warm nature.
On June 7th, after learning that day was Ledas' birthday, Ryori is surprised and disappointed the Saiyan doesn't want to celebrate it to any extent, thinking he had been messed up badly by the PTO. Ledas is super embarrassed by the automated message the Plantains put in his space pod, showing signs of PTSD during the message loop.
Ledas makes a spectacle of himself in class that day as Ms. Mahobi lectures on the Saiyan invasion of Earth in Age 762, mentioning Nappa and Vegeta by name and speculating on their power levels. He earns a detention from Mahobi but doesn't care, losing respect for her, however. At lunch, Ryori gets between Tabashi and Ledas, preventing a fight (Tabashi's father had been killed by Nappa, so he hated Saiyans), reminding Tabashi he has no chance against Ledas. Later, Ryori tells Ledas that they will get Mahobi back for giving Ledas detention, which touches Ledas deeply. The bond between them strengthens considerably from then on.
Ryori helps Ledas cheat on almost all of his in-class assignments, writing answers for him to copy before erasing them and writing down his own. Ryori believes Mr. Satan defeated both Cell and Buu, which exasperates Ledas.
When Ledas and Ryori are attacked by Dr. Usuba's Kiseibachi, Ryori is badly injured. After defeating them, Ledas gives Ryori his last senzu bean, saving his life. Realizing this, Ryori shows immense gratitude to the Saiyan, especially since Ledas is significantly wounded at the time as well. The two begin dating in the aftermath, sharing their first kiss on top of the Royal Tottenham Bottling Company skyscraper. They get rid of their beds, replacing them with a single king-sized one so that they can enjoy greater intimacy.
While helping Jia craft his English essay on the Saiyan invasion of Age 762, Ledas asks her to note that King Furry failed to lead his planet in defense, relying on luck to survive. While Jia doesn't like Ledas wanting to add this in, the boy is adamant that he will not budge on the issue, regardless of whether or not it gives him a worse grade.
In chapter 10 of the WCS, Ledas shows no mercy to Dr. Usuba after his Kiseibachi kill Ses and Ame, destroying the New Red Ribbon Army skyscraper and likely killing several pedestrians in the explosion. He accidentally left out a piece of paper in the master bedroom of his house that says "no-underwear-allowed area", which reveals to Tabashi and Chiaki that he and Ryori are dating. Ryori is embarrassed, though he later tells Ledas in private that they would've found out eventually, so it didn't matter too much. Ryori is happy that Ledas enjoys spending time with his friends even after two of his Saibamen were killed earlier in the chapter, saying that their presence was helpful for his mental health.
After Tabashi and Ledas participate in a Spice Off challenge, the two gain respect for one another, ending their quarrel. Ledas refuses to drink milk throughout, as he hates the liquid, putting him in much worse shape than Tabashi, as well as Chiaki (who also participates).
During Ledas' parent-teacher conference with Jia and Ms. Mahobi he says he has no respect for teachers who give students detentions, as while legal, they have no moral right to keep kids after class for any reason. It's not their time, and they aren't the kids' parents. Ms. Mahobi, as one would expect, doesn't like that at all. Azashi gets offended when Ledas says he doesn't like seafood, thinking the Saiyan is an idiot for being unable to appreciate the taste of shrimp.
When Ledas, Ryori, Jia, and Chiaki visit the West City Zoo, Ledas sneaks into the tiger cage to pet one, which causes many spectators to freak out. He doesn't care, of course. Ledas has a supreme indifference to people seeing him pig out on food as well, making a scene many times throughout the West City Saga. Ryori and Ledas have no respect for humans who just sit there and watch commercials.
When Ledas sees Vegeta go Super Saiyan 3, he realizes how far behind him and Kakarot he is, striving to increase his training intensity by a lot. This puts a tangible goal in his mind to achieve, which leads Ledas to increase his power level more rapidly from then on. Ippi thinks Ledas is strange for not craving internet fame (related to his abilities to fly and eat tons of food in a single sitting).
In chapter 12.5 of the West City Saga, when Ledas and Ryori visit the ruined PTO outpost on Planet Cooler 92, Ledas shows Ryori where he had grown up. They share some passionate moments before Ledas finds Ryori a set of PTO armor in the armory, which he thinks looks rather erotic on his boyfriend. He admits life is a lot better with Ryori in it, thinking he couldn't have gotten through the past year without him.
During the bonus chapter of the West City Saga, Ledas is disappointed with Beelzebub for killing Farfel instead of taking him alive, as the bounty was halved by doing so. Beelzebub is surprised Ledas is so greedy, while Ledas thinks it's more about the fact they hadn't completed their mission as well as they could have.
By the time of Monkeyboy's First Vacation, Ledas has become a lot more affectionate and romantic in his relationship with Ryori. He does not like that they have to hide being together, constantly urging Ryori to come out to his brother. As their relationship matures, Ledas feels much more comfortable in his identity. He is certain as of this story that he wants to spend the rest of his life with Ryori.
Personal Pronouns[]
This section is only relevant to the Japanese translation of The Forgotten. In it, Ledas primarily uses four personal pronouns to describe himself, and each one shows off aspects of his personality. They are as follows:
- 僕 - Boku is Ledas' primary personal pronoun. He uses when he is in the presence of friends, such as Vegeta, Ryori, and Yajirobe primarily. He uses this pronoun in every saga of The Forgotten.
- 私 - Ledas uses watakushi infrequently. As it is a very polite way to refer to oneself, he primarily uses it when in the presence of people who are superior to him in status, such as Frieza, King Vegeta, Guva, and Korin. Ledas uses this pronoun with Banas for the first few chapters they are together, but he quickly drops it for a less formal pronoun after he is integrated into The Plantains. Outside of addressing his superiors, Ledas also used this to refer to himself when he first met Vegeta. Like with his interactions with Banas, Ledas eventually stops using this personal pronoun in the presence of Vegeta, once the two of them start building a friendship.
- 俺 - Ledas rarely uses ore, although this is the most common personal pronoun used by male Saiyans. He only started using it after he became friends with Prince Vegeta, and after he was separated from the prince in the second saga of TF, he stopped using this personal pronoun except in circumstances where he tried to make himself look extra tough. After reuniting with Vegeta, Ledas did not return to using this personal pronoun.
- 俺 - Ledas starts using maro after hearing The Benefactor use this personal pronoun. Although it is an archaic personal pronoun, he still uses it somewhat frequently, using it as a personal pronoun in the presence of his closest friends and family, such as Ryori, Yuki, Chari, Olivien, and Vegeta.
Relationships[]
- Main article: Ledas' List
History[]
Dragon Ball: The Great War[]
Near the end of the last chapter of this story, during a montage scene, Cyleria and Layeeck were shown holding their newborn baby boy, Ledas.
Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten[]
Prince Vegeta Saga[]
Ledas was born into the Saiyan Super Elite in Age 733, making him 4 years old at the time of Planet Vegeta's destruction. His father was the Saiyan Layeeck, a trusted soldier and friend to King Vegeta. Ledas, due to his father's position and his own raw power, was given the chance to train with the Saiyan prince, Vegeta. At first, Vegeta did not want to train with someone so weak. But, through time, Vegeta grew more accepting of Ledas and by the end of Prince Vegeta Saga, the two were good friends. Eventually the two children started going on missions for Frieza, and they gained his favor because they were so powerful and good at clearing planets for him. It was during this time that they were introduced to one of Frieza's soldiers, The Benefactor.
On their last mission together, Ledas and Vegeta were split apart because Ledas' space pod malfunctioned. He was forced to stay on Planet Vegeta to get it repaired as Vegeta went to the planet they were supposed to clear for Frieza. During Ledas' wait, the Genocide of the Saiyans began. By the time his pod had been fixed, Frieza was preparing to destroy the planet. When Ledas took off, Frieza launched his planet-destroying attack at the Saiyan homeworld. The shock wave that followed the planet's explosion knocked Ledas unconscious and sent him off course. Of course, Prince Vegeta feared that his friend had died with the rest of the Saiyans because of this. Frieza had not realized he had almost killed Ledas when he destroyed the planet, as he had assumed the boy was off-planet on his mission. Frieza had been preparing to let them both live, since the two had impressed him so much. Even with Ledas' assumed death, Frieza allowed Vegeta to stay alive and gave him a position on his ship.
How To Act Like a Professional Mercenary[]
In the second scene of this story, Kuriza visited the kitchen on his father's ship. There, he found Vegeta and Ledas. He was appalled to see his space crab ice cream on the floor, the carton empty. Almost everything else in the refrigerator had been eaten, the remnants discarded onto the floor. The janitor would have to clean that up. After Kuriza accused the Saiyans of eating his ice cream, Vegeta informed him that the Ginyu Force had actually done that. The Ginyu Force was, at present, meeting with Frieza, so Kuriza couldn't yell at them. Ledas complained about the lack of food.
Feeling embarrassed for yelling at them, Kuriza told the Saiyans that he would be retiring to his quarters. He ordered them to leave the ship and go conquer more planets for his father's empire. Vegeta gave him a look, but the Saiyans departed nonetheless. In the fourth scene, after Kuriza confronted the Ginyu Force for stealing his space crab ice cream, they told him that they hadn't and that they thought the flavor was foul. He realized in that moment that Vegeta and Ledas had actually stolen it, and his rage bloomed to the point of almost making him faint.
Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten[]
Lauto Saga[]
Ledas was separated from Vegeta after their planet's destruction, and his path instead led away from te prince's. Ledas eventually crash-landed on Planet Cooler 92, which was a military outpost owned by Frieza's brother, Cooler. For many years, Ledas was slave on the planet, living under the command of Governor Guva. His power level rose drastically during this time, from the many physical strains and powerful opponents Ledas faced. Ledas also learned how to sense ki while staying on the planet.
Importantly, he was involved in several missions against Planet Trade Organization rebels. During those operations, Ledas came into possession of seven Saibamen, which he kept throughout the rest of his life. He became aware that though most of his race, including his parents, were dead, Vegeta was still alive. This motivated Ledas to try and break free of his slavery to Cooler's soldiers.
Eventually, Ledas was involved in a strange mission with the rest of Planet Cooler 92's elite forces. During the mission, he found the exiled Supreme Kai, Lauto, and accidentally absorbed a large ball of power - incidentally, this ball of energy contained much of Lauto's and The Benefactor's energy (see their own history pages to see why they were on that planet and their energies was being merged). After Ledas absorbed it, he stopped aging. He was twelve years old as of absorbing the energy. So, for the rest of Ledas' life, his physical appearance never changed from that day. Additionally, after absorbing the energy, Ledas was able to unlock a Semi-Super Saiyan form, which was a transformation which gave him green eyes and white hair. Because Ledas hadn't achieved an emotional release to unlock Super Saiyan 1 (though he had acquired a big enough power boost to do so), he wasn't able to use the regular Super Saiyan form at the time. He couldn't control the Semi-Super Saiyan form either. Whenever he was in the form, his body was filled with excruciating pain, and he often bled from his orifices.
After returning from the mission, Ledas and the others were questioned about what happened, but Ledas didn't reveal anything. The other soldiers had their suspicions about him, but none of these were provable. Several days later, Ledas' captain, Banas, snuck up to Ledas and knocked the boy out. He did this because he wanted to frame Ledas as a Planet Trade Organization rebel to get potential suspicion off of his own back. The saga ended with Banas taking Ledas to Cooler's Capitol Planet to stand trial.
Stomping Grounds Saga[]
Ledas was taken to the Stomping Grounds by Banas to stand trial for being a rebel. Obviously, Ledas was not a rebel, and this was just a charade to get suspicion off of Banas' own back. When Ledas was standing trial, he decided to make a run for it, escaping before Cooler himself could interrogate him. Ledas then searched The Stomping Grounds for a ship to escape on. While doing so, he ran into Captain Mullpy, Private Grif, and their army and briefly engaged all of them in battle. While Ledas prevailed, the time it took for him to destroy the group allowed for Cooler to find him. The tyrant then battled with Ledas (though, as he stated himself, he was barely powered up) and nearly killed the boy. Ledas only escaped by lowering his power level to almost zero, making it look like he had died. As Ledas then tried to crawl away and escape, Grif appeared again and put the boy into stasis. He then hurled a couple of energy blasts at Ledas. After thinking he had killed the boy, Grif left. He did not truly kill Ledas, and instead, the boy stayed in stasis for the rest of Grif's life. Grif died 21 years later during a training exercise. When he died, the stasis was ended and Ledas woke up.
Ledas tried to get off the planet again (and he was not aware of how long he had been in stasis, either), only to run into the full force of Cooler's elite legions. Facing off against 12,000 elite soldiers, Captain Konatsu, Captain Anango, Nepar, Sika, and Sarpack, Ledas eventually eliminated everyone on the planet, save for one. The last one was Cooler Supreme General, Digranite. At first, Ledas was unable to best him. Cooler, who was on a nearby planet telling his governor's about his brother's recent death on Earth, learned about Ledas killing everyone on the planet and became enraged. He prepared to destroy the planet, and he sent a governor, Guva, to go and rescue Digranite before he did so. When Guva reached the planet, he realized who the Saiyan was, and instead chose to help Ledas fight the General. With their combined strengths and Ledas' Semi-Super Saiyan form now working better, they were able to kill the General and escape the planet before Cooler destroyed it. As well, Guva hid Ledas in his ship, so Cooler never knew that Guva had rescued the Saiyan boy.
Guva then returned Ledas to Planet Cooler 92. He promised that he would tell Ledas where Vegeta was if the boy would kill Banas for him, as the two had become rather hostile in the past 21 years. Ledas agreed at once. Before he could challenge Banas, however, Ledas ascended to Super Saiyan 1. This was because he finally had his emotional release after watching some of the soldiers abusing some other slaves (and of course, Ledas was nothing but a slave himself). Vowing to not let himself be a slave to anyone ever again, Ledas achieved the legendary transformation. Right after, he quickly killed all of The Plantains and also appeared to have killed Banas (though, as is shown in Guva's own history, this was not actually the case). After doing this, Guva finally told Ledas that Vegeta was on Earth. The Saiyan boy then left for the planet as soon as he could.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Planet Trade Organization[]
Ledas appears in one chapter of this story, in the third volume.
Volume III[]
During June of Age 766, as Ledas searched for Earth and Vegeta, he sensed the power level of Majin Sesami in a Planet Trade Organization controlled asteroid field occupied primarily to mine resources. There, he met Captain Ajira and the rest of the station's soldiers who were gathered around a crater oozing indigo steam. Wanting to test himself against the enormous power lurking beneath the surface, Ledas warmed himself up against the installation soldiers, toying with and killing them all. When he threw Ajira into the mist, Majin Sesami awoke briefly from hibernation, and in sleepy annoyance, shot off into space to search for a more quiet place to finish her rest. The asteroid destabilized at that point, shaking and slowly bursting apart, forcing the survivors to flee. Ledas ran back to his pod to chase after Sesami, but he soon lost her power signature in the deep void of space.
Planet Earth Saga[]
After a few years of desperate searching, Ledas reached Planet Earth. As soon as he landed, he became acquainted with Mrs. Fanshi, who offered to adopt him. She then put him into school, where he met some other humans, such as Ryori, Shoekki, Miki, and Mr. Kyokatoshi. Ledas also stole a gravity training unit from Dr. Brief and fought Vegeta while concealing his identity. Ledas did not reveal who he was to Vegeta at the time because he had just stolen something from Vegeta's wife's father and because he felt embarrassed that his power level was so much lower than Vegeta's. He also fought Piccolo later after destroying a city of humans. Ledas only destroyed the city because, at the time, he was seeing hallucinations of Layeeck and The Benefactor, and the hallucinations were bothering him greatly.
Soon, the New Red Ribbon Army was called in to try and find the alien who had been ravaging the area. Ledas engaged in the first deleted scene with Miki just before they arrived. Once they did arrive though, the New Red Ribbon Army shot off blutz waves throughout the city to make Ledas transform into a Great Ape. This allowed them to find out Ledas' identity. Additionally, while Ledas was a Great Ape, he ran into Yajirobe. The two eventually became friends and Ledas was able to get some senzu beans because of it.
The New Red Ribbon Army's search for Ledas coincided with Majin Buu's rampage on Earth. When the soldiers were looking for Ledas, they came upon his gravity training unit, which could be used as a spaceship. Wanting to escape Majin Buu, they prepared to use the gravity unit to travel into space. Then, they kidnapped Ledas' good friend, Ryori, to lure Ledas to them. This worked, and they were able to find and tranquilize the Saiyan before he could kill them. The saga ended with the New Red Ribbon Army fleeing to the stars to escape Majin Buu, with Ledas and Ryori as their hostages. As to why they kept Ledas as their hostage instead of killing him is unknown, but it appeared that they wanted him alive so that they could prove to King Furry (after the Majin Buu ordeal had been sorted out) that they had captured the alien who had been terrorizing the countryside.
Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten[]
Reunion Saga[]
After Kid Buu was defeated, the New Red Ribbon Army was able to return to the planet. As soon as they landed, however, their leader, Cardinal, told his underlings to kill Ledas and Ryori. This did not go as planned, as Ledas was able to prevent his death through eating senzu beans. He then escaped, saved Ryori, and killed most of the soldiers in the army. However, before he could do anything else, Ledas felt Guva's power close by on Earth. He then flew to where Guva was to see what the governor wanted. In reality, Guva was on Earth to find Ledas for The Benefactor. The Benefactor had figured out that it was the very same boy he had met in the Prince Vegeta Saga who had stolen his energy in Lauto's Cave so many years ago. He used Guva as a decoy to draw Ledas out. Unfortunately for The Benefactor, his plan also drew the Z Fighters to the governor as well.
Guva was forced to fight several of the Z Fighters to stall for time until Ledas reached him. When Ledas did, The Benefactor promptly killed the governor and tried to fight Ledas himself. The Z Fighters did not allow this and tried to fight off The Benefactor. However, the good alien had been using an attack to drain their powers, and as such, not one of Goku's gan could stand up to him. Ledas was properly reunited with Vegeta at this time, but Vegeta did not believe Ledas was real. This angered Ledas greatly, and with The Benefactor being so near him (and thus manipulating the stolen energy within Ledas' body to make the boy more feral), Ledas attacked Vegeta in sheer frustration and desperation so as to make his friend remember him. Vegeta only did after Ledas healed him with his last senzu bean. Then, Ledas challenged The Benefactor himself, and after a moderately short battle, he lost and was knocked unconscious. Of course, this resulted in Vegeta's Super Saiyan 3 transformation, and the prince was able to protect Ledas from The Benefactor by battling the monster, himself.
Ledas was also in two flashback scenes in this saga. The first was a scene which depicted Ledas and Prince Vegeta (as children) being taught how to control their Great Ape forms. Afterwards, they were able to go out and play in the snow, which was quite a rare occurrence on Planet Vegeta. The second scene showed Ledas and Vegeta discussing what kind of warriors they hoped they would be when they grew up and how they would be remembered by the galaxy.
Fulfillment Saga[]
At the start of the saga, Ledas woke up and saw The Benefactor and Vegeta still fighting. He went to help, but after Vegeta lost control of his Super Saiyan 3 form and had his power lowered enough to allow the alien to defeat him, The Benefactor was able to quickly knock out Ledas. At the same time, The Benefactor destroyed the car holding Yajirobe, Krillin, and senzu beans, as they were nearby too. Then, the alien started extracting the stolen energy from the boy's body. When The Benefactor re-absorbed the energy, he was severely wounded (as the energy had grown accustomed to Ledas' body), and this allowed Ledas to wake up, eat a senzu bean to heal himself, and fight the monster again. The two fought to a standstill, as The Benefactor was wounded and Ledas was stronger from a Zenkai after eating the senzu bean. Ledas blinded The Benefactor with two energy beams and The Benefactor hurt Ledas badly with his claws. Before they could do much else, however, Yajirobe appeared. When The Benefactor started calling him names, Yajirobe got mad and started throwing debris from his destroyed car at The Benefactor, which included the Korin's mind prison (which was seen in the two previous sagas on Korin Tower). The Benefactor was quickly sucked in. Yajirobe tried to help Ledas get out of the way of the prison's suction, but he couldn't stop the boy from being brought inside. As well, Yajirobe lost his katana to the mind prison.
Inside the mind prison, Ledas was confronted by a mysterious being clothed in sand and its pet Screechers. They attacked Ledas several times until the boy found The Benefactor inside the prison. As the two tried to restart their battle, the mysterious being separated them and tested them on their strengths and weaknesses. Afterwards, the being revealed itself to be Verlate. She offered to let them out if they would answer a riddle. Ledas immediately said he would do so, even though he didn't know what a riddle was. As he was trying to guess the answer to his riddle, Verlate snuck up behind him and did an energy signature switch, trying to switch places with the boy and damn him to the prison while she escaped. Needless to say, the plan did not work. Verlate was so depressed by that - and she realized that she could never get out of the mind prison, no matter what tricks she did - that she committed suicide. Before she left, she reminded Ledas and The Benefactor that with her gone, the two would have to fight over who would be bound to the mind prison.
As soon as Verlate died, Ledas and The Benefactor started fighting. Even with The Benefactor being weakened, blinded, and tired, Ledas was unable to best him. The Benefactor narrowly beat him. Instead of fleeing, though, The Benefactor was consumed by the bloodlust famous in his species and started tearing at Ledas' skin, torturing him and making him bleed. As he did this, Ledas saw Yajirobe's katana lying nearby. He grabbed it and sliced open The Benefactor's face. This hurt the alien greatly, but it also got him very angry. The Benefactor then ranted to Ledas about how he had killed the boy's grandfather, father, and had beaten all of his friends. He promised to kill all of the Z fighters and other Earthlings once he got out of the prison. Then, he called Ledas the son of a coward. This all pushed Ledas over the edge. He suddenly ascended to Super Saiyan 2 and beat the hell out of The Benefactor for a few moments before escaping the mind prison.
Once outside, Ledas returned to his life. He engaged in the second deleted scene with a nurse and Ryori. He forced Cardinal to buy Ryori a new house and pay for the boy's expenses as penance for what he had done to Ledas and Ryori. This house was just a few blocks from Capsule Corp. where Vegeta lived. Ledas continued training in his gravity training unit there, trying to get as strong as Vegeta. Soon after, he got a letter from Cardinal. The letter invited Ledas to a tournament to celebrate his (and the Z Fighters') role in defending the Earth from The Benefactor. Ledas went to the tournament and fought Trunks and Vegeta. He won his battle against Trunks, but lost the one against Vegeta. Seeing how Vegeta didn't care that Ledas was weaker than him, the boy and the prince were reunited, and their friendship was rekindled. After the tournament, Ryori, Ledas, and Vegeta returned to Capsule Corp. to feast and party.
Ledas then lived with Ryori and trained with Vegeta most of the time. He became quite close with Vegeta once again, and the two were training partners for the rest of Vegeta's life.
Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon[]
West City Saga[]
On May 28, Age 774, Ryori and Ledas were playing video games in their home when Jia arrived. She informed them that she had been tasked by Cardinal to be their caretaker for the next five years and would make sure they completed middle and high school, otherwise they'd lose funding for the house. She had enrolled them in a four-week accelerated summer program (that would start next Monday) to get them through the seventh grade. They agreed to complete the class, though Ledas refused to allow her to put in place a curfew, citing his training with Vegeta sometimes going late into the night. After learning about Vegeta marrying Bulma, Jia requested a visit Capsule Corp. with the Saiyan because she wanted to snag a prototype CLEAN-BOT 1000 to help her with the housework. Ledas said they could go tomorrow.
That evening, Ryori and Ledas cooked dinner (fried rice and potstickers) while discussing the upcoming class. Ledas was worried he wouldn't be able to complete it since he couldn't read or write. Ryori suggested he use afterimages to fly around the room and cheat off of the other students' papers. Ledas liked this idea, seeing it as a way to train while in school. Ryori asked him if he trusted Jia. Ledas wasn't concerned. Ryori noted that Cardinal could try to kill them again given what had happened in the previous weeks, but Ledas promised he wouldn't let Cardinal's team hurt Ryori again. Ryori resolved to pass the class no matter what, as he did not want to be sent to live with his grandparents in the Red Sea.
The next day, Ledas and Jia visited Bulma at Capsule Corp. Bulma offered them a few CLEAN-BOT 1000s in exchange for Ledas giving her a hand in her lab. The boy begrudgingly accepted after Jia reminded him that he'd otherwise have to clean the bathrooms himself. Ledas then suffered through many hours of tedious lab work with Bulma.
Before bedtime, Ryori helped Ledas practice his penmanship on certain common kanji. An hour later, the boys were in bed watching Jerry Springer. Ledas was excited to scam the humans in the morning. Ryori found his flippant nature strange. He wondered how Ledas could be like that after killing so many people. He asked him how he dealt with that because he was still harboring anxiety over killing Supreme General Silver in the Reunion Saga. Ledas shared his perspective, noting that he had killed mainly under Frieza's orders and would take it back if he could. He reminded Ryori that he had only killed Silver because the man would've killed him otherwise, and thus, he had nothing to regret. He was proud of Ryori and explained how he had nothing to apologize for. He told Ryori he was his best friend and the main reason he was staying on Earth, which put the other boy in a better mood. After finishing the episode, they fell asleep.
On May 30th, Ledas and Ryori attended their first day of classes, meeting Mr. Takkuro, Ms. Kairyupin, and Ms. Mahobi for the first time, along with their fellow students, Chiwan, Hachi, Azashi, Chiaki, Tabashi, and Ippi. Ms. Mahobi began the first lesson (grammar and spelling) by telling the class she would do her best to get them through the seventh grade in the month she had been allotted. She reminded them that the schoolwork would be intensive and advised the kids to get to know one another and study together to improve their chances of passing the class.
During lunch, Chiwan revealed that she and Hachi transferred to West City after catching whooping cough earlier in the year, which caused them to miss more than two months of school. Their father was transferred to West City after The Benefactor and Vegeta damaged the city, which was why they were enrolled in the class. Ryori admitted he had been caught up in that disaster, getting sidelined for weeks after part of a building had fallen on him, causing him to miss the end-of-year exams. Chiaki revealed he had been held back due to not attending classes because of his "acute type III post-modern malaise", as ascribed to him by his therapist. He was able to skip school because of that (and thus miss his end-of-year exams), although he recognized that was unsustainable and not useful for his future.
Hachi wondered what Ledas' deal was. The Saiyan had barely participated in the conversation, pigging out on his lunch. Ryori lied that Ledas was from the countryside. After the kids pressed him, Ledas said he was from Vegetaland far in the south. The kids began planning a get-together at Hachi and Chiwan's house, but the twins noted that their father turned the wifi off at 10:00 p.m. Chiaki ranted about how unfair that was. Azashi thought he was being unreasonable. Ryori mentioned that his house had a nice TV and they didn't have a curfew, so the class could hang out there. Chiwan challenged Ryori to a game of Smash, which he accepted. Chiaki offered to show Ledas how to beat Regret (from Halo 2) on Legendary, as he had recently beaten it with his sister. Ms. Mahobi watched the kids babble on from her office while finishing her lunch.
Later, during Mr. Takkuro's algebra class, Ledas fooled the other students into not being able to see him move about the room using afterimages to cheat off their papers.
After school, the kids walked to Fushimi Station sans Hachi and Chiwan, whose mother picked them up in a hovercar. Azashi mentioned that he had been cooking with wine his brother had given him. Ryori asked to talk to his brother so he could get hooked up with some too. They reached the train station. Ledas was overwhelmed by the amount of people. Azashi and Ippi said goodbye, walking to the third floor where the north-to-south line ran. Tabashi and Chiaki ordered food from a vending machine. Ryori whispered to Ledas that they'd need to get money from Jia tomorrow so they could have after-school snacks too.
Seeing this, a nearby woman, Subutayo, got up from her vegan propaganda table to confront Tabashi. A pair of vegan beta males assisted her in bullying the boy. Ledas found the concept of veganism abhorrent and unbearable. Chiaki mocked her. Ledas wanted to fight them, but Ryori held him back. Nevertheless, he exhaled a breath of air that flung their table and flyers away. The vegans retreated to collect their precious belongings.
Chiaki and Tabashi left on the east-bound train. Since nobody was around, Ledas broke into the vending machine to procure Ryori and himself minced katsu sandwiches. His tail popped out while doing so, which Chiaki noticed from the train. The west-bound train soon arrived, and the boys left.
That night, after an episode of Jerry Springer, Ledas sprung out of bed and got dressed into his training garb. Ryori asked him if he would be back by morning, which he promised he would be. Ryori shared abandonment anxiety with him, especially since his older brother was dead. He asked if Ledas was going to make Earth his home from now on. Ledas confirmed he was, as the other Saiyan survivors had settled on Earth. Before Ledas left, Ryori asked him once again if they could trust Jia. Ledas promised that if she or Cardinal tried anything, Carawa would protect Ryori, whether Ledas was off training with Vegeta or exploring other planets.
On May 31st, in the middle of the night, Vegeta and Ledas trained in the Capsule Corp. gravity chamber. Both were in Super Saiyan 2. They each landed several blows, but Vegeta dominates Ledas after some time, causing the boy to fall out of his transformation. Vegeta ended the training session afterward. Ledas apologized for not being as familiar with the form as Vegeta. The prince encouraged him to continue training, as it would build up his stamina. Tired and famished, the pair left for the kitchen, for they were starving.
A short while later, Vegeta and Ledas gorged on bowls of instant ramen with Bulma. Ledas showed Bulma his near-empty bottle of Saibaman revival juice, humbly requesting her to duplicate the liquid. She agreed so long as he promised to help her in the lab again. Bulma found it funny that Ledas could tolerate spice while Vegeta could not. Ledas explained that his spice tolerance had come from his time on Planet Cooler 92. Vegeta boasted that he could tolerate more spice than Ledas, but neither the boy nor his wife believed him, finding this hilarious.
In the morning, after Ryori woke up and went to the kitchen for some orange juice, he noticed Ledas sleepwalking down the hall in Super Saiyan 2. He woke Ledas up. Jia came into the kitchen, saying she saw Ledas sleepwalking in the guest bathroom last night. Ryori reminded him he was in Super Saiyan. The Saiyan didn't know how he ended up out there, though he noted he had a history of sleepwalking both on his homeworld and Planet Cooler 92. Jia asked the boys what they wanted for breakfast, as they'd need to leave for school soon. Ryori wanted French toast, while Ledas demanded eggs and bacon. After getting ready for school, the boys returned to eat breakfast. Only two slices of bacon were ready, and they weren't cooked as crispy as Ledas liked, so he tried to make one crispier with a ki blast. However, he overdid it, turning the bacon to ash.
Ryori reminded him he was still in Super Saiyan. Ledas said he wouldn't leave the form until he had mastered its energy consumption. Ryori didn't like the idea, as Ledas might prove to be a danger in class. Jia didn't think it was a good idea either, as Ledas' hair color was now different, and his teachers would not tolerate that (dyeing one's hair in West City schools was not allowed). Ledas was appalled by human culture relating to dyeing one's hair, saying it wasn't the teachers' business. Jia noted that dyeing one's hair was seen as an act of rebellion and would reflect poorly upon her, but Ledas didn't care, stating again that even if he had dyed his hair, it was none of the teachers' business. He plucked out a hair to show them it wasn't dyed, which eased their anxiety somewhat. Ryori brought up an old case of a girl with naturally brown hair being forced to dye her hair black because her teachers didn't believe that was her natural hair color. She was able to sue the school for a lot of zeni. Thus, Ledas would be safe. While Jia relented, she preferred if Ledas didn't go to school in Super Saiyan. Ledas ranted about humans thinking they had the right to enforce hair color policies on students before scarfing down his plate of bacon.
During class, Ms. Kairyupin began her lesson. Shortly after roll call, she paused the lesson, asking Ledas to accompany her to the nurse's office. The kids murmured amongst themselves. Ms. Kairyupin popped into the teachers' lounge and asked Mr. Takkuro to fill in for her. In the nurse's office, Kairyupin asked Nurse Mojisha to fetch the hair dye analyzer. Ledas told her his hair wasn't dyed (merely getting lighter in the West City sunlight), but his teacher didn't buy it. Nurse Mojisha returned with the device. Kairyupin asked Ledas what his mother thought of his act of rebellion. Ledas told her she was dead, so she wasn't thinking anything. Kairyupin tried to empathize with him, offering him a session with the school therapist, but Ledas rejected the offer, maintaining his bodily autonomy.
Mojisha ran the device, which read "no dye". Unconvinced, Kairyupin demanded a second reading, but it produced the same result. Kairyupin was embarrassed and apologized. Ledas wasn't satiated, telling her that it wasn't her business even if he did dye his hair. Kairyupin rebuked him, telling Ledas that if he continued to backtalk her, she would give him detention. They returned to the classroom, Ledas seething.
At lunch, the kids confronted Ledas about his hair. He tried to tell them that it wasn't dyed, but they weren't buying it. Chiwan noted that his eyes were a different color too. Chiaki revealed that Ledas had a tail, pulling it out of his pants to show the others. Chiwan asked if he was an animorphaline user, and Ledas went along with it at Ryori's urging. While they found it weird, nobody pressed the issue. Azashi passed out samples of lobster agnolotti, offering to cook everyone dinner on Friday. The seventh-graders were eager for the feast.
Ledas complained about how boring Ms. Kairyupin's lectures were. Chiwan wasn't looking forward to the ecology test on Friday. She asked the others if they'd be down for stealing the answer key. Tabashi, Azashi, and Ippi wanted nothing to do with it. Hachi didn't like the idea, but he couldn't say no. Chiaki, Ryori, and Ledas were in as well. Ryori offered to break into Kairyupin's house, as Shoekki had taught him how to years ago, and after Kairyupin had targetted Ledas earlier (for his hair), she deserved to get worked over. Ledas beamed at his friend for showing support. Ryori thought about swapping out her shampoo bottle with some that had hair dye in it, but Chiwan didn't want him to lose focus on the task at hand.
Chiwan found Kairyupin's address on her phone, while Chiaki said that some of them would have to check her school office too. Ryori was ready to do it that night, but Chiwan had violin practice and Hachi had choir practice, so they wouldn't be ready until the next day. Ryori offered to coordinate their scam at his house after school. Chiaki demanded refreshments and food, which Ledas heartily agreed with. Ryori told him to get Jia to cook the food, as he wasn't going to.
On June 1st, Ledas and Ryori took part in deleted scene #1. Later, Mr. Takkuro taught the seventh-graders math. Ledas was able to complete the assignment without cheating, though he was clearly injured from sparring with Vegeta. His condition deteriorated during Ms. Mahobi's lecture. During Ms. Kairyupin's lecture, he nearly revealed his game by blowing wind around the room when he awkwardly landed back in his chair. Nobody noticed except Ryori, who stifled his laughter with a hand over his face.
After school, Ledas struggled to walk, feeling pain in his knee. Ryori approached him, asking what was the matter. Ledas admitted that Super Saiyan 2 was draining him more than he expected and he just wanted to go to sleep. Ryori reminded him that they needed to get Kairyupin's answer sheet that night, so they weren't relaxing anytime soon. Steeling himself, the Saiyan resolved to find his second wind. Chiaki told them Hachi and Chiwan had been picked up by their mother, so the three were on their own.
In front of the staircases leading up to Fushimi Station, a large crowd had gathered around an Aikido showcase. Master Kamome engaged in a practice demonstration with three of his Aikido students (while the others watched), tossing them around like common housewives. Anyone who challenged Kamome and beat him would win Ƶ3,000,000 (after paying the Ƶ7200) entry fee). Ledas was appalled at the showcase, stating that the acolytes were engaged in an elaborate hoax. Chiaki didn't believe him, but Ledas didn't back down, noting that the acolytes were moving too slowly, using intentionally ineffective movements and attacks. Chiaki wasn't convinced; Ryori thought they were street scammers. Several onlookers criticized Ledas as being a stupid kid who didn't know anything. Ryori defended his friend, telling them Mr. Satan would destroy Kamome in a fight. Ledas asked Ryori if he could fight against Kamome to prove his point, but Ryori didn't want him to make a scene. Ledas promised he wouldn't raise his power level above Kamome, going forward with his plan anyway (much to Ryori's annoyance). He hated the arrogance of Aikido and felt the need to put its practitioners in their place.
Kamome finished his last acolyte, leading the crowd to give him a rousing bout of applause. Ledas booed him even as the applause died down, which embarrassed Ryori and entertained Chiaki. Kamome ignored him and asked for any challenger to come forth. Ledas convinced Chiaki and Ryori to help him pay the entry fee, then confronted the fake martial arts master. The crowd laughed at him. Chiaki ranted at Ryori for pressuring him to hand over zeni that would surely be lost. Kamome dismissed Ledas, but after the Saiyan took his Hazumi stance, the man reconsidered, recognizing Ledas' martial arts experience. He asked Ledas who his master was. Ledas had no master. Kamome introduced himself as a Ninth Dan Aikido Master, the reigning champion of the Underground Martial Arts Masters Tournament, and the purveyor of the purest style of martial arts. Ledas wasn't impressed. He mocked Kamome. Kamome retorted that his techniques were too dangerous to use in the World Martial Arts Tournament. Ledas was unconvinced and requested the man to attack. Kamome bowed and an acolyte demanded Ledas do the same. The Saiyan would do no such thing.
Ledas attacked with a straight slow lunge, mimicking Kamome's pupils. After fending off Kamome's parries, he hung his punch in the air, allowing the man to grab him by the wrist. Ledas spun around, rising to the air, hitting Kamome in the nose with a spinning back fist, sending him flying into a wall. The master had been knocked unconscious. The crowd cheered for Ledas as he collected his winnings. Chiaki and Ryori were floored by Ledas' skill. Ryori had to admit that Ledas was an amazing martial artist for his age.
A man from the crowd was unconvinced, challenging Ledas to fight for his winnings. Not one to back down from a fight, Ledas urged him to come forth. He parried the man's punch, breaking the guy's wrist in the process, then slapped him away with his tail. The crowd once again went wild for Ledas, but he ran off with Ryori and Chiaki. They entered Fushimi Station, jumping on a train that had just arrived and getting away before anyone could corner them for an interview.
On the train, Ledas gave Chiaki and Ryori Ƶ1,000,000 apiece, thanking them for helping him pay the entry fee. Impressed though he was, Ryori held his tongue. Chiaki thanked Ledas profusely, saying that his family would really put the money to good use. Ryori was unconvinced, theorizing that Chiaki would use it to buy a bunch of games for his Switch.
The boys returned to Ryori and Ledas' house soon after. Ledas snagged a mango from the tree in the front yard before Carawa popped out of the bushes, running over to greet them. Chiaki freaked out, but Ledas assuaged his fears by telling him that Carawa was part of his pack of domesticated Saibamen. Chiaki believed they were dinosaurs. Jia, having heard Chiaki's scream, opened the door and let them in. Hachi and Chiwan were inside. Hachi was petrified of Carawa. Ledas apologized for taking so long, Chiaki explaining that Ledas had been in a martial arts street fight. Jia brought them a platter of food, also giving Ledas a bowl of hot and sour soup spiked with poison before excusing herself. Chiaki thanked her, calling her "Mrs. Hareki". Ryori told him that Jia was their caretaker and was not related to him. Nevertheless, Ledas complimented her and called her part of the crew, which touched Jia deeply.
Ledas recounted his bout against Master Kamome as Jia retreated to her room. The kids got to work on their scheme, Ryori taking the lead on breaking into Kairyupin's apartment. He told them about how he used to pull the fire alarm inside apartment complexes (after leaving convincing, smoldering evidence) with Shoekki, which had worked well in the past. While slurping down his soup, Ledas said that if that didn't work, he had a foolproof backup plan. When Chiwan pressed him, Ledas refused to answer, stating that if Ryori's plan worked, nobody would ever know what he had intended. Chiwan asked Hachi to accompany Chiaki to the school to search Kairyupin's office while they went to her apartment.
However, they didn't know how to break into an office, so Ledas suggested they take his Saibamen with them. Ryori thought the Saibamen could break through a window and replace it after the kids were done searching the room. Ledas promised the Saibamen would listen to Chiaki and Hachi. Carawa jumped up from the couch, raising his juice box to the air, confirming he'd help. Hachi was scared of Carawa, but Ledas told him the Saibamen wouldn't hurt his friends no matter what.
Without warning, Ledas shuddered and ran to the trashcan, vomiting up the soup. He cursed Jia for preparing something that he assumed had gone bad before returning to the couch to fill his belly up again with mozzarella sticks.
That night, Ms. Kairyupin returned to her apartment (the doorman letting her in) with groceries. Chiwan, Ryori, and Ledas followed her inside, Chiwan lying to the doorman that their mother had sent them out for kaffir leaves. The doorman let them in, not wanting to be interrupted from watching a baseball game. They got off the elevator on the fourth floor and moved to the utility closet. Ledas broke down the door. Ryori set some paper on fire inside a plastic bag and threw it inside, closing the door. When smoke began seeping out from underneath the door, he pulled the fire alarm, then hid behind a vending machine while Ledas and Chiwan hid behind a trash can.
In her apartment, Ms. Kairyupin prepared a pot of yellow curry chicken while watching a soap opera (The Youthful and the Anxious). The fire alarm went off, causing Kairyupin to flee out the door, running down the stairs with her fellow flatmates. After everyone cleared out, Ledas, Ryori, and Chiwan entered her apartment. Ledas checked her study, Ryori checked her bedroom, and Chiwan checked the living room for the ecology test answer key. Ryori yelled out in triumph, so Chiwan ran into the bedroom only to find him holding some fancy lingerie. Ryori said that he'd be stealing the panties as a souvenir, which Chiwan found detestable, as that was probably one of Kairyupin's most expensive pieces of clothing. Ryori dismissed her concerns, noting that teachers probably made tons of money, so it'd be no big loss. Chiwan wondered whether he had a thing for their teacher, but Ryori rebuked her, stating she wasn't anywhere close to his type. He just wanted something to remember that day by.
From the other room, Ledas called them to the kitchen, where the yellow curry had boiled over onto the countertop and Kairyupin's purse. Ledas had found the answer key in her purse, and though it was covered in curry, Ryori took pictures of the papers. Ledas snagged a bowl from the cupboard and poured himself some curry when he sensed everyone returning to their apartments. The kids noticed the fire alarm was no longer ringing. Before they could run out, they heard Kairyupin close the door, entering the apartment. On their hands and knees, they scurried into her bedroom as she reached the kitchen. They hid in the bathroom. Kairyupin followed them in, taking several cleaning sprays from beneath the sink to clean up the curry mess, ranting and cursing.
Ryori thought their best bet was to sneak out the window, which Chiwan thought was insane since they were on the fourth floor. She assumed they were joking, but Ledas flew in front of her, showing that he really could do that. Ryori noted that several warriors in the World Martial Arts Tournament knew how to fly, and thus it made sense Ledas, who was a martial artist in training, could do so. Chiwan didn't think Ledas could hold them, as he was scrawnier than Hachi. Ledas flew out of the window, asking them to hop on. Ryori did so without question, climbing onto Ledas' back (where he was most comfortable). He extended his hand to Chiwan, who struggled to make a decision. Finally, she decided to trust him, jumping into his arms. He caught her, holding her close. They descended to the ground, Chiwan freaking out the entire way down. Once it was over, Chiwan complimented Ledas, saying that was one of her craziest experiences ever. She hugged him; he didn't know what that was, asking Ryori if she was trying to spar with him. They realized Ledas didn't know what a hug was. Ryori promised to show Chiwan footage of martial artists flying in previous World Martial Arts Tournaments. He received a text from Chiaki telling them the answer key hadn't been in Ms. Kairyupin's office. The kids walked off, Ryori texting him back that they had the goods.
At school the next day, the seventh graders took notes on a video of King Furry, Ledas doodling in his notebook instead of doing what he was supposed to. During lunch, the kids noticed workers replacing Kairyupin's window. Chiaki told the others about what had happened the previous night, causing them to laugh. After school, Ledas, Ryori, Chiwan, Hachi, Chiaki, and Tabashi studied at Ryori and Ledas' house while watching Jerry Springer. Tabashi was the only one who didn't study the answer sheet.
A little while later, the kids watched a news report on the computer of the West City Middle School janitor telling a story about how he saw a leprechaun on the campus grounds. His posse provided lots of love and support. The reporter showed a 180p picture of Carawa before interviewing supposed eyewitnesses. Chiaki was thankful the picture had been blurry enough to obscure the Saibaman's appearance. The kids found the interview to be hilarious, Chiaki speculating that the janitor and his posse had been trolling the news. Hachi wasn't so sure.
Ryori loaded up a video of the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament where a handheld video from the stands showed Tien Shinhan flying during his match against Jackie Chun. Chiwan didn't know if she could believe it, but Ryori told her she was acting stupid, as the WMAT was the most prestigious fighting event in the world. Chiwan revealed that Ledas had flown them out of Kairyupin's apartment to the others. Chiaki wasn't surprised, reminding them that Ledas had destroyed an Aikido master the day before. They looked over to Ledas. He had fallen asleep on the couch, causing them to face fault.
In the wee hours of June 3rd, Vegeta and Ledas sparred at Capsule Corp. Ledas was mostly dominated during that session, barely able to land a blow. He struggled to maintain Super Saiyan 2, his hair flickering between black and gold as he tried to match Vegeta's speed and strength.
That morning, Ledas and Ryori had their first sword-fighting competition, which was deleted scene #2. An hour or so later, Ms. Kairyupin was late to class. Ippi wanted to ditch after fifteen minutes. Tabashi told her they couldn't leave no matter how late she was. Chiaki and Ledas were willing to bail, but Chiwan warned them they'd get detention if they left. Kairyupin flung open the door, red-faced and sweating, apologizing for her tardiness. The copier had gone wonky, so she had been forced to switch to a different version of the ecology test. The kids realized they had studied a version of the test they were no longer taking, and in horror, had to deal with the fact they weren't prepared for the real test.
During Mr. Takkuro's class, the kids took notes while Ledas experienced obvious discomfort in his wrist. In Ms. Mahobi's class, he winced from discomfort in his ribs while pretending to take notes. At lunch, Azashi presented his classmates with a Hawaiian pizza with scallions, onions, and bacon. Everyone had some. Azashi revealed that he had made the pizza himself with a pizza oven his parents had given him for his birthday two years prior. They debated the merits of pineapple on pizza, with most (particularly Ippi, Ledas, and Hachi) loving it. Chiwan thought it was okay, but pepperoni and jalapeños would've been better. Ledas ate more slices than anyone else, his hunger briefly abating his physical pain.
After school, Azashi, Ippi, Tabashi, Chiaki, Ryori, and Ledas walked to Fushimi Station together. Azashi asked the Saiyan if he was coming to the party that evening because he would require extra portions. Ledas promised he would. Then, he kicked off into the sky, claiming he had to do something before joining them. The kids were blown away by his ability to fly. Azashi noted that he too was a prodigy and would prove it at dinner. Chiwan gave him a hard time for boasting.
About an hour later, Ledas flew up to Korin Tower, finding Korin and Yajirobe engaged in a fierce karaoke battle. They were singing "The Bitch Song" by Bowling for Soup when Ledas surprised them with his presence, singing the first line of the chorus (not very well). Ledas gave them each an extra large pizza (Hawaiian for Yajirobe; watermelon and anchovies for Korin). They thanked him and ran to the table, fighting over first dibs.
Ledas asked if there were any senzu beans left. Korin said there should be four, but the boy found only two on the senzu plant. Yajirobe had stolen two a few days ago, which caused Korin to smack him upside the head. Ledas was happy to at least have two. He quickly ate one, restoring his health, and asked Korin when the next batch would be ready. Korin said it'd be a few weeks at least. Ledas promised to be more careful while sparring with Vegeta. He prepared to leave when Korin asked him to judge their singing to determine who would win their latest karaoke competition. Yajirobe turned on "The Great Pretender" and began singing along. Ledas didn't know what to say, as the samurai wasn't exactly hitting the notes.
That evening, Azashi held a dinner party at his house. All the seventh-graders were there. Azashi's mother and brother (Anraku) ate with them. Later, Tabashi, Chiwan, Ledas, and Azashi played Super Smash Triplets: Mega Ultimate Champion Mr. Satan Limited Edition. Ippi played on her phone while Hachi cheered his sister. Chiaki and Ryori sat on the other side of the room with Anraku. Ryori negotiated with him to get a private room in the Guac (the bar Anraku worked at). Anraku told them they could sneak in through a back door in the kitchen and promised nobody would throw them out.
Ledas received a call on his cell phone, stepping away from the game (Chiwan swiftly eliminated his character). Soon after, Tabashi won the game, defeating Chiwan (Azashi came in third place). Anraku told Ryori that his private booth would be available from nine to ten tomorrow night. Ryori reminded him that he wanted the deluxe package, which his older brother Shoekki used to order, which should include alcohol and weed. Anraku didn't think that was a good idea but didn't stop him. Ryori swore nobody would get wasted. Anraku didn't believe him.
On June 4th, Ledas woke up early. He turned the gravity training unit into a capsule before flying off to Capsule Corp. There, Bulma was waiting on the lawn dressed up in a space suit. Ledas complained about having to wake up so early, but Bulma told him to stop whining. She remarked that the planet they were going to was one Vegeta had visited years prior in his search for Goku (after the Frieza Saga). They entered the gravity training unit, Bulma piloting, and left Earth soon afterward. By the time they were free of the atmosphere, Ledas had already fallen asleep in his chair.
Bulma installed an artificial intelligence, Theodosius, into the computer to pilot for her. Theo indicated that the ship's fuel reserves were sufficient to reach their destination and set them off on their journey.
Some fifteen hours later, Bulma and Ledas arrived on Planet Frieza 173. They entered the damaged outpost, Ledas creating an energy blast to light the way. Bulma was nervous. The Saiyan told her that he couldn't sense anyone around and assumed it was deserted, although Joleans (a common species of space pirates) could suppress their energy, so he couldn't be certain. Bulma yelled at him for scaring her.
They reached the outpost's mess hall. In there, Bulma heard something moving about, but Ledas couldn't sense anything. The boy fired an energy blast into the air to illuminate the room. A horde of space rats, squealing in terror, rushed them from the other side of the room. Bulma ran up a pole to avoid them while Ledas rose into the air. Dramatically ranting, Bulma swung back and forth on the pole before falling off. Ledas caught her, disintegrating the space rats before returning her to the ground. Reaching a door on the other side of the room, Bulma was accosted by a bat-like creature that got tangled in her hair and threw up on her. Ledas got rid of it with a finger beam. Seething, Bulma grumbled at Ledas not to laugh (he tried his best).
They entered a corridor, soon coming across a locked door. Ledas blasted it to ash. The skeleton of an alien (of the same species as Appule) fell out, landing on Bulma. Screaming, she cast it aside. Ledas plucked up the skull, admiring it, noting that he had always thought the back part of those aliens' heads was an air sack, not bone. Bulma began to rant, but Ledas calmed her down by pointing out that the next room was the med-bay.
Three rejuvenation tanks took up the middle of the room. Ledas created another ki ball for light. Bulma wondered if they were still operational, asking Ledas to check. He knew how, revealing that when he had been a slave on Planet Cooler 92, the rejuvenation tank had been his guardian angel. Bulma expressed sympathy for his past. Ledas admitted it had made him stronger to go through that. He had no regrets. With a few button presses, he activated the tanks, impressing Bulma. The camera on her suit recorded her point-of-view as she documented the tanks' construction.
In the afternoon of June 5th, Ledas' gravity training unit touched down in the backyard of Capsule Corp. Bulma and Ledas exited the ship, Bulma stating that it'd take her a while to create a duplicate rejuvenation tank. Ledas spent the rest of the afternoon sparring with Vegeta. His stamina showed signs of increasing, but he wasn't on Vegeta's level yet. That evening, Ledas returned home. Jia was surprised to learn he hadn't been with Ryori and the others the previous night (assuming he had been in jail). Ledas didn't know what she was talking about, saying he had been off-world with Bulma. Jia thought he was joking. He was far more interested in getting dinner. He asked for some chicken korma, which Jia agreed to heat up.
He found Ryori in the living room watching baseball on television. Ryori was peeved at Ledas, saying he'd been texting him for the past two days without hearing back. Ledas apologized, saying he'd been off-world with Bulma and hadn't received the texts until he returned to Earth. He told Ryori about the rejuvenation tank adventure, which eased Ryori's emotions. He asked his friend what had happened on Earth while he was gone. Ryori told him about the debacle at the Guac. Ledas apologized for not being there and offered to make it up to him by taking him on a ride in his gravity training unit to any planet he wanted to visit, as Bulma had installed an AI to pilot the ship for them. Ryori was delighted, eager to see Jupiter and Neptune up close.
While Ledas ate chicken korma, he asked them to change the channel, as he couldn't stand baseball. Jia assumed he was going to rant about how stupid and barbaric humans were, but that wasn't it at all. He said that since Goku and Vegeta had chosen Earth to live on and had humans as mates, he didn't see why it'd be any different for him. Because of that, he loved Jerry Springer, as he found the showcase of human culture very informative. Jia changed the channel to a romantic movie where a woman and a man were kissing. Ledas thought the woman was trying to bite his lips off. Jia and Ryori had to explain to him what kissing was.
Later, Jia, Carawa, Ryori, and Ledas played monopoly. After Carawa lost most of his money to Jia, he rage quit, running down the hall screeching while the others watched The Three Stooges, having a grand old time.
The next morning, Jia cooked breakfast while Ledas and Ryori had a sword-fighting competition to mark deleted scene #3. They ate breakfast fairly late, leaving just a few minutes before class began. Ryori hopped on Ledas' back (a natural position for him) and the two flew off through the city, reaching the school in under a minute. Ledas used his fingers to comb Ryori's hair into something semi-presentable before they ran to class.
In class, Ms. Mahobi led a history lesson. A video played on a projector. Mahobi told them they would be studying the four species-ending disasters that week. The kids would have to write an essay on one of the disasters to be submitted the following Monday. She asked the class what the first disaster was. Chiwan instantly answered that it was King Piccolo's attempted usurpation of King Furry. Mahobi praised Chiwan for her knowledge, telling them about King Piccolo's near annihilation of humankind. Ryori watched the clock, impatient for class to end. They watched various videos of King Furry, King Piccolo, and kid Goku. When Goku's tail was shown, Chiaki looked at Ledas, Ryori noticing.
After school, the kids went to Fushimi Station together. Azashi showed Chiwan and Hachi how to buy tickets to get onto the platform. He ended up having to do it himself because the train arrived just then. They rushed onboard, nearly missing it. They got off at Sanshō Station, walking to Chiaki's house a few blocks away. They found Chiaki's older sister Shuku and her boyfriend in the living room, which startled the kids. Shuku was smoking from a bong, noting that her professor had canceled her final class of the day, which was why she had come home early. She threatened to tell their mother Chiaki had brought friends over (he was grounded after the debacle at the Guac). He told her not to be a rat. She said he should chill out and take a hit from the bong, calling him Chiyakisoba. The seventh-graders laughed at his nickname. Chiaki insulted Shuku to her boyfriend, saying that she went through guys every week or two and he'd be no different, before marching out to the backyard, his friends following him in awkward silence.
Ledas activated his gravity training unit from its capsule and everyone went inside. Theodosius greeted them, asking if Ledas wanted to train or return to Planet Frieza 173. When Chiwan asked where that planet was, Ryori tried to lie that Theo was malfunctioning, but Ledas firmly told them the truth. Chiwan wanted to see Earth from space first, so Ledas gave the command to Theo. Everyone strapped in to their seats and the AI piloted the ship into the sky.
In orbit around Earth, the kids unbuckled from their seats, Hachi falling to the floor and vomiting profusely. Ledas asked Theo to clean it up. The AI sent out a pair of CLEAN-BOTs to deal with the mess. Everyone moved to the looking window. Chiwan teared up, overcome with emotion. Ippi recorded a video for her TikTok. They were struck by how bright Earth was in the sea of black. Ledas told them that it was one of the most vibrant planets he'd ever visited. Ryori didn't want him to say that, but Ledas rebuked him, stating that their friends knew Ledas had a spaceship, so they had to expect he'd been to other planets before. He wasn't going to treat them like they were stupid.
Chiwan realized Ledas was an alien. Ledas said to him they were the aliens. Chiaki asked if he was Goku's son. Ledas knew Goku but wasn't related to him. He explained they were Saiyans. He recounted how Planet Vegeta had been destroyed by Frieza, thus they had come to Earth to find a new home. Ledas said he loved the climate of Earth. Chiwan hugged him, empathizing with him for losing his homeworld. She said Earth could be his new home and he was welcome to live out his life with them. Hachi called her cheesy for saying that, but she didn't care.
Ledas asked them where they wanted to go next. Tabashi suggested Jupiter. Ledas ordered Theo to take them there.
On the morning of June 7th, Jia was awakened by a strange beeping sound. She noticed Ledas passed out in the guest bathroom as she went looking for the source of the noise. It didn't take her long to realize the sound was coming from Ledas' space pod (which was in the backyard). Jia returned to the bathroom and woke Ledas up. When he heard the sound, he shuddered.
Ryori joined them in the backyard. Ledas swore there wasn't anything wrong with his ship but refused to explain what was going on. After he hesitated to open the pod door, Ryori did it for him, triggering a song the Plantains had recorded mocking his birthday. He ran into the pod to turn off the song (otherwise it'd loop forever), noting he'd disable it if he knew how. Ryori asked if those voices were the members of his PTO team he'd mentioned before. Ledas confirmed it. Ryori felt sorry for him that his teammates had been so abusive. Jia wanted to know if he wanted a party for his birthday. Ledas wasn't comfortable with that human custom. He requested they treat it like a normal day. Ryori was flabbergasted, not understanding why he didn't want a big party with everyone from school. Ledas said having attention on him was awkward and he'd prefer to just chill. Ryori believed the PTO had really messed him up; Ledas returned to the house, hoping to get a few more minutes of rest before class began.
In Ms. Mahobi's history class, the seventh-graders learned about the Saiyan invasion of Earth. Mahobi recounted that a group of eight warriors had gathered to fight the Saiyans and their little green men, most of whom were previous World Martial Arts Tournament participants. She noted that while the name of the little boy (Gohan) wasn't known, these same fighters appeared at the Cell Games some years later. Chiwan recognized Yamcha from the Taitans. Ledas couldn't hold in his laughter when he saw Nappa and Vegeta. He was in disbelief that Nappa had gone bald. Hachi didn't understand how Ledas knew the aliens' names. Mahobi threatened to give him detention if he didn't settle down. She next showed them an interview with Yajirobe in a restaurant. Ledas once again laughed. Yajirobe told the reporters that the aliens were called Saiyans, promising Goku and the other warriors would deal with them.
Chiaki recalled Goku was the kid who defeated King Piccolo. Mahobi praised him for remembering that, noting Goku and Yajirobe joined the battle later for unknown reasons. She gave a brief overview of the Saiyans' destruction of East City before showing news footage of the Z Fighters fighting the Saibamen. The seventh-graders had a visceral reaction, realizing those beasts were of the same species as Ledas' pets. Mahobi told them Yamcha was killed by a Saibaman, but the rest of the fighters made short work of the Saibamen. After another close-up of Nappa, Ledas guffawed. Mahobi gave him one final warning not to disrupt the class again. Chiwan brought up that Nappa had also destroyed a second city, Cumin City, although there was no footage of it. Tabashi added that a navy detachment had been lost too. His father had died in the battle. Mahobi agreed, although King Furry had refused to share any footage of the incident. She showed additional footage of the battlefield after Nappa killed Tien and Piccolo. She said that by this point, the fighting had shifted elsewhere, with Goku and Yajirobe joining the battle. Ledas asked what had happened to Nappa. Mahobi told him he had died in the fighting, which Ledas found odd, as he didn't believe any of the fighters could match his power level of 7300. The other kids thought he had chūnibyō because he was measuring power as if they lived in a video game.
Having had enough, Mahobi gave Ledas detention. The boy was most displeased but said nothing. Mahobi stated there was almost no footage of the second stage of the battle, but the Z Fighters won without taking further casualties. The only bit of footage was a shaky helicopter camera shot of Vegeta falling from the sky unconscious (after getting hit by the Spirit Bomb). Yajirobe and Goku were visible on the battlefield. Vegeta got up, releasing an explosive wave that glitched out the camera. The last footage they were shown was of Nappa's space pod blowing up in a government facility. Tabashi watched Ledas, anger coloring his cheeks as he grit his teeth.
At lunch, Tabashi confronted Ledas, accusing him of being just like Vegeta and Nappa (who supposedly killed Tabashi's father). Ledas dismissed his concern, saying he hadn't been on Earth when that had happened and wasn't involved, so he didn't feel any guilt. Tabashi screamed that Saiyans weren't welcome on Earth before punching him in the face. Ledas hardly felt it; Tabashi recoiled, his hand numb with pain. Ryori jumped up and got between them before a fight could break out. He told Tabashi Ledas wasn't responsible for anything Nappa had done. Tabashi brought up how Ledas owned Saibamen like the other Saiyans, thinking Ledas was just like them. Ryori recommended he sit down, lest Ledas kill him in under a second. Chiaki lamented not getting to see Tabashi go flying like Kamome had. Chiwan backed up Ryori's point, noting he had been the one to show them other planets up close, a life-changing experience for all of them. Ippi lamented that everyone thought her TikTok videos were fake. Chiwan said she should let the haters hate, as they didn't know any better. The kids continued their conversation, the tension easing.
After school, the seventh-graders played a game of soccer with some other kids their age. While playing, Ledas was distracted, sensing Usuba's Kiseibachi manipulating his energy in the New Red Ribbon Army lab. Not understanding why he was sensing his own energy so far away, he missed the ball, allowing Tabashi to tackle him. Tabashi passed the ball to Chiwan, who moved past Ryori to score a goal. She crotch-thrust in Ryori's face (he had never experienced a greater horror) before her team swarmed her in celebration. Ryori was mad at Ledas for letting Tabashi get that pass off. Ledas said he wasn't going to power up beyond their power levels to keep things fair. Ryori reminded him that Tabashi was still pissed at him. They'd have to deal with that.
Ledas' watch timer went off, which meant his detention was almost over. He prepared to leave when Ryori told him they'd get Mahobi back for what she did to him, which put Ledas in a great mood. He flew back to school (in front of everyone, shocking the soccer players) to finish his detention. Mahobi was in the classroom, shopping online. Ledas' afterimage was in his chair, pretending to take notes from a book. Ledas flew through the window, returning to his seat, and breaking the afterimage. Mahobi's timer went off; she hoped Ledas had learned a valuable lesson and wouldn't disrupt class again. Without saying anything, he gathered his books, slung his book bag around his neck, and ran out of there.
That night, Ledas, Bulma, and Vegeta hung out in Capsule Corp., discussing Nappa and Vegeta's attack on Earth. Vegeta revealed he had killed Nappa himself after the man had disgraced himself in battle against Goku. Bulma found a news report of the attack online. Seeing him lying dead in a crater, Vegeta mocked Yamcha for dying to a Saibaman, goading Bulma. She wasn't in the mood for a fight. Ledas told them he was learning about the four species-ending disasters in school. Bulma wondered if the kids would notice Vegeta fighting with the Z Fighters against Cell, but Ledas didn't think it was an issue, as the humans weren't very smart when it came to fighting. Bulma mentioned that Vegeta had grown more mellow since Buu's defeat. Vegeta admitted Goku was stronger than him and while he would one day become the strongest again, he had to set realistic expectations for himself, lest he go mad.
Watching Tien fight Nappa, Vegeta said he wanted to see the moment Chiaotzu had blown himself up, as it always made him laugh. Ledas wondered if there was footage of Yajirobe cutting off his tail. Vegeta hated Yajirobe. Ledas found it funny he hadn't been able to punch the samurai to death, but Vegeta had been too tired at the time.
Afterward, Ledas and Vegeta sparred in the gravity chamber. Ledas was able to land several decent blows. However, Vegeta then unleashed a terrible combo on him that battered him bloody. Ledas could barely hold his Super Saiyan 2 form afterward.
Later, Ledas and Bulma watched television in the living room. The boy was covered in bandages. Bulma thought his wrist was broken and wanted him to spend the night in her med-bay. Ledas couldn't, as he had school in the morning. He asked her to finish the rejuvenation tank as soon as possible. He considered using the senzu bean in his pocket, but dismissed the possibility, as he needed to save it for an emergency. He thanked Bulma for offering to treat him in the med-bay, then left, struggling somewhat to fly home.
On June 8th, Ledas and Ryori arrived to class just before it began. Everyone gawked at Ledas, who was donned nearly head-to-toe in bandages and casts. He told them he had overdone it while sparring with Vegeta the previous night. They recognized Vegeta as the guy in blue from the previous day's history lesson. Ledas admitted as much, though asked them not to tell Ms. Mahobi. Ms. Kairyupin entered a minute later, beginning her lesson for the day. Later on, during a vocab test led by Ms. Mahobi, Ryori helped Ledas cheat by writing answers for him to copy before erasing them and writing down his own.
Following the end of the school day, Ryori and Ledas walked to Fushimi Station, arguing over Mr. Satan's abilities. Ryori was convinced he'd beaten Cell. Ledas was adamant it had been one of the Z Fighters. Ryori also mistakenly believed Mr. Satan had beaten Buu, but Ledas shut that notion down quick (though he credited Mr. Satan with an assist, for what it was worth). Fushimi Station was terribly crowded, so they decided to fly home. Ryori asked him to fly slower, as he couldn't withstand high speeds like the Saiyan.
Soon after taking off, the boys were attacked by something they could not see. Explosions went off around them. Ledas created an energy shield around them, but the blasts broke through, sending them crash-landing onto the top of the Royal Tottenham Bottling Company skyscraper. Badly burned and unconscious, Ryori lay in a crumpled heap. Ledas got to his feet, his body thrumming with pain. Again the invisible enemy attacked, explosions going off all around him, sending him flying into a wall.
After getting to his feet, Ledas was attacked again. The Kiseibachi hit him into another wall. He was damaged significantly by a slew of attacks that sent his body flying like a ragdoll. With an explosive wave, he destroyed the closest attackers. The rest came at him, but he released another explosive wave, destroying the rest of the swarm. Ledas noticed the charred shell of a Kiseibachi, taking it in his hand. He limped over to Ryori, force-feeding him the last remaining senzu bean to save his life.
Waking up, Ryori asked what had happened. Ledas didn't know, though someone had to be hunting him. He wasn't concerned, as even in his weakened state, he had easily handled the Kiseibachi. Ryori was worried that Ledas was injured, but the Saiyan lied that he was fine. He was more anxious about Ryori. He revealed he'd given Ryori the senzu. Upset, he thought Ledas could've used it more, which Ledas found funny, as it showed Ryori was worried about him. Ledas noted he wouldn't be able to train for a few days, but he was alright. They bickered playfully before deleted scene #4 began. Therein, after Ryori thanked Ledas for saving his life, the two shared their first kiss and began dating before returning home.
After arriving home, in deleted scene #5, Ledas told Jia about the Kiseibachi before asking her to replace his and Ryori's beds with one king-sized bed. While she was surprised, Jia agreed to do so. Later that night, she investigated, noticing the boys sleeping in the same bed and realized they were dating. She texted Cardinal the details.
On June 9th, Jia, Ledas, and Wilde were in the kitchen, the former two working on Ledas' history essay. Wilde enjoyed pineapple juice while watching television. Ledas wanted her to add a point about how ineffective King Furry was in defending Earth from the Saiyans. Jia didn't want to, as that could be construed as disrespectful to the monarchy. Ledas didn't back down, asking her if they lived in a free society or a totalitarian regime where one could not speak one's mind. Ryori entered. Jia said Ledas could say whatever he wanted about the king, but his teachers might lower his grade for offending them (without any way of proving it). Ledas refused to remove the line, stating that were it not for the Z Fighters, Earth would've been conquered years ago. Jia didn't want to add that point either, as while correct, Ledas' teachers would think he was acting like a delusional chūnibyō. Ryori agreed with Ledas' assessment, though he thought Ledas might get another detention for speaking badly about King Furry. Ledas didn't care, saying he'd do another afterimage showcase if that happened. However, that'd be two strikes against Ms. Mahobi. Wilde left, having finished his pineapple juice.
Ledas asked Jia how they could prank Ms. Mahobi. Jia refused to help, worried they could be expelled if they were caught doing anything to their teacher. Ryori dismissed her concerns, stating they weren't going to do anything serious or get caught. Ledas' power and speed would protect them. Ledas also wanted to add a point in the essay about how Mr. Satan was a fraud, incapable of beating even King Piccolo. He and Ryori bickered over Mr. Satan's abilities, with Ryori noting Ledas would probably get a shitty grade if he disparaged the world champ. Ledas didn't care because it wasn't like he was going to become a scholar. They were able to convince him to soften his language, however, to not risk getting too bad of a grade. Jia tried to get Ledas back on track by analyzing the Saiyan invasion.
On June 11th, the seventh-graders convened on Mr. Hakimoto's yacht, Knot Me Daddy along with Hachi and Chiwan's parents and siblings. Mr. Hakimoto wore a beachside version of his fursuit (which was a wolf). The kids were at a table having a "worst song of the year" competition. Tabashi submitted "Freak" by Doja Cat. They thought the song was low-energy and boring, with the singer being terrible. Finally, Ryori had had enough and played "Gooba" by 6ix9ine. They insulted the childish lyrics, with Chiaki making a joke based on a lyric that most of the kids (except Ippi and Chiwan) found funny. He wasn't very happy Chiwan didn't like his joke. Chiaki played "Yummy" by Justin Bieber. Most of them were creeped out and found it cringe, but Ryori didn't think it was half bad.
Hachi and Chiwan darted off with a go-pro to their older brother Hizara, who was standing on the port-side with a drink. Tsuwa ran over to the table where the others had remained, noticing Ledas trimming his nails with invisible ki blasts. Tsuwa retreated to her sister Donburi, traumatized. Donburi shot her with a squirt bottle, causing Tsuwa to run over to their father. Hizara measured the depth of the ocean beneath them (8.52 meters), deeming it shallow enough for their game to begin. Chiwan threw the go-pro over the edge, then asked everyone else if they wanted to play a game of who could find the go-pro first. Tabashi was scared of sharks. Hizara used the boat scanner to confirm there weren't any within three miles (and he'd let them know if that changed). Chiaki flirted with Chiwan, boasting that he had been a great diver in kindergarten and would easily find the go-pro before her.
Chiwan jumped overboard. Tabashi took some goading from Hizara before he went over. Hizara threw Hachi overboard after the boy hesitated to jump, making the others laugh. Hizara then accused Chiaki of having a thing for Chiwan. Chiaki tried to deny it, but he didn't convince the young man. He chucked Chiaki overboard as well. Mr. Hakimoto asked him to ease up on the boy, as he didn't want to receive a call from Chiaki's parents later. Hizara told him he didn't have to pick up the phone if he didn't want to be involved in drama.
The kids spent a while looking for the go-pro without luck. Azashi, Ippi, Ryori, and Ledas moved over to where Hizara was. Azashi asked him what the prize was for finding the go-pro. Hizara offered them his jet ski. Azashi was wary, as supposedly one could not drive a jet ski unless one was at least sixteen years old. Hizara rebuked him for having such a naive view of society. He confirmed it was a real jet ski. The only reason he was getting rid of it was because he was moving to North City in December because he was transferring to a four-year college. Convinced, Azashi jumped overboard.
Ryori wanted Ledas to find the go-pro, but Ledas thought that'd be too easy. He wanted to see which one of them could do it. Jia could buy them one if Ryori wanted one so badly. Ryori jumped overboard, intent on winning the competition without having to ask her. Ippi refused to take part, typing away like a mad woman on her phone. Ledas used his injuries (he was still done up in casts and bandages) as his excuse. Hizara recognized him as the alien his twin siblings had told him about. Ledas was a tad annoyed they had told him; Hizara promised to keep Ledas' identity a secret, asking if he could take a ride on his spaceship. Ledas told him the entry fee was a case of beer. Hizara reminded him he wasn't twenty-one yet, so it'd be hard to get beer. Ledas said he'd have to steal it from his dad or he wouldn't go to space.
In the water, Chiaki surfaced, showing Chiwan a piece of abalone he'd found. She giggled, splashing him, loving that. Several hours passed before Hizara had had enough. Throwing his shirt off, he dove overboard, surfacing less than a minute later with the go-pro in hand.
They had dinner afterward (halibut tacos with onions, mangoes, lettuce, cilantro, and jalepeños (for those who could handle it) and sweet chili sauce), served by Mrs. Hakimoto. Like her husband, Mrs. Hakimoto wore a beachside fursuit (hers was a fox). Seeing Chiwan eat the jalepeños, Chiaki asked for some. Having finished serving the kids, Mrs. Hakimoto walked over to her husband, whispered something in his ear, and the two of them scurried off to the cabin. She asked Donburi to watch the seventh-graders while they were gone. Donburi was extremely embarrassed by her parents' behavior. Mr. Hakimoto told her it was his boat, his rules before disappearing inside.
Back at the table, Ryori told the others they were planning on pranking Ms. Mahobi. Azashi didn't like the idea, thinking Ledas had earned his detention. Ledas called her arrogant for assuming she knew more about the Saiyan invasion than him. Chiaki could hardly handle the spice of the jalepeños. Chiwan wanted to prank her for being a King Furry apologist. Tabashi wanted to know if Ledas had actually known those Saiyans. Ledas revealed he had been trained by Nappa and had grown up with Vegeta, which didn't make sense to them because Ledas was much younger than the aliens had been in the videos. Ledas told them about how he'd been frozen in stasis for several decades, only reaching Earth recently. Chiaki showed sympathy for him. Ledas admitted he didn't have much in common with Vegeta anymore and had fallen far behind his friend in power, needing to put all his effort into catching up. Chiaki wondered if Ledas would start aging like normal now. Ledas didn't know.
Ryori said they were getting distracted, redirecting the conversation to pranking Ms. Mahobi. Chiwan didn't want a repeat of what had happened with Ms. Kairyupin. Tabashi wondered what had gone wrong there, but she refused to elaborate, as Tabashi hadn't been part of the operation. They began brainstorming when Chiaki accidentally brushed the side of his eye with his finger, getting the spice of the jalepeños in it. Tsuwa wandered over to her father's chair, finding his car keys. Before Donburi could stop her, Tsuwa unlocked the pepper spray canister and sprayed it into the wind, the liquid flinging back onto her face. She fell to the ground, crying out, Donburi rushing over with a distressed, guilty look on her face.
In the wee hours of June 12th, Jia prepared a CLEAN-BOT with the paralyzing agent. Cardinal texted her that they were ready. She released the CLEAN-BOT into the house soon after. Ledas was sleepwalking down the hall. The CLEAN-BOT flew over to him, spraying him in the face with a bluish mist. His shoulders slumped, and when he reached the door to his room, his hand couldn't clench it, causing him to continue walking down the hall to the back door. Flinging it open, Ledas stumbled outside and collapsed on his stomach in the grass. After a moment of hesitation, Jia, who had been watching from the hall, texted Cardinal that everything was ready to go.
A few minutes later, the Kiseibachi attacked Ledas as he slept in the backyard. The Saibamen, who had also been sleeping in the backyard, noticed their master in distress. Wilde rallied the troops to his defense. Ses caught Ledas' body as it was flung around. He tried to create an energy barrier but wasn't strong enough to prevent the Kiseibach from breaking through. Ame too could not withstand the swarm. Wilde and Carawa faired slightly better, but they were on the back foot. Ledas woke up, not understanding why he couldn't move. Coming to his senses, Ledas felt a deep, protective sense for his Saibamen overcoming him. The Saibamen continued to guard him as best they could. They were bleeding now. Ledas tried with all his might to get up.
Ses and Ame were ripped to shreds by the Kiseibachi, killing them instantly. Screaming in dismay, Ledas used all his strength to break free of the paralysis, rising to the air and releasing an explosive wave that destroyed the remaining Kiseibachi. Ledas gained movement from this, returning to the ground. Wilde and Carawa scampered over to him, crying out for vengeance. Ledas promised them he'd avenge Ses and Ame, closing his eyes, sensing for that place he'd felt his energy before. He promised he'd kill whoever was responsible. Rising into the air, Ledas shot off, flying with grim urgency to Central City.
In the New Red Ribbon Army lab, Dr. Usuba and all twenty-two scientists watched the Kiseibachi attack Ledas and his Saibamen from a live feed. Without warning, the cameras of every drone cut out in unison. A scientist told Usuba they'd lost contact, putting him in a panic. Usuba believed it was a glitch, asking them to load the backup generator. Without warning, Ledas landed through the ceiling, splattering a scientist. He was shaking with rage. Usuba was horrified Ledas had found them. Ledas told them he'd sensed his energy in this building before and was going to end things. He didn't know who they were or why they were hunting him, but it didn't matter. They would be dead within moments.
Usuba ranted about how much he hated the Saiyans after what had happened to East City. He swore he wouldn't let another Saiyan attack humankind again. Ledas calmly said he wasn't responsible for East City's destruction, but he would be destroying the NRRA building. Usuba released the remaining Kiseibachi as Ledas charged up an Ice Cannon. Now in a powered-up Super Saiyan 2 state, Ledas hardly felt their attacks. He detonated his attack, vaporizing everyone on that floor of the building. The skyscraper collapsed moments later as pedestrians fled in terror.
That afternoon, Chiaki, Azashi, Ledas, and Ryori played Halo 2 in the master bedroom, discussing their plan to prank Ms. Mahobi. Chiaki, Azashi, and Ledas thought replacing her shampoo with instant tanning cream was a tad too mean. On a second monitor, an episode of Reno 911! ended, the program transitioning to an emergency news report about the building in Central City Ledas had destroyed (Chiaki and Azashi didn't know about that). The kids discussed the disaster, Ledas betraying no emotion as he refused to engage in the conversation.
Chiaki noticed that there was now only one bed in the room and asked where the other had gone. Ryori said they'd upgraded to a single king-sized one. Chiaki noticed a note on the nightstand that Ledas had written with a drawing of a naked stick figure which read "no underwear zone". Embarrassed, Ryori snatched it from him, yelling at Ledas for forgetting to put it away before Chiaki and Azashi came over. Realizing Ledas and Ryori were dating, the boys made a few jokey comments that Ryori didn't appreciate. They resumed their game shortly afterward, with Chiaki winning. After winning another game, Chiaki recorded his celebration on his phone, trash-talking his friends.
After Chiaki and Azashi left, Ryori and Ledas prepared fruit smoothies for dinner. Ledas apologized for leaving the note out. Ryori said they would've found out about the boys dating at some point anyway, so it didn't matter. He was curious if Ledas had been okay with them coming over after what had happened to Ses and Ame. Ledas mentioned how he had been lonely and isolated in the Planet Trade Organization. Hanging out with them had kept his mind off the tragedy, and while he would never forget Ses and Ame, he appreciated what his friends had done for him more than they could know. Ryori took the note out of his pocket, declaring the policy back in effect, which caused Ledas to laugh.
At lunch at school the next day, Tabashi and Ledas competed in a Spice Off challenge to settle their differences. Chiwan revealed a bowl of habanero peppers while Hachi brought out a cooler filled with bottles of milk. The first to drink the milk would lose. They had to eat a pepper every minute. Ledas and Tabashi took a habanero, staring each other down. Tabashi was still furious with the Saiyan. Ippi recorded them on her phone.
The boys ate their first peppers quickly, although the heat hit them immediately. Staring down Ledas, Tabashi ate another one. Ledas hurriedly followed suit. Tabashi ate a third. Ledas did so as well, but was much slower. They were sweating profusely by now. Ledas promised he wouldn't lose, for he hated milk. They finished the rest of the bowl in quick succession, impressing the hell out of Chiwan.
Next, Chiwan brought out the Carolina Reapers. She warned them these peppers were ten times hotter than the habaneros, but that didn't stop the boys from eating one. They hunched over in pain, absorbing the spice, liquid dripping from their eyes and noses. Ledas said that was the hottest thing he'd ever eaten. After a minute passed, neither one was willing to eat another. Chiwan decided whoever ate the next Reaper would become the Spice Off champion.
Chiaki ran over to the bowl, taking a Reaper in each hand. Calling Tabashi and Ledas pussies, he quickly ate both. Hachi declared him the champion. The spice hit him like a freight train. He ran to the cooler, taking a bottle of milk and guzzling it down, complaining that it barely stemmed the heat. Chiwan was impressed by his courage. Tabashi shook Ledas' hand (Ryori had to tell him what that meant), respecting him for taking part in the Spice Off. With that, their quarrel seemed to be over.
In class, they watched a movie with Ms. Mahobi. The three spice contestants had rolls of paper towels on their desks that they used to dab at their eyes, noses, and mouths. Ms. Mahobi was none too pleased with them, though she said nothing.
After class, Ryori, Tabashi, Ledas, and Chiaki walked home together, the latter three holding detention slips. Chiaki ranted about how detention as a concept was morally repulsive, stating that in his opinion, teachers shouldn't have the right to keep students in a room after class. Ledas agreed. Chiaki declared they'd have to get Ms. Mahobi really good now. Instant tanning cream wasn't harsh enough. Tabashi was freaking out, thinking his uncle would send him to military school if he returned home with the detention slip. Ryori and Chiaki told him he could just sign his uncle's name himself in different handwriting, which they promptly did before walking off. Tabashi followed suit, calming down somewhat.
On June 16th, Ledas was sleeping in the rejuvenation tank in his gravity training unit when Oscalpano snuck in, preparing to kill him. Jia saved Ledas by using a CLEAN-BOT to spray Oscalpano with the same paralyzing agent she'd used on him four days prior, killing the man.
During class on June 16th, the seventh-graders took an English exam. Ryori helped Ledas cheat by writing answers for him to copy before erasing them and writing his own answers. Ms. Mahobi was glued to a talk show on her computer. After class, everyone left except Ledas and Ryori. Jia was waiting for them in the hallway. Mahobi, Ledas, and Jia entered the teacher's office while Ryori played on his phone outside.
Mahobi informed Jia Ledas had two detentions (on Friday and Saturday) and had been disruptive in class multiple times. He was at risk of not passing the seventh grade if he continued acting out. Jia said the detentions she'd given him were illegitimate, and after targetting Ledas for his natural hair color, she couldn't trust Mahobi's judgment. Mahobi apologized but noted she had only been following official policy. Ledas called her a terrible person for going along with an immoral policy. Mahobi found that rude and asked Jia to put a stop to Ledas' behavior. She backed up the boy, agreeing that the teachers had been harassing him. She threatened to take Mahobi and perhaps the school at large to court if they did not back down, noting that as a SAARO employee, she'd have access to the king's treasury to pay for the finest lawyers.
Mahobi didn't believe she had done anything wrong by giving Ledas detention for disrupting her lecture on the Saiyan invasion. Ledas was fine with her reprimanding him, but he had a big problem with detention, thinking no teacher should have the power to hold a student after class. He said she wasn't his mother and it wasn't her place to try to parent him. Mahobi wanted to suspend him for saying that. Jia told her to stop getting caught up in emotional bullshit and focus on her teaching. Mahobi realized there was no getting through to the woman, thinking it now made sense why Ledas was the way he was. Ledas questioned the morals of anyone who thought detention was a legitimate teaching tool. Mahobi said it was her right by the law, so he'd have to suck it up. It didn't matter if Ledas thought it was wrong of her to give him detention. It was her call. She refused to rescind either detention. Jia ordered Ledas to remain respectful of Mahobi in the classroom and threatened her with legal action if she tried to suspend him. She and Ledas left swiftly afterward, not saying another word to Mahobi. Ryori regrouped with them and everyone left.
After school, Azashi, Ledas, Ryori, Chiaki, Chiwan, Hachi, and Anraku met up at Azashi's house. Chiwan, Chiaki, and Ledas worked on math homework while Hachi, Azashi, Anraku, and Ryori played a racing video game. Azashi said he wanted to be a chef who owned his own restaurant when he grew up. Ryori wanted to be a porn star. Anraku found that ridiculous, thinking he'd get bored of sex very quickly if he had to perform almost every day. Hachi wanted King Furry's job. Chiwan thought that was about the most idiotic thing he could've chosen, given how busy and stressful the king must be all the time. Anraku won the race and trash-talked his brother, which Azashi did not appreciate.
Ledas and Chiaki ranted about how they didn't like seafood, especially how people ate the eyes, brains, and inner organs of many of the animals, including shrimp. Ledas didn't like the taste of any seafood, which surprised Azashi, but he couldn't convince the Saiyan otherwise. After the next race finished, Hachi asked Chiwan if she was ready to go home, as they had planned to go to the skate park later. She needed more time to finish her homework, so she offered to go to the park with him on Saturday. Chiaki wanted them to wait until after he, Ledas, and Tabashi got out of detention. Hachi wasn't pleased they were coming along, as he was beginning to suspect Chiaki had a thing for his sister.
They told Anraku about the Spice Off challenge and how Mahobi had given them detention for it. Ryori showed Anraku a picture of Mahobi. He thought he recognized her, speculating she was a semi-regular at the Guac (showing up once or twice a week). Ryori wanted Anraku to get her super drunk if she showed up on a school night so that she'd come to class the next morning either hungover or still drunk. Despite Azashi's fears that he could get fired for it, Anraku didn't think it was a bad idea. He just didn't know why he'd do it. Ryori offered him a ride on Ledas' gravity training unit if he messed with Mahobi. Azashi showed him a video of Neptune on his phone. Anraku didn't necessarily believe them but was willing to go along with it because Ryori promised him Ƶ250,000 if they were lying about the spaceship. Anraku told them he was going to bring his girlfriend with him, so they'd need to have two seats ready. Ryori said that wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't use the ship before the nineteenth, as that was the day Hizara was going for a ride. The boys started another race as Chiwan and Chiaki continued working on their geometry homework.
The next day, after Ms. Kairyupin's lesson ended, she received a text from someone (which seemed to massively irritate her). She informed the class Ms. Mahobi wasn't feeling well, so she'd be filling in for her during the history lesson that day—a documentary by Jimmy Firecracker about Mr. Satan's fight against Cell: ‘Hail Satan: World Hero or World’s Biggest Fraud?’. Firecracker claimed that Mr. Satan might not have defeated Cell, which offended Ryori. Kairyupin told them they'd be writing a three-page double-spaced response to be submitted next Monday, so they'd have to take notes. After starting the video, Kairyupin texted a response to Mahobi, and judging by her facial expressions, she was pissed.
On June 18th, Ledas, Chiaki, and Tabashi served their detention at the middle school. Ms. Mahobi shopped for purses online while Chiaki played sudoku, Tabashi played on his phone behind a book, and Ledas slept, using an afterimage as cover. When it was over, Mahobi dismissed them, telling them she hoped they had learned something. As Chiaki left the room, he played the video of Ms. Mahobi singing karaoke at the Guac loud enough for Mahobi to hear. After the door closed, the boys laughed at her. Chiaki thought her singing voice sucked. Tabashi was impressed by her tits, loving how trashy she was. Chiaki thought she had a good pair too, but they were too big for Ledas. Chiaki wondered if that was because he was an alien. Ledas noted that most Saiyan women didn't have large breasts from his memory, including his mother, because they'd get in the way while fighting. They embarrassed him by insinuating he was in love with his mother.
A couple of hours later, Ledas and Ryori took part in deleted scene #6. They lost their virginities in the scene.
In the afternoon of June 19th, Jia, Ryori, Ledas, and Chiaki visited the West City Zoo, looking through all the exhibits. At the monkey exhibit, Chiaki pointed to one who was masturbating, calling him Ledas' brother. Ryori remarked the monkey had more stamina than Ledas. Chiaki was jealous of the easy life the monkey lived, receiving free food and housing and getting to masturbate all day every day while people watched. Ryori thought he'd enjoy prison if he thought that was so great. At a cafe, Ledas made a bit of a spectacle of himself by eating eight sandwiches and about a pound of fries in one sitting.
Chiaki confirmed to Ryori that Chiwan had found the messages Tabashi had drunk-texted her from his phone funny. Ryori wondered why he didn't ask her out. Tabashi was very worried about what would happen to their friends group if she rejected him. Ryori wanted him to ask Jia for advice. Jia admitted she'd never dated anyone before, so she wouldn't be the best person to ask. Given that she couldn't have kids, her dating pool was a bit shallower than one would expect for someone as attractive as her. Ledas said he and Ryori were pretty much her kids because they were orphans. She very much appreciated how they had accepted her into their lives.
A girl walking by gawked at Ledas' tail (which was clutching a sandwich). Her mother promised it was just a toy and boys did not, in fact, have tails. Chiaki said his therapist had recommended he just ask Chiwan out and see what happens. Ryori agreed with that, but Chiaki didn't find it easy to do. Ryori recommended he should try to learn how to skate to impress her, which Chiaki didn't think was a bad idea.
Later, they visited the tiger exhibit. Ledas thought the tigers looked incredibly cool. Unable to help himself, Ledas flew into the tiger enclosure, trying to pet one. The tiger took several swipes at him. He dodged with afterimages, petting the feline and agitating it. Several women noticed him in the enclosure and began to scream, so Ledas flew back to the others in a flash of light. Jia told them they were leaving before anyone recognized Ledas as the one who had jumped in the tiger exhibit, as she didn't want to deal with the zoo's security staff.
The next morning, when Anraku and his girlfriend left Earth in Ledas' gravity training unit, the boy was briefly woken by the sound of it taking off, though he fell back asleep seconds later.
That night, after Anraku and his girlfriend returned, Ledas trained on his ship at 450g. After finishing, he went downstairs, grabbing a bottle of kiwi juice as he prepared to take a shower. He noticed a torn condom wrapper at the end of the bed. Annoyed at Anraku, he asked Theo to initiate a deep clean and replace the sheets as he walked off, incinerating the condom wrapper with a ki blast.
On June 21st, Ryori and Ledas watched a news report about the old vaping woman burning to death in her home. The reporter speculated that she had spontaneously combusted. Ryori asked Ledas if he had been responsible. The Saiyan denied involvement. Ryori wondered if the Saibamen had been responsible. Ledas didn't think so, as it was their rest day. The two resumed playing a video game, thinking nothing more of it.
On June 24th, Ryori, Ledas, and Tabashi were the last three in the classroom with Ms. Mahobi, finishing their in-class English essay. Ryori was writing and erasing a lot so that Ledas could copy his answers. Finally, Ledas finished his test, turned it in, and left the room. Ryori breathed a sigh of relief, thinking to himself that Ledas would owe him big-time for that. He got to work on his answers.
Later, everyone returned to the room, including the other teachers, as the class celebrated the end of their last day by eating cake and watching a low-budget movie Mr. Takkuro had a small role in as a cop. Afterward, they were released from class.
The kids spent the afternoon learning how to surf. Each one had an instructor. Ledas was the worst at surfing (his poor tail didn't help) and Chiwan was without a doubt the most skilled. As time went on, the kids returned to Hachi and Chiwan's yacht except for Chiwan and Chiaki, who practiced for several hours longer. Chiaki was improving, but he was still nothing compared to her. The kids and Hizara watched them continue going at it, realizing they weren't going to come back to the boat any time soon. Eventually, Chiwan and Chiaki returned to shore, the pair having a grand old time together.
Back home, Jia, Ledas, and Ryori had bowls of ice cream to celebrate the kids' seventh-grade graduations. Jia was extremely proud of them. Ledas wondered if the teachers had known he was scamming them. Ryori didn't believe so. Jia thought they'd recognize that his essays had been written at a level above a seventh-grader's but wouldn't be able to prove it, especially after that last in-class essay. She praised Ryori for his memorization skills that had helped them accomplish that. Ledas said he hadn't really learned how to read many kanji, but he had been able to do the math on his own for the most part. Ryori asked him if he was going to go to school with them next year. Ledas didn't want to (the scam would be much harder to pull off over a whole year), though he confirmed he was going to be around no matter what. He had to make sure he could focus on his training. He knew there'd be plenty of opportunities for them to hang out with the other seventh-graders as Ledas was certain Earth was his home now. He wasn't going anywhere.
While this was going on, Jia poured Carawa a cup of juice. The Saibaman took his prize and scurried off. Jia asked the boys not to get into any trouble, as Ledas' powers wouldn't be able to save them every time. Ryori promised. When the television show went to commercial, Ledas demanded they mute it, and the three conversed about how weird it was that so many people will just sit there and watch commercials. Ryori thought those people belonged in the trash, which made even Jia laugh.
On June 25th, the eight seventh-graders had lunch together at the Terco Bobo taco truck, Azashi sharing homemade salsa with everyone. That night, Ledas and Ryori took part in deleted scene #7.
Just after midnight on June 27th, Ledas went to the bathroom at the Guac. A patron saw him, though Ledas teleported away, causing the guy to think he had hallucinated the experience. Ledas returned to a private room where Chiaki, Azashi, and Ryori were. They were doing shots. Azashi threw up on the floor. Ledas thought the beer tasted better, while Chiaki didn't understand how his mom could drink that nearly every day.
On June 30th, Tabashi, Chiaki, Hachi, Ryori, and Ledas visited Temoto's auto shop. Temoto showed them how to repair something in a hovercar's engine, although when Ledas helped him, the boy got oil all over his face. Hachi noticed Chiaki furiously texting someone, assuming it was Chiwan, and grew suspicious.
On July 2nd, the seventh-graders had dinner at Azashi's house along with Azashi's parents and little sister Kaiten. Ledas pigged out, shocking Azashi's family, until Chiaki waved a shrimp tail in his face, making him gag.
The next day, Ryori, Ledas, Yajirobe, and Korin played hot pepper poker (whoever loses a hand or fold pre-flop has to eat a hot pepper (either serranos, tabascos, or habaneros)) on Korin Tower. Korin put in a bet pre-flop, causing Yajirobe and Ledas to fold and eat serranos. The fat samurai was in agony from the spice. Ledas laughed and laughed, though he too ate a pepper.
On July 19th, Ledas and Vegeta trained at Capsule Corp. Ledas held his own quite well, landing several good blows. They made each other bleed until Vegeta ended the fight with a powerful explosive wave. Ledas lamented that Vegeta was still so much stronger than him. Vegeta thought the gap between them was narrowing, but stated he'd always be stronger. Ledas noted that Kakarot was still the strongest Saiyan, however. Vegeta told him about how Goku had used a new form known as Super Saiyan 3 against Majin Buu. Vegeta had also used Super Saiyan 3 against The Benefactor. Ledas hadn't known about that. He thought that was so badass.
Vegeta didn't like Super Saiyan 3 due to its untenable energy expenditure, instead wanting to perfect Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2. He praised Ledas for getting so much stronger over the past few weeks, closing the gap between them significantly. Ledas didn't think that was true, as he couldn't go Super Saiyan 3 like Goku and Vegeta. He asked Vegeta to show him the form. They went outside for that.
In the backyard, Bikini watered her flowers while Jia and Bulma had lunch together. Vegeta began powering up. Ledas was stunned by the power he was exuding. He realized how far he still had to go to catch up to his friend. Once Vegeta reached Super Saiyan 3, he asked Ledas not to use the Dragon Balls to unlock it for himself. Ledas didn't know what those were (Vegeta soon after told him about them). Bikini came over, asking them if they wanted some lemonade. The Saiyans couldn't refuse.
On July 22nd, the eight seventh-graders had lunch at the Terco Bobo taco truck again. As one would expect, Ledas had like ten burritos and four plates of tacos compared to everyone else's single plate of food. The kids debated the quality of Death Note, with Hachi thinking the series went to shit after L died. Ryori noticed Ledas was wearing one of his shirts. Ippi wanted Ledas to start a mukbang channel, given how much food he could eat in a single sitting. Ryori explained to him what a mukbang was. Ledas was in awe of human culture. Ippi also thought he'd get super popular if he shared videos of him flying through cities and whatnot. Ledas wasn't interested in internet fame, so he politely declined. Ippi didn't understand how anyone could think like that.
At that time, Subutayo and her four vegan beta males ran up to the taco truck, blocking the ordering window in protest. The customers in line yelled at them, but they refused to move. The Terco Bobo owner exited his truck, holding a propane cooker. He set it on a table near the vegans while his assistant brought out raw meat for him to cook in front of them. He cooked to cheers and applause from the customers while calling the vegans assholes. Azashi walked over to the protestors, saying he respected people who were vegans (his dad was one), but they didn't have the right to control other people. Humans were built to eat meat, whether they liked it or not, and it wasn't immoral to do so. He said they could smell the meat just as much as he could, and they'd be lying to themselves if they didn't think it smelled good. Chiwan thought it was funny the vegans had taped their mouths shut, as it made them look like clowns.
Vegan beta male #2 slapped Azashi across the face with his sign, then pinned him to the truck and kneed him in the stomach. The Terco Bobo owner sprayed him and the other vegans with pepper spray, saving Azashi. The vegans collapsed to the ground, writhing in pain while the owner laughed at them. The crowd and the seventh-graders in particular gave the man a round of applause for dealing with those fools.
On July 29th, during chapter 12.5, Chiwan, Hachi, Ledas, Ryori, and Chiaki played a game of spin the bottle where whoever the bottle landed on had to answer a question no matter what. In the second scene, the boys played a porn test challenge where Chiwan determined what stuff they were attracted to. In the third scene, Ryori, Ledas, and Hachi had some fun while Chiwan watched and Chiaki played video games in the living room. In the fourth scene, on August 9th, Ledas and Ryori visited the ruined Planet Cooler 92. Ledas showed his friend the outpost he had grown up on. They visited Guva's manse, found a bottle of chillrose wine, and snagged a set of PTO armor for Ryori in the armory. Afterward, they had fun together before leaving the planet, sharing several moments of romantic passion.
In the bonus chapter, on September 9th, Age 777, Beelzebub and Ledas tracked a bounty to a bar on Nyare. He was an alien of Sūi's species named Farfel. Ledas, an alcoholic drink in his hand, chased the man out of the bar and into the desert where he took to the sky, fleeing in dismay. Ledas was going to take him out with an energy beam when he noticed Beelzebub bearing down on the alien. Beelzebub easily cut Farfel off, preventing him from getting away. He asked the man where he was going. Farfel realized the pair who were chasing him were bounty hunters. He tried to attack Beelzebub but couldn't land a hit. The demon spit on Farfel, turning him to stone. The man fell from the sky, shattering into hundreds of pieces in the dunes below.
Beelzebub descended to the ground where Ledas was waiting for him. He was unconcerned that he'd killed Farfel. Ledas wasn't happy with him, saying the bounty would be reduced to half now that Farfel was dead. Beelzebub didn't care about the money, preferring that a man like Farfel was no longer around. He was surprised Ledas was acting so greedy. Ledas just thought they could've done better. He asked Beelzebub to collect the pieces, confirming with him that he could turn Farfel back to normal, as otherwise, the bounty collectors would think they were delivering a statue. Beelzebub did so, splattering blood and guts across the sands. Ledas was unwilling to carry the pieces back to their ship, demanding Beelz do it himself, as he had been responsible for making the mess in the first place. He was roasting in the heat, so he air-dashed back to the ship with great speed. Beelzebub used telekinesis to bring Farfel's remains back with him as he flew after Ledas.
Not So Far[]
In Age 775, Korin, Yajirobe, and Ledas got together on Korin Tower to play poker. During the poker game, Korin told them a story about how several hundred years ago, he had lived in the court of a certain Emperor Chaoko, where he had met a beautiful prized cat called Lady Myobu, who was the Fifth Rank in the entire kingdom. He then recounted the slick ideas he had had to make her his girlfriend: taking a bath, buying himself a fancy purple collar, and trimming his claws. However, he had scared her when he had gone up to her to introduce himself (as the fine lady had slept with her eyes open, and he had woken her rudely). Thus, the emperor had banished Korin to Dog Island. Ledas was quite entertained by this story, though Yajirobe cared not for it, and grew increasingly impatient, as he had heard the tale several times before.
Korin continued his story nonetheless, telling them about how eventually Lady Myobu had been married to some tomcat who had been promoted to the Eighth Rank in the kingdom. While Korin lamented the cruelty of his fate, he revealed that the tomcat had been named Nir, a name which Ledas thought was way past cool. He then told them about how he had crashed Nir and Myobu's wedding, ruining it horribly by blowing up their cake with some firecrackers he had stolen from a mutt on Dog Island. Nir had run out of the building screaming, disgracing himself and ruining any chance of him marrying Lady Myobu (and losing his Eighth Rank). However, before Korin had been able to present himself to her, Emperor Chaoko had wheeled out a big fat black-and-white kitty named Ishmael and married her to him mere minutes later. It was a horribly sad tale.
Then, the wise kitty demanded Ledas tell them a story, or he would have to make them dinner. As the boy was not so brilliant a cook, he agreed. At first, Korin pressed him to tell them a love story as he had, but Ledas refused. Instead, he told them a story about his father taking him to the royal city zoo back on Planet Vegeta just after he had turned four years old. His father had found a girl his age to bring along for a playdate of sorts (Ledas swore he didn't remember her name). There, they had borne witness to a Sanu (an animal not unlike a saber-tooth cat) ripping off a trainer's arm as he had tried to feed it meat on a stick. Thus concluded Ledas' legendary story. Korin and Yajirobe were barely impressed.
However, it was then Yajirobe's turn to tell a story, and as he had gone all-in on that particular hand, he was at risk of busting before getting to tell his tale. The other two made him tell it before dealing the cards. Yajirobe told them a story about how, shortly after leaving the Iboinoshishi Samurai School, he had hunted a rather ill-tempered wild boar, cutting its head off and slow-roasting it over a fire. Then, Ledas busted Yajirobe with a pair of kings. While it was not shown if Korin or Ledas won the poker match, it would be safer to assume the former got the better of the latter.
Later, the three of them had a nice dinner of roasted wild boar to celebrate. After dinner, Yajirobe asked Ledas why he hadn't returned home yet, with the boy replying that the issue wasn't something the samurai would be interested in. He then offered to take Yajirobe to The Guac, the premier club in West City. Yajirobe declined the offer, telling the boy that he shouldn't go to such places, but Ledas, being an alien, cared not for Earthly morals.
Ledas gave Yajirobe a small piece of paper, on which he had written him a haiku as thanks for the dinner (showing that, despite his sloppy handwriting, he had learned, in some capacity, to write). The haiku read: the fading sun and/smoked meat clinging to the air/a night spent with friends. Then, Ledas flew back home.
Sandboys[]
One night while Master Roshi and Oolong were partying in The Guac, one of the foremost clubs in West City, Roshi ran into Ledas in the bathroom. The boy's furry tail reminded the old man of Goku all those years ago - back when he had been a real Saiyan. He asked Ledas if he was Goten, but the Super Elite simply replied by telling him that he was in fact twelve. Then, he ran back out to the dance floor, and Roshi never saw him again that night.
Bean Daddy[]
Ledas and Ryori attended Bulma's birthday party in August of Age 775. There, they socialized with Mr. Satan until Ledas noticed Yajirobe in attendance. He conversed with the samurai for a while before getting Yajirobe to admit that he was smitten by one of the female servers. Later, the two of them followed her home, with Ledas urging Yajirobe to say something to her. The samurai confronted her on the street, but his nervousness spooked her and caused her to fall over and crack open her skull, resulting in a swift death. The two fled the scene, with Yajirobe on Ledas' back (as he still had not learned how to fly). The boy offered to take him to a buffet in order to cheer him up, which Yajirobe gladly agreed to.
A Quest for Booty[]
In the fourth scene of chapter 2, Beelzebub, Abo, and Kado arrived in West City on their hunt for the fourth Dragon Ball. They eventually landed at a house, which was where the Dragon Ball was supposedly located. Beelzebub kicked the door in, ordering his bodyguards to search the place for the ball. It wasn't long before Abo found it in a box sitting on a table in the living room. He showed it to Beelzebub. Abo's reward was a tub of chocolate ice cream from the refrigerator. When Kado tried to join in, Beelzebub slapped him and berated him for not finding the ball.
Just then, Ledas and Ryori, the boys who lived in the house, returned. Ledas was telling Ryori not to worry, for Bulma would make them a new Dragon Radar (presumably the radar they had used to procure the Dragon Ball Beelzebub stole had been broken). They noticed that the front door had been kicked in. Before Beelzebub and his bodyguards could hide, the boys ran inside and found them. Ledas spotted the demon holding the Dragon Ball and demanded to know what was going on. The prince merely ordered Abo and Kado to knock out the boys. The aliens were unsure if that was necessary. Ledas told Ryori to stay behind him so that he could take care the thieves himself. Ryori ran outside.
After he did so, Abo rushed at Ledas with a swinging fist. Ledas caught it easily and threw the alien into the television. The wall collapsed on top of Abo and he did not get up. Kado came at Ledas next, but he kicked the man through several walls, which caused part of the roof to immediately collapse. Ledas then confronted Beelzebub. The demon complained about how ineffective Abo and Kado had been before Ledas slapped him so hard, he flew into the refrigerator in the kitchen before collapsing to the floor. The Saiyan plucked the Dragon Ball from his grasp and told him that he and Ryori were collecting the balls to wish Ryori's brother back to life. He would not let anyone stop them from making their wish. He grasped Beelzebub by the neck, bringing him to eye level.
They exchanged several empty threats before Aka (Abo and Kado having sneakily fused into Aka) came up behind Ledas and slammed his head into the marble countertop. The boy dropped Beelzebub and fell over. Aka confronted him, boasting wildly. Dazed as he was, the Saiyan was unimpressed. He noticed Beelzebub crawling over to the Dragon Ball (which he had dropped after striking the countertop), teleported over to the demon, and stomped his fingers. Screaming, Beelzebub reached for a canister of pink spray paint near the sink. He sprayed Ledas' face with it, getting some of it in his hair, too. Ledas fell over, screaming, covering his eyes. Aka complained that he hadn't been allowed to defeat the boy. Beelzebub told him to shut up if he wanted to get his wish. Then, he went at Ledas again, emptying the entire canister in his face. However, by that time, he had recovered, so he merely punched the demon prince in the throat, and Beelzebub was knocked down.
Afterwards, he confronted Aka, the fusion of Abo and Kado, noting that while the alien had become far stronger in his fused form, he was still no match for Ledas. The two began their duel. Ledas was able to comfortably dodge Aka, though the warrior demolished half of his house in the process. Outside, Ryori lamented the fact that Ledas allowed the house to take so much damage. Ledas didn't seem to mind, though. He noted that Aka's fighting style reminded him of Nappa's.
Finally, Ledas ended the fight by going Super Saiyan. He threatened to kill Aka if the alien ever tried to steal the Dragon Ball from him again. With his increased speed and power, he easily outpaced the fusion. Without being seen, he kicked Aka's legs out from under him, teleported in front of him, elbowed him downwards, and then hit him with a vicious uppercut that sent the poor purple fellow sailing through a wall. He came to a stop halfway through the tree on the front lawn, though he did not move and leaked blood. A pedestrian who had seen that raced off in his hovercar in horror only to hit a parked car three blocks down the road.
Ledas regressed to his base form and walked over to Beelzebub. He made sure the boy had heard what he had said to Aka. Beelzebub was flustered. He knew he couldn't give up on his quest. He decided to strike a deal with Ledas. He would gather all of the Dragon Balls, and in return for Ledas' ball, the boy could have his wish to revive Ryori's brother. He showed the Saiyan the three balls he had already collected. Ledas agreed to the partnership, stating that Beelzebub would make up for destroying his house if he found the remaining three Dragon Balls. Ryori butted in by noting that Ledas could have prevented Aka and Beelzebub from destroying the house, but Ledas shrugged him off, reminding his friend that he could have Cardinal give them a new, bigger house. Ryori seemed to like that, for he had wanted a new bathroom anyways.
Beelzebub asked if he could hold onto Ledas' Dragon Ball, but the other boy refused to give it up. He told the demon to return to Capsule Corp. when he had collected the other six balls so that Ledas could make the wish himself. Beelzebub couldn't argue any further, so he returned to Aka, who had by that point de-fused into Abo and Kado. He told them to follow him, and groggily, they took to the sky, pursuing the next Dragon Ball.
In the second scene of chapter 3, Bulma had just repaired the Dragon Radar Ledas and Ryori had been using when Jaco's space ship landed on her lawn. The alien told her that he was tracking a wanted space criminal who had come to Earth. At the mention of a space pirate, Ledas shot over to them (he must have been nearby) and demanded to fight the rogue warrior. Bulma gave him the Dragon Radar, while Jaco seemed not to believe that the boy could handle a space pirate.
Ledas sensed for the pirate and after a few moments of concentrating, pinpointed his location in the far north of the world. He asked Jaco what the guy did to make him chase him all the way to Earth. Jaco refused to answer that question. Ledas told him that he was far stronger than the power level he sensed in the north, so Jaco allowed the boy to become his sidekick in his mission to hunt down Paprikan. Ledas didn't like being reduced to such a role, but nevertheless joined Jaco on his mission. He grabbed the alien by the wrist and shot off into the sky, telling him that a fat old man with a sailor's cap had once told him that words are wind, so they should be too.
In the fourth scene, Paprikan awoke inside a cave. He was hanging from chains against a wall. There were many oil lamps around, giving the place some light. He reflected on some old memories and how he hadn't had any friends or comrades since he killed Bael all those years ago. He broke free from his bindings and ventured down the tunnel. He eventually came to a larger room where he found the four-star Dragon Ball lying on a table. He heard whispering and felt as if someone was watching him, but nobody appeared for a while.
Then, two beings entered from the far side of the chamber, talking to one another. One, a boy, mentioned that he could sense that someone was in that room. Paprikan hid behind a rock pillar. He noticed that one of the two was Jaco and correctly surmised that the Galactic Patrolman had come for him. With him was a boy with a monkey tail. Jaco found the Dragon Ball and gave it to the boy. Ledas was extremely surprised to find a Dragon Ball in that place. That pissed Paprikan off. The Dragon Ball was his - he was going to collect all seven and wish for immortality. Ledas started calling for Paprikan to show himself. The Makyan did not fear the boy, so he prepared to fight.
Just then, smoke seeped into the room. Paprikan noticed it and began to feel woozy. Suddenly, about sixty apes materialized from the smoke and attacked Ledas for taking their Dragon Ball. Jaco jumped up on the table and remarked that the beasts looked like his uncle Bessupo. The Saiyan, having taken to the air, easily dodged the apes' attempts at grabbing him. Seeing how nonchalantly Ledas was dodging the apes, Paprikan realized he would not be able to beat the kid in a fight.
Ledas threw the Dragon Ball back to Jaco, remarking that since he was a Super Elite, it would be best for him to hold onto it. The apes turned their attention to Jaco. Paprikan thought to himself that ever since Jaco had arrested thirty-seven members of his old crew for smuggling contraband space tacos into a space movie theater, he had never forgiven the bugger. Jaco, for all his worth, fought off the yetis valiantly, killing them by the dozens with his laser gun.
During the skirmish, Paprikan fled. Once Jaco killed off all of the yetis, he asked Ledas where the space pirate was. The boy couldn't sense him nearby, so he figured the Makyan had fled. Jaco vowed to track him down no matter what, as he desperately needed six months of vacation time (which was the prize for taking care of Paprikan).
Ledas took out the Dragon Radar and noticed that Beelzebub had collected four Dragon Balls. He was now headed to Ledas' location. The seventh Dragon Ball was far away, but was headed away from Ledas. He sensed that whoever possessed that ball was very powerful. The yeti corpses disintegrated into smoke and dispersed from the room. Ledas briefly thought about going after the seventh ball himself, but he did not trust Jaco with the two he possessed. Jaco got a message from Colonel Srednas, which put him in a foul mood. The two waited for Beelzebub to meet up with them.
In the sixth scene, Beelzebub, Abo, and Kado met up with Ledas and Jaco in the far north of the world. Jaco was frightened by Abo and Kado, but they reassured him that they were good guys now. Jaco thought that Beelzebub was a bounty hunter hired by Abo and Kado, but the demon prince corrected him on the matter (though he did like the idea of becoming a bounty hunter), stating that he was only collecting the Dragon Balls to bring his father back to life. Jaco was confused, for he thought Ledas was going to use the Dragon Balls himself. The Saiyan informed him that Shenron granted three wishes and he only needed to use one. Jaco asked if he could use the third wish, but Kado asserted that he and his brother owned the third wish.
Paprikan, who was lurking nearby, had heard what they had said. He was surprised to see Abo and Kado and briefly thought they were chasing him, but then remembered that they had been after Tarble the last he'd heard. He assumed that Ledas was Tarble and that he had gotten Jaco to help him fight Abo and Kado, while the brothers had hired Beelzebub to help them. Beelzebub took out Towa's scroll and noticed that the seventh Dragon Ball was headed to their location. He sensed that Kibito Kai was one of two people with the ball (the other being far stronger than the Kai).
The demon prince ordered Abo and Kado to fight off the purple man and his assistant and also asked for Ledas' help. The Saiyan refused to help unless Abo and Kado were defeated. He wanted to watch the fight, however. Beelzebub thought that was too risky. Ledas reminded him that he was the strongest fighter around. The demon complained that he wasn't going to stop Kibito Kai's champion, but Ledas promised to do so if Abo and Kado failed. Jaco wanted to stay where they were, but since Ledas and Beelzebub didn't trust Abo and Kado, the other two overruled him. Jaco was allowed to stay if he wanted, but Ledas mentioned there could be more of those smoke-monster yetis, which spooked Jaco badly, so he went with them.
As they flew after Abo and Kado, Ledas sensed that the pair had met up with Kibito Kai and Majin Buu already. Ledas remembered when Ryori had told him what had happened to his brother. He felt guilty, for it had been because of him that Cardinal had killed Shoekki. He would get that ball from Majin Buu no matter what.
In the first scene of chapter 4, after Aka and Majin Buu began to fight, Kibito Kai landed on a nearby island to watch them. At that moment, Beelzebub, Jaco, and Ledas appeared. Kibito Kai vaguely recognized Ledas, thinking he was one of Vegeta's friends. The Saiyan recognized him from Mr. Satan's parties, which flustered the god. He tried to remember Ledas' name, but could not. The boy asked him what he was doing there, and Kibito Kai told him that he and Buu were trying to stop Beelzebub from collecting the Dragon Balls to wish back his father. Ledas ignored him, telling Jaco and Beelzebub that once Aka beat Buu, they would make the wish on that very island.
Incredulously, Kibito Kai asked the Saiyan if he knew who Dabura was. He did not, and didn't seem to care about the consequences of reviving him. Kibito Kai said that Dabura had been King of the Demon Realm and had come to Earth with Buu and Babidi to kill everyone. Beelzebub contested that notion, stating that Babidi had taken him away from the Demon Realm against his will. Briefly, Kibito Kai considered that, but then thought better of it, as demons were not to be trusted. He told them that Dabura had been stronger than Cell, but none of them knew who Cell was. Ledas asked if the guy had been strong. Kibito Kai admitted that by their standards nowadays, he was not, but he did remind the god of Jaco's last girlfriend. Jaco didn't understand how Kibito Kai knew about Space Sheila.
To escape the awkwardness, the Kai flew into the air, getting closer to Buu and Aka's fight. After he left, Ledas, Beelzebub, and Jaco agreed that Kibito Kai was an idiot. Ledas alerted them to the fact that Aka was going to lose to Buu. Beelzebub asked him to step in. Before the Saiyan could answer, Paprikan appeared and headbutted Ledas, knocking him out.
In the fourth scene, Jaco woke Ledas up and told him that Abo and Kado had secured the Dragon Ball from Buu. Ledas was surprised to learn about that until Jaco revealed that they had outwitted the Majin, not defeated him in combat. Kado threw him the ball. The Saiyan took the four out of Beelzebub's bag and added the two he had as well, laying all seven out in a circle on the island. Ledas asked Jaco where Beelzebub was, but the Galactic Patrolman simply shrugged. He mentioned that they needed to make their wishes fast, as Kibito Kai was still around. Ledas gave Buu some old milk duds from his pocket to satiate him while they made their wishes.
Afterwards, he summoned Shenron, the Eternal Dragon. The skies darkened, lightning danced in the sky, and the giant serpentine dragon sprung forth from the balls. Abo stepped forward, and after making a nonsensical speech, wished for he and Kado to be transported to a luxury suite on Poonjab VII. Kado was so happy. Abo mentioned that it had been Ginyu who had told them about Poonjab VII many years ago. Seconds later, the pair vanished.
Jaco was disgusted by the wish, while Buu was shocked to see his friends go. He complained about having indigestion, and Ledas rebuked him for eating candy so quickly. Buu screamed that he wanted more candy. Ledas went Super Saiyan 2 and lunged at the Majin, punching him into the ocean. Then, Shenron began to speak. Kibito Kai noticed that happen, but was too far away to hear what the Eternal Dragon was saying. Suddenly, candy starting raining down from the skies. Shenron told Ledas that the second wish had been granted.
The boy silently cursed Buu for wasting another wish before wishing for Shoekki to be revived, fulfilling his promise to Ryori. The wish was granted. Ledas was confused as to why Shoekki didn't immediately appear. Shenron told him that Shoekki had been revived at the location of his death, in Seikishi City. Then, Shenron bid them farewell. The Dragon Balls rose into the air as stones and scattered. Jaco lamented the fact that he hadn't been able to wish for a new spaceship.
In the sixth scene, Ledas woke Beelzebub up. The demon complained, thinking it was Khulketti prodding him at first, and then hit Ledas with a ki blast in his sleep. Not expecting it, the Saiyan went flying into the ocean. Beelzebub woke up and sat up, looking around, when Ledas shot up from beneath the water and returned to the island. The Saiyan told the demon that the Dragon Balls had been used in Beelzebub's absence. He told Beelzebub that Abo and Kado had wished to be transported to the Pink Oyster Cult on Poonjab VII and that Buu had wished for some candy.
Beelzebub didn't even know who Buu was. In his rage, he stomped the island into the sea. Ledas also told him that he had used the third wish. Beelzebub said that the kid owed him big, but Ledas disagreed, stating that it had been Buu who had stolen the prince's wish, not him. His fury not subsiding, Beelzebub nonetheless asked Ledas to take him back to his bag because he was thirsty. Ledas was surprised to learn that Beelzebub couldn't find his way back on his own. They flew back to the other island.
In the seventh scene, Ledas and Beelzebub returned to the island where Jaco was. Jaco had stolen Beelzebub's last bottle of water and was drinking from it, which greatly offended the prince. He took the bottle back and wiped it off before taking a swig. He told the Galactic Patrolman that he had killed Paprikan and also berated the guy for being a nerd. Jaco was impressed and told him that he should become a bounty hunter. Both Ledas and Beelzebub liked the sound of that, although the demon knew he still had to rule the Demon Realm, so he could not put as much time into bounty hunting as Ledas.
Ledas, on the other hand, grew nostalgic at the thought, thinking that it would be like the old days with him and Vegeta. Beelzebub mentioned that since there was more to bounty hunting than beating up guys, he could run the administrative stuff, such as advertising their business, payment distribution, and acquiring bounties. The two seemed set on working together. Jaco mentioned that the Galactic Patrol didn't prohibit bounty hunting, provided the hunters didn't work in tandem with criminals.
Beelzebub thought their business should be called Demon Hunters Incorporated™, though Ledas was less enamored with that name. Jaco gave them each a transmitter that would relay information on active bounties from Galactic Patrol headquarters. Beelzebub didn't know how they would hunt in intergalactic space, since Ledas didn't know if he could breathe in space or not. Jaco offered to give them a ship, but Ledas was suspicious, as he had wanted to wish for a new ship from Shenron. The Saiyan and the demon agreed to meet up at Capsule Corp. in a week's time to begin their bounty hunting business. Afterwards, Ledas left, for he needed to go pick up Shoekki.
In the third scene of chapter 5, Beelzebub informed Towa that he had gathered the Dragon Balls, though two of the wishes had been used by idiots, and the third had been used by his business partner, so he hadn't been able to revive his father. At the end of that scene, Beelzebub thought to himself that if his aunt tried to usurp him, she would be the first target of his bounty hunting business.
In the fourth scene, Beelzebub used Towa's device to teleport to Ledas' house. He startled the Saiyan, who was in the kitchen making a mango smoothie. The prince drank some of the smoothie and when Ledas asked him how he teleported there, Beelzebub held up Towa's device, asking Ledas if he wanted the technical explanation. He did not. Beelzebub explained that he had returned to Earth because his aunt, Towa, had tried to take over the Demon Realm while Beelzebub had been gone. She had imprisoned his mother and executed many loyal demons. He had formally banished Towa after learning about that, and so now he needed Ledas' help to execute her before she returned and started a rebellion. Ledas agreed to help.
Beelzebub noticed that Ledas' house was different than last time. The boy mentioned that the previous house had been destroyed by someone. The demon decided to leave his teleportation device in the house, as if Towa didn't know where it was, she couldn't return to the Demon Realm. He asked the Saiyan if he could sense her. Ledas could. Beelzebub told him that he had sent his aunt to Earth several days ago, which shocked the other boy. He asked the demon how strong his aunt was, but Beelzebub didn't know because he couldn't sense energy, but given how strong his father was (Towa being Dabura's sister), he assumed she was extremely powerful as well. Ledas could tell, at least, that she was stronger than Beelzebub. Beelzebub begged Ledas to kill her and to pretend this was their first bounty. Ledas agreed, stating that he wanted to kill her quickly so that she couldn't destroy the Earth if she became desperate.
In the fifth scene, Towa was hiding out on an island far south of South Island, tinkering with a small device. She resolved to make a new teleportation device with materials on Earth, though she knew she had to keep her head down, lest the Z Fighters find her. She cursed her luck, for Beelzebub had returned to the Demon Realm at the worst possible time. She fantasized about returning and killing him when she sensed her nephew and another unknown ki signature (which was nowhere near her level). Realizing this could be her chance to reclaim her teleportation device, the demon flew off to confront them.
In the sixth scene, Ledas realized that Towa was coming for them, though she suppressed her ki. He fired ki blasts into the ocean until he found where she was hiding. Towa flew up to meet them. She grew confident, for she realized that Ledas could suppress hi kis as well. She promised to kill him if he tried to run. Beelzebub flew away from the two, allowing Ledas to begin the fight.
Ledas transformed into a Super Saiyan, which startled the demon. She was still unafraid until he told her that he wasn't done transforming. Towa immediately pointed her staff at Beelzebub, encasing him in a red ball of ki which floated over to her. She threatened to kill her nephew if Ledas tried to attack her. Beelzebub contacted Ledas through telepathy, but as soon as he did, Ledas freaked out. Towa realized what Beelzebub had attempted to do, but felt no less confident about her chances. Ledas was reminded of when Dewberry had taken Ryori hostage and how he had saved his friend from that goon. He decided to use a similar strategy to deal with Towa. She fired off an attack at the Saiyan. He teleport-dodged it, moving behind her as he transformed into a Super Saiyan 2. The boy's increased speed caught Towa by surprise. He punched her hard in the back, causing her to drop Beelzebub and her staff. Ledas caught the demon prince and broke him out of the ki bubble, then sprinted over to Towa, catching her by the ankle before she hit the water.
She demanded that he let her go, so he did. The boy followed that up with a savage combo of attacks that sent Towa flying all around, briefly knocking her unconscious at one point. When she tried to spit fire at him, Ledas hit her in the forehead with a controlled Feral attack that surged ki through his fist and out the back of her skull, killing her. He incinerated her corpse with a Kyorra Flash. Beelzebub flew over to him, very pleased. He knew that the two of them would soon become rich bounty hunters, given how strong Ledas was.
Monkeyboy's First Vacation[]
In the first scene of chapter 1, on June 5, Age 776, Jia led Shoekki, Ryori, and Ledas through the streets of West City to their new home (three blocks north of Capsule Corp.). The size of the three-story mansion blew them away. Jia warned them to open their storage capsules outside so they wouldn't damage the house.
Ryori declared he and Ledas would take one of the master bedrooms, which Shoekki found odd since there were enough rooms for everyone. Ryori refused to explain why. Jia noted Shoekki was unaware Ledas and Ryori were dating. Shoekki took the other master bedroom while Jia settled for one of the guest bedrooms. Once inside, the boys raced upstairs to explore while Shoekki and Jia checked out the kitchen.
After a few minutes of running through the house, the boys looped back, returning to the kitchen, sliding on the stone floor in their socks. The boys were most pleased with the house, thanking Jia profusely for buying it. Then, Ryori walked over to Shoekki and hugged him, telling him how much he'd missed him and how happy he was to have him back. Ryori wanted to throw a party for his return. Shoekki threw out the idea of spending a night in the Guac with strippers and booze. Ledas admitted he and Ryori had been to that nightclub several times before, which made Shoekki laugh. He couldn't believe they hadn't been caught.
Ryori asked if he'd like to take a trip to the Crimson Fingers (a southern island chain) to visit their maternal grandparents, whom they hadn't seen in years. Shoekki was down with the idea. Jia couldn't stop them (not that she wanted to), confirming the budget would allow it. Shoekki dialed his grandparents to set up the trip while Jia excused herself to make a call of her own.
In the second scene, on June 7th, Ledas visited Capsule Corp. He sensed Vegeta training in the gravity chamber, while Bulma was in the kitchen. After spooking her (which she did not appreciate), he asked if she'd finished the age adjusters for him, Ryori, and Shoekki. She took him to her lab, where she revealed they had been completed several days back. She gave him the capsules, which he was extremely grateful for. Ledas grew emotional, noting that this would be the first time since his encounter with The Benefactor and Lauto in Lauto's cave (which had taken place thirty-one years prior) that he could age again properly. He promised to lend a hand if she needed help in the lab.
In high spirits, he returned home, putting on the age adjuster before going in. It caused him to moderately age, as Saiyans do not age as quickly as humans in their teenage years. Nevertheless, he was ecstatic.
Stepping foot inside, he was ambushed by a crowd of people shouting "Surprise!". Chiwan, Hachi, Chiaki, Tabashi, Azashi, Ippi, Ryori, and Jia were there. Ryori ran over, noticing he was wearing his age adjuster, commenting that Ledas looked great. Ledas was flustered, unaware that it was his birthday. He didn't want to celebrate, but Ryori was able to convince him to have a chill afternoon hanging out with friends, feasting and playing video games, which he found appealing. The teenagers spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out, bonding, and eating as much food as they could stomach.
In the fourth scene, on June 8th, Jia, Shoekki, Ryori, and Ledas took a plane from West City to South City where they boarded a boat to take them to the Crimson Fingers (as there were no airports down there). A pair of old fishermen would take them down. One explained that few people went to the Crimson Fingers this time of year, as most tourists usually left a week earlier to catch both the Kurenai Harumatsuri and Kurenai Natsumatsuri celebrations, so they'd be the only passengers.
Shoekki passed the time talking with the fishermen and helping them catch dinner, while Jia read a book or was glued to her phone and Ledas and Ryori played multiplayer racing games on their Switches. They had swordfish sushi and miso soup for dinner, along with saké. Everyone got fairly drunk (the boys weren't allowed to drink more than one serving, but Shoekki snuck them extra cups), having a great time while the sailors told outlandish stories. Eventually, Ryori fell asleep on top of a dozing Ledas on the couch.
In the morning, Ryori woke up with a hangover. Shoekki was in the kitchen, drinking coffee and hitting his vape. When he got water from the fridge, Shoekki confronted him about sleeping with Ledas, insinuating that he had noticed them fooling around after they'd thought everyone had gone to bed. Ryori feigned ignorance, even if he was internally melting down in embarrassment. He scurried outside to piss off the back of the boat and escape his brother's questioning. Everyone gathered for breakfast, having scrambled eggs. Soon after, the island of Hosomaki appeared in the distance. The sailors dropped them off at the port, Jia giving them a tip before leaving.
There were many people about as they made their way across the docks to Ohano's, a pub owned by Shoekki and Ryori's grandparents. Inside, a few sailors were finishing up their rounds before heading to bed. Ryori saw his grandfather behind the bar, wiping it down, and ran over to him, so happy to see him so many years apart. He hugged Ryori and Shoekki while Jia and Ledas watched (awkwardly).
Ryori told his grandfather about how they had moved to West City and how Shoekki had become a security guard for Dream Land. They introduced Jia and Ledas to Mr. Ohano. Jia explained she was the boys' caretaker and that Ledas had been living with them for the past two years. Mr. Ohano promised to take them on a fishing trip on his sailboat, the Blue Breeze, after his bar closed for the day (at 10:00 a.m.). Ryori asked him to make one of his grandmother's special seasickness tonics before they left, as he had felt queasy on the boat ride down.
While they waited for the bar to close, Ledas ordered three plates of chicken gyōza; Shoekki ordered a shot of shōchū. They engaged in small talk with Mr. Ohano while waiting for the bar to close. While they did, Ledas snuck off to join a group of men playing darts, but he kept returning to Jia for more betting money. Becoming exasperated, Jia tried to get Ledas to stop by telling him about the legend of the skinchangers, a group of demons who had haunted the Crimson Fingers for decades.
Mr. Ohano confirmed the legend, stating that the skinchangers had supposedly hunted down natives and tourists alike for many years. Nobody knew if they were demons, aliens, or human serial killers. Jia speculated they lived on Umihebiza, the most southern island in the Crimson Fingers. She reminded everyone she was a SAARO agent, and as such, had been stationed down in these islands years ago to monitor the skinchangers as part of her job. Shoekki remembered there being a weird castle-like formation in the waters to the north of Hosomaki, wondering if the skinchangers lurked there. Mr. Ohano told him hundreds of sailors had sworn on their ships they had seen skinchangers near that structure. He implored Ledas not to get involved, as dealing with the skinchangers was SAARO's responsibility, but Ryori knew Ledas wouldn't stop until he found them. He wanted to see Ledas destroy them, as he'd never seen his friend fight for real before.
In the fifth scene, later that day, Mr. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, and Ledas went on a fishing trip together. Mr. Ohano was regaling Ledas about his octopus wrestling stories. Mr. Ohano refilled Ryori's drink, and he grew drunker as time wore on (as whiskey was one of the ingredients in his seasickness draught). Before long, the sailboat came to a stop and they began fishing. Shoekki and Ryori fished while Mr. Ohano taught Ledas. Up until the early afternoon, nobody caught anything of note.
Around 1:30 p.m., Ledas' line sharply cut to the side. He fought to reel in what appeared to be a great fish. The line snapped, sending Ledas into a wall. With his pride on the line, Ledas jumped up, swearing he'd be back soon, and dove overboard. Mr. Ohano and Shoekki were in shock, fearing the worst. They thought Ledas had just unintentionally committed suicide due to the deep ocean currents and the water's temperature. Mr. Ohano ran to the cabin, preparing to chase him down. Shoekki was in disbelief, thinking there was no chance they'd ever see him again.
Before Mr. Ohano lifted the anchor, Ledas burst from below the waves, holding a mighty bluefin tuna in one hand. He dumped it onto the deck, ending its misery with an elbow hit. Shoekki and Mr. Ohano were aghast. They didn't understand how Ledas had managed to hold a fish of that size, let alone fly.
Ledas admitted he was a Saiyan, showing them he could fly and use ki (shooting a blast into the water). Ryori explained that Ledas had been raised as a martial artist and was extremely powerful. He admitted Ledas was why Cardinal came to Seikishi two years back. They weren't entirely convinced, but Ledas' display left them flummoxed. Ryori confirmed Jia knew about him being an alien, too. Unconcerned, Ledas returned to the fish, boasting about what a big haul he'd brought in. Ryori knew they'd be eating good for dinner. Shoekki was more interested in learning how to fly, which made everyone laugh.
In the sixth scene, that night, Shoekki, Ryori, and Ledas went to the Sea of Clouds Onsen before returning home. There were a few people about, though none were in the same pool as them. While they enjoyed a nice soak, a man entered the room, making a beeline to them, and entering the pool nearby. The man broke the awkward tension in the air by conversing with Shoekki. He warned them to stick together when they left so the skinchangers wouldn't get them. Ryori didn't believe in the skinchangers, but the man was convinced something was out there, be it human hitmen or demons.
He asked them if they were packing heat. Foolishly, Shoekki admitted they weren't. The man told them to be careful, for tourists were the easiest prey. Ledas asked the man why they were called skinchangers. He revealed that the skinchangers could assume the appearance of their last victims, which was often how they lured prey to their doom. Not long after, the boys decided to pack in for the night, leaving the floating man behind.
On their way back, Shoekki found a bounty taped to a street light offering Ƶ1,000,000 per body for each skinchanger caught, dead or alive. Overjoyed, Ledas told them about how he and Beelzebub had set up a bounty hunting ground several days ago. This would be his second case. He was highly motivated to pursue it. Shoekki was doubtful, but Ryori reminded him of the strength and skill Ledas had shown on the fishing trip. Shoekki said that while he couldn't stop Ledas from going after the demons, he didn't want him to bail on any activities the Ohanos had planned, as that was the whole reason they had come here. Ledas offered to take Ryori on the hunt. He agreed to come along, though he didn't want them talking about their winnings until they had taken out all of the skinchangers.
In the first scene of chapter 2, on June 10, Age 776, Ryori's alarm woke him up at 7:00 a.m. After waking up Ledas, he led him to the kitchen where they found Ryori's grandmother, Mrs. Ohano drinking tea and reading a newspaper. Surprised though she was they were up that early, she asked them if they were excited to visit the Asazari Zoo later that morning. Ryori confirmed as much, lying that he and Ledas were going to explore Hosomaki before they left. She was down with the idea, but reminded them they'd need to return before 10:00 a.m. or Mr. Ohano wouldn't take them. Ryori swore he'd respect the deadline. Mrs. Ohano made them eggs for breakfast before they left.
Ryori rode on Ledas' back as the Saiyan flew off into the sky, going west instead of south, which confused Ryori (as he'd assumed they were headed to Umihebiza). Before long, they came across a castle-like protrusion rising from the ocean. This was the castle Ryori's grandfather had talked about the previous day.
They touched down, Ryori fearfully clinging to Ledas. He was scared of the skinchangers snatching him. The castle was in rough shape. In the courtyard they landed in, Ledas became fixated upon what looked like an apple tree growing in the middle. Ledas told Ryori he had sensed power levels coming from this place, believing them to be the skinchangers. He admitted the people who lived here were watching them, so he shouted for them to reveal themselves (lest he blow the place to dust). Ledas wasn't concerned with them; he wondered what the fruit of that tree tasted like. Ryori tried to stop him, thinking the fruit might be poisoned.
Just then, a group of hooded individuals appeared on the other side of the courtyard. Ledas walked over to them, saying he was here to collect their bounties. Their leader approached Ledas, revealing his face—blue-skinned with a white mohawk, just like the legends described the skinchangers. He confessed he was a member of the skinchangers' species but was not one of them. The skinchangers and his people had had a falling out and were opposed to one another. The tribe of the fallen, as he described them, lived on the southern island of Umihebiza. He promised that not every member of his species, which he called the Makyans, was evil.
He revealed his organization was called the Dragons of the Dawn and that they were opposed to the skinchangers, though they were unable to defeat them due to a severe numbers disadvantage. The Dragon was not opposed to Ledas attacking the skinchangers, as he considered them a disgrace to the Makyan race. He implored Ledas not to destroy the innocent Makyans, however. He gave no promises. The Dragon stated he and his kind had sensed that this day would come, that someone would appear to help them. Ledas didn't care about that. He promised to kill them too if people continued disappearing from the Crimson Islands after he dealt with those on Umihebiza.
The Dragon told him that the government outpost on Asazari (the SAARO division) provided the skinchangers with captured humans whom they tortured and ate. He warned Ledas about them, though the Saiyan wasn't sure he was telling the truth. He would have to check that out for himself. Before leaving, he snagged a couple fruits from the tree, tossing one to Ryori. Ryori only ate his because Ledas took a bite first. Ryori followed him, feeling the alcoholic effects immediately. Jumping on Ledas' back, he succumbed to the euphoria, smirking and having a grand old time as they raced off into the air to their next target.
In the second scene, a few minutes later, Ryori and Ledas arrived at the southern coast of Umihebiza. The island was barren and frigid. Penguins were their only company. Ledas sensed power levels deeper inland, which surprised Ryori, as the island was supposedly uninhabited. Exploring the area down the path, they came across an abandoned whaling station. Ryori showed Ledas through the ruins, explaining what whaling was and why it had been outlawed.
After checking several additional buildings and finding no signs of life, they flew to the center of the island, where Ledas had sensed faint power levels he'd assumed were humans. From a rocky overlook, they watched a procession of men making their way through the grass. Using his phone's camera, Ryori spotted the men in the back were chained together. They were being led by a pair of guys wearing suits.
From the other side, a host of skinchangers appeared, landing in front of the group, spreading out. Ledas noted with a certain level of panic he couldn't sense them. He prepared to confront them, telling Ryori he'd laid invisible ki traps around him so that if anyone came for him, he'd be alerted. Though he wasn't convinced that'd save him, Ryori was eager to see Ledas fight for real.
Ledas flew down, landing between the humans and the skinchangers, startling everyone. The men hauling the prisoners immediately recognized Ledas, freaking out. Ledas asked who the chained people were, but the men in suits wouldn't answer. A prisoner begged for Ledas to save him and his friends. Ledas noted that the other group was comprised of skinchangers. He resolved to deal with them first. One of the suited men thought he had no chance against them.
Ledas confronted the Makyans, challenging them to a battle to the death. Their group, led by Tarrago, took him on without flinching. With a punch, a tail blast to the shoulder, and a front-flip-kick, Ledas took out their leader, turning his attention to the lesser skinchanger. They charged him down. He dodged them with his eyes closed. When Tarrago rose again and fired a blast at him, he countered with a Kyorra Flash. Ledas' attack overwhelmed Tarrago, frying him to death. Enraged, his crew attacked Ledas. They put up little resistance, taking no more than a blow or two apiece before falling.
The suited men panicked, throwing capsules to the ground, revealing Battle Suits that they jumped into. Ledas was bored of them, and more importantly, freezing cold, so he air-dashed through their mechs, killing them before they could land a hit. Afterward, he vaporized the prisoners' chains, telling them to go back to wherever they had come from (or steal the suited men's boat).
He left them there, collecting the Makyan corpses in a bin he'd materialized from a capsule before returning to Ryori. Ryori thought he was amazing. They hugged it out. Ledas was humble, saying he hadn't done anything noteworthy. He wanted to look for the rest of the skinchangers, but Ryori reminded him they had a schedule to keep (and besides, he could return to Umihebiza to kill the rest at any time). Ledas relented. Ryori climbed onto his back. As they took to the sky, Ryori called him a proper demon hunter. Ledas said Beelzebub had wanted to call their bounty hunting group 'Demon Hunters Incorporated™', which he thought was cheesy. Ryori liked the name. They argued about it on the flight back.
In the third scene, later that day, Ledas and Ryori along with Mr. Ohano, Mrs. Ohano, Jia, and Shoekki, visited the Asazari Wildlife Preserve. They took the Blue Breeze over. There were many people there. They toured the weather relay station first, Mr. Ohano providing commentary on the meteorological, biological, geological, and seismic research areas. Ledas was very tired on account of the demonic apples he'd eaten several hours prior and was having a tough time enduring the trip. He asked Jia where the government outpost was, insinuating he had skinchanger bodies to cash in. She didn't believe him but told him they'd visit the outpost on their way out.
It wasn't long before they returned outside and began trekking through the wildlife preserve. They observed birds and dinosaurs, Mr. Ohano providing commentary on them, while Ledas grew more tired and reckless and affectionate toward Ryori. Ryori didn't rebuff him, which was a relief. They viewed the island's sunken caldera from a high vantage before going to the jaguar exhibit, then the turtle exhibit.
They took an elevator down underground to view the ocean from below the island. The area was packed, though Ledas found it immensely cool. They were able to get a group picture together. The beauty of the ocean and the fish made Ledas appreciate Ryori more. He lamented they couldn't be open about their relationship. He cursed the fact that he had been born a boy, for he knew if he had been a girl, nobody would've cared.
Afterward, they left the park. On their way out, Jia and Ledas stopped by the government outpost. Inside, they approached the receptionist who was named Vestigia. Jia informed her Ledas had caught several skinchangers and was looking to collect a bounty. Ledas threw the capsule containing their bodies onto the floor, revealing the foul storage container. A whiff of death caught Vestigia, almost breaking her. She didn't know what to do, so she called her supervisor. Ledas was proud of himself, though he remembered that humans had been meeting with the skinchangers when he'd come upon them. He resolved to look into that further, as the Dragons of the Dawn had said the government was working with them.
In the fifth scene, on June 11th, Mr. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, and Ledas participated in a fishing tradition that occurred every year just before the start of the Kurenai Natsumatsuri. They gathered in Raskintown on the eastern beach with all of the other men. The elders passed out spearguns to everyone involved. The village chief gave a speech, thanking everyone for taking part in a most sacred rite. He advised everyone to catch as many fish as they could for the festival, for there would be many hungry people. He also told them to be wary of sharks and to use their spearguns in defense if necessary. Then, he unleashed them into the sea. Mr. Ohano, Shoekki, and the rest of them rushed out eagerly.
Ryori hung back, fear overcoming him. He confessed to Ledas he was terrified of sharks. Ledas promised to protect him, assuring him he had nothing to worry about. Knowing he had to do it, to protect his honor, Ryori relented, diving into the waves, his boyfriend on his heels.
After swimming beyond the waves, they found an area with plenty of fish below them. Ledas began catching them. Ryori tried, although his first spear gun shot missed. He surfaced then tried again, this time nicking a fish but not catching it. He had to return to the surface before going after it a second time. Knowing he couldn't return empty-handed, he resolved to catch it no matter what, diving again. The fish was in a bad spot, swimming in circles, leaking blood. He ended its misery with a speargun through the midsection.
He proudly showed Ledas his catch. He was amazed at Ryori's tenacity, swimming over to congratulate him. He kissed Ryori's cheek, which startled the other boy. He was worried about anyone seeing them being affectionate. Ledas didn't understand why that mattered. Ryori admitted he wasn't ready to tell his grandparents and Shoekki about their relationship. Hurt though he was, Ledas said that he didn't care about what others thought and that he was proud to call Ryori his boyfriend. He only hoped Ryori felt the same. Ryori said he did, admitting he was scared to reveal that aspect of himself to anyone else. They exchanged 'I love yous' before returning to the task at hand, Ledas boasting that he'd catch more fish than Ryori. Ryori wasn't having it, thinking he'd be the winner in the end now that he knew how to use the speargun.
In the sixth scene, later that day, Mr. Ohano, Mrs. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, Jia, and Ledas visited the Sepiche ruins in Raskintown. They explored the town, visiting the depleted iridium mine, the marketplace, and the docks before coming to the Sepiche ruins. Mr. Ohano had a grand old time playing the tour guide, telling them all about the sculptures and how they got there, not to mention why the Sepiche had gone extinct (allegedly).
Without warning, Chervil and his skinchangers appeared, Chervil kicking Ledas into a Sepiche statue. He swore he'd get revenge for Ledas killing Tarrago. The pedestrians in the immediate area fled in terror. Chervil attacked Ledas, who retaliated with grim focus, shattering one of his arms and sending him into a tree. He told everyone to stay back, promising he had everything under control. Not wasting time (for his friends and lover were threatened), Ledas hunted down Chervil's retinue, killing every one of them with a singular blow. Chervil tried to shoot an energy blast at them, but Ledas rushed him, squeezing his wrist, forcing the ki to shoot into the sky. Battering him, Ledas threw him into a tree. Boasting stupidly, the Makyan limped away, shooting a ki blast into the ground to mask his escape.
Ryori and the others ran over, asking if he was okay. Ledas was, though he remained on guard. Mr. Ohano was stunned by what he had witnessed. Ryori provided cover, saying Ledas had been trained since he had been little and was immensely powerful (not to mention what he'd shown in chapter 1 by capturing that bluefin tuna). Ledas swore he wouldn't leave before destroying every last skinchanger, for the bounties were enticing. Mrs. Ohano and Shoekki were at a loss for words as Ledas threw a capsule to the ground, revealing a storage container. He piled up the bodies to take in for big zeni.
In the second scene of chapter 3, on June 12, Age 776, Ryori, Shoekki, and Ledas spent time together inside Ohano's. Shoekki was still raving about what Ledas did to the skinchangers in the Sepiche ruins. Ryori noted Ledas could compete in the next World Martial Arts Tournament if he wanted to. He was one of the most skilled martial artists on Earth. Shoekki wasn't buying it, thinking Mr. Satan would be too much to deal with. Ledas, who was eating multiple burgers, barely paid attention, though he said Mr. Satan could have the upper hand (obviously, he knew this wasn't true, but was being humble).
Shoekki asked him how he'd learned to fly. Ledas said his father had taught him when he had been three years old. He didn't think it was a big deal. Shoekki, thinking that was ridiculous, stated Chiaotzu had flown in the twenty-second tournament and had lost his only match. Ledas only hoped his next opponent would be a proper match. Shoekki asked if he had taken out the remainder of the skinchangers. Ledas said he'd gone to Umihebiza again and checked for them, but their island had been abandoned. Ryori wasn't surprised, since he'd annihilated them in two battles. They were probably hiding from him. Ledas swore he'd come back to the islands and eliminate them completely if they ever attacked the people again.
Just then, Mr. Ohano and his assistant manager, a man by the name of Kenpichi, appeared, carrying trays of ramen noodles for the boys. There were many bowls for Ledas. After serving them, Kenpichi returned to the kitchen while Mr. Ohano lingered behind. Mr. Ohano asked Ryori and Ledas to go into town to pick up some ingredients for him for the Kurenai Natsumatsuri feast that night. Ryori affirmed they'd do so. Mr. Ohano asked Shoekki to help him in the kitchen while they were running errands. He was down to help, though he couldn't promise to be any good at it. Mr. Ohano wasn't worried. He would walk Shoekki through what to do.
He gave Ryori Ƶ30,000 and told him he could keep the change. Ryori tried to decline, but his grandfather was insistent, so he gratefully thanked him. Mr. Ohano asked them to get everything as soon as they could, as the festival would begin at 5:00 p.m. Ryori resolved to do so. Mr. Ohano returned to the kitchen.
He begged Ledas to finish his ramen as quickly as possible. Ledas took that as a challenge, downing his bowls without using chopsticks. His gluttony was remarkable. Ryori and Shoekki reminisced about the festival, Shoekki hoping he could snag an island girl while Ryori was eager to participate in the drinking competition. Shoekki scoffed at him, thinking he had no shot of winning. They made a bet of Ƶ15,000 over who'd last longer. Ledas joined in after Ryori asked him to. Shoekki thought it'd be the easiest money he ever made. With that, he got up and disappeared into the kitchen. Ledas finished his ramen, side-eyeing Ryori's half-touched bowl. He asked if he would finish it. Ryori gave it to him to speed things along.
When they were done, the boys went into town to acquire what Mr. Ohano requested. There were many people about; Hosomaki was thrumming with vibrancy. They got the fruit they needed from Dubidbui's Fruit Emporium. They went to Machiburo's for the meat, Ryori feeling nostalgic upon visiting that store again after so many years. They went into a grocery store for the herbs. They split a bag of skittles (Ledas hogging the banana-flavored ones). Ryori said that since they'd found all the ingredients, they had another hour to kill.
He and Ledas explored Hosomaki. Ryori took him across town, showing him the restaurants, shops, and stores. Eventually, they came upon the shop he and Shoekki had stolen from as little kids (back when money had been scarce). They were just there for jerky (promise). At the counter, Ryori noticed the erotic magazines flanking the wall. He asked Ledas to snatch the gay one. Since they weren't old enough to buy it outright, he'd have to steal it. Ledas refused to steal it, saying he'd leave zeni on the counter after snatching it. Ryori didn't care. Ledas did as he was told, using his speed to take the magazine without the cashier noticing. Ryori laughed and laughed.
They ran down the road, sneaking off into a side street. Ryori checked out the magazine, though Ledas didn't want to look at it, knowing he'd become aroused if he did. With understanding, Ryori pocketed the porno, swearing they'd share it later that night.
They ran down the road, exploring together. Ryori was in rare form. Eventually, they came to the end of the road, where the Hontori Shell lay. Ryori stopped Ledas, explaining that it was a massage parlor his mom had once worked at. Ledas had never heard of a massage parlor, which shocked Ryori. He explained what it was. Ledas was enthralled. Ryori told him that his mother had been a masseuse and that he'd been brought along to her work as a kid. He had always liked the place, thought it nice and professional, and wanted to be one too. Shoekki disapproved of him going into that line of work, which made Ryori doubt his intentions.
He admitted seeing it again stirred up old feelings and wondered if he was being naive. Ledas was nonchalant, telling him to go with his heart. Ryori was grateful, knowing in his heart of hearts he wanted to become a masseuse. Ledas was the first person who believed in him. He loved him for that. Ledas said cheekily that Ryori could practice on him. He wasn't opposed to that. He swore he'd make his mother proud, to be the best he could be.
In the third scene, that evening, Mr. Ohano, Mrs. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, Jia, and Ledas attended the Kurenai Natsumatsuri at the Black Sand Beach of Raskintown. There were loads of people there. Jia and Shoekki went off to socialize by the water while the others watched a procession of dancers come down the road, Mr. Ohano providing commentary as they went past. Next were the fire breathers. Ledas grew restless, wanting to feast already. The third group comprised the regular dancers not clad in special outfits. They moved down to the beach, the onlookers joining them. Everyone danced together while a band played music.
Mrs. Ohano tried to coax Ryori and Ledas to join her and her husband for the dance, which was known as the Gekko Odori. She thought the boys could dance together, insinuating she knew they were dating, which horribly embarrassed Ryori. Ledas refused, as he thought dancing was one of Earth's lamest customs. Ryori wasn't going to dance with anyone else (especially not a woman), so he told his grandparents to go on without them.
Ledas wanted to get food. Ryori asked why he didn't want to dance with him. Ledas promised that wasn't the case. He wouldn't be dancing period. It wasn't a personal slight. They decided to seek out food instead, although Ledas noted Ryori seemed glum from not getting to dance with him. They found the tent where the all-you-can-eat competition would take place (about twenty minutes from then) and got in line. There were dozens of people already there, so the competition would be fierce. Ryori didn't want to enter, as he knew he couldn't eat anywhere near as much as Ledas. Ledas told him that even if he didn't win, he'd get to try tons of tasty dishes, so it'd be worth it. Ryori agreed to join, admitting he was rather hungry.
While in line, Ledas probed him further about the dancing, wondering how badly he'd wanted to do that. He would've done it but had no desire to if Ledas wasn't into it (and it's not like he'd consider dancing with anyone else). Ledas hugged him. Ryori reprimanded him for publicly displaying their affection. Ledas wondered why Ryori was worried, as if they had danced together, everyone would've known they were dating.
The line moved along and it wasn't long before they paid the lady at the entrance to the tent Ƶ10,000 to enter the competition. They took their seats at a large table with the other contestants (around 80 people in total), Ledas struggling to sit still. He was too hungry, too excited.
After what felt like an eternity, the village elders entered the tent. One of the guys behind the chief elder was the man who'd led them on the speargun swim the day before. The chief elder, who was quite old and leaned on a cane, gave a short speech. Ledas hardly listened, for he was too impatient to begin the feast. Once it was over, everyone sans Ledas applauded and the servers came out with the first course—halibut with rice and a fruit medley. They had five minutes per course. And so it began.
Ledas scarfed his food down, as did everyone else. It came as no surprise that there weren't any DQs during the first course. The second course was grilled marlin with chopped carrots, sprouts, and a mango chutney. Nobody DQ'd on that one, either. He knew it wouldn't be long before they started dropping like flies, however. The third course was fried chicken skewers with pineapples and potatoes. A good amount of people DQ'd on this course, including Ryori. Thankfully, those who lost were allowed to remain behind to cheer on their friends and family.
58 out of 81 contestants made it past round three. The fourth course was pork stew with potatoes, onions, peppers, and pineapples. A lot of people couldn't make it through this round, though Ledas had no trouble. 22 made it to round five, which consisted of five spicy pork tacos per contestant. Most people had trouble with the spice. Even Ledas, who considered himself a prince amongst spiceboys, thought it was incredibly hot. Only nine people made it to round 6, which consisted of whitefish sliders. Ledas began feeling the strain, cursing himself for having so much ramen for lunch.
Just Ledas and a man by the name of Debu Debu made it past that round. The next round consisted of beef ramen, which they easily got through. The eighth course featured bowls of fried calamari rings. Ledas tried his best, though he hated how squid tasted. He couldn't get very many rings down before calling it quits (his belly wasn't full), making sure not to say the food was bad, even though he abhorred it. The chief elder asked him if he was sure, as there was time remaining. Ledas confirmed he was bowing out, refusing to eat another bite of calamari. Debu Debu was declared the Iron Stomach. He celebrated voraciously. Many contestants ran over to congratulate him.
Ledas returned to Ryori, apologizing for losing. Ryori comforted him. They got the hell out of there. Outside, they held hands, making their way to the saké competition. They noticed Shoekki entertaining a group of girls at a table while Jia talked to a man Ledas recognized at another table. That guy was the one who'd talked to them in the Sea of Clouds Onsen.
Ryori knew they wouldn't win the saké competition but wanted to enter anyway. Ledas agreed. They made their way to the tent, paid the entry fee, and were seated at a table not unlike the one at the eating competition. Shoekki appeared and sat next to them after making his way past the other contestants. Ledas knew they couldn't beat him.
The servers gave each participant a ceremonial shot glass, a bottle of saké, and a bucket to throw up in. Shoekki thought Ryori would have to use his bucket, but his brother promised it wouldn't come to that. He reminded Shoekki that they'd been to the Guac a few times before and had some alcohol tolerance, but he didn't think that'd matter. This time, there was no town elder. The competition began in muted fashion. The rules were simple: everyone had to take one shot per minute or bow out until a winner was declared. 47 people had entered. The referee blew his whistle and the contest began.
Everyone took their first shots, though Ledas and Ryori struggled with the taste. The second shot was almost as bad as the first, though Ledas was feeling it now. The third shot was a struggle for Ledas, but the fourth came easier, as he was properly drunk. By the fifth shot, he was worried he was going to throw up, especially considering the amount of food he'd just eaten at the other competition. Ryori asked him how he was doing. Ledas swore he could keep going. Ryori admitted he didn't think he could stomach much more. He wanted to quit. Ledas knew he could do at least a couple more shots, but if Ryori was done, he'd go with him. He convinced Ryori to do another before throwing in the towel.
Afterward, they left, Shoekki cackling, waving goodbye. They held hands again once they left the tent, which meant everything to Ledas. A man approached them with a kebab in his hand. He offered them some. They declined. He recommended they get skewers for themselves before the kitchen closed down. That would happen after the fireworks. He walked off.
Ryori and Ledas flirted thereafter, Ledas becoming enamored by Ryori's candor (due to his drunkenness). They decided to slip out of the festival grounds, away from everyone else, to watch the fireworks in private. They found a nice boulder some ways down the path, off the side of the road, climbing on. Ryori looked to the stars, wondering how many Ledas had been to. He wasn't certain but thought it was several dozen. Ryori wanted to take another ride in his spaceship to visit distant planets. Ledas was down for that.
The fireworks began. They watched them with wonder in their eyes. As the fireworks continued, Ryori squeezed Ledas' hand and pulled him in for a kiss. They exchanged loving words before making out. Just then, Shoekki drunkenly stumbled into view, pissing against a tree. He didn't notice them at first. When he did, he asked them what they were doing all the way out there. They lied that they were just watching the fireworks. He told them to be careful, wondering if they were drunk. Ryori didn't think he was nearly as drunk as his brother. Shoekki admitted he hadn't won the contest but had had a great time, zipping up and stumbling out of the brush. He bid them farewell, walking off.
Ryori panicked, thinking his brother had seen them making out. Ledas wasn't convinced he'd remember even if he had. He didn't understand why Ryori cared. Ryori freaked out, saying that if Shoekki didn't approve of them being together, he could lose his brother forever, and he couldn't stand that. Ledas remained optimistic, thinking Shoekki wouldn't care. He implored Ryori to calm down, to think rationally. Shoekki most likely already knew they were dating since they were sleeping in Ryori's room and taking showers together. Ryori remained concerned. Ledas promised that he wouldn't care, and if he did, it wasn't worth fussing over. They had to live their lives for themselves, not for others.
Ryori admitted he had been dreading the day he'd have to come out to Shoekki, and knowing that it would have to be soon, he was quite anxious. Ledas was fine giving him the time he needed, though he admitted it hurt they couldn't be openly affectionate. He loved Ryori and couldn't stand having to hide it. So long as Shoekki was a good person, which Ledas believed to be the case, he wouldn't care. They hugged and watched the rest of the fireworks show, Ryori trying to hold back tears.
In the fourth scene, that night, Ryori got up to use the restroom. On his way back, he heard voices coming from the hallway outside his room. Jia was talking with a man, pointing a pistol at him. Ryori freaked out, though he held his tongue. She told the man he wasn't taking Ledas. He was surprised, thinking that had been the plan. She promised to shoot him if he tried, offering to let him go if he backed off. The man was unwilling to abandon his mission. Jia said that Ledas wasn't evil, hadn't done anything to harm the planet, and that there was no reason to kill him. The man said that Ledas had destroyed his organization's lab, which Jia clarified had been an act of self-defense. Ryori didn't know what the hell was going on. The man called her a rat.
Before she could respond, Jia slumped over. A second man appeared behind her, pulling a syringe out of her back. He told the other man to affix the device, whatever that meant. He disappeared into Ryori's room, dragging Ledas out moments later by his tail, a strange crown-like thing attached to his head. The other man slung Jia over his shoulder.
They left the house. Ryori couldn't help but follow. He had to stop them somehow. The men exited out the back door, going down the dock. He shadowed them. They were preoccupied, talking to one another. He wasn't seen as he followed them to their boat. After they boarded it, he waited for them to descend below deck before jumping overboard. He leapt under a tarp, knowing that no matter what, he couldn't allow those guys to kill Ledas and Jia. He'd die before letting that happen.
In the first scene of chapter 4, in the wee hours of June 13, Age 776, the New Red Ribbon Army boat containing Jia, Ledas, and Ryori (unbeknownst to Nhobusa and Rambutala) arrived at Asazari. The men took their prisoners into the outpost while Ryori hid underneath a tarp. He waited a while before following them in.
He found himself in a tunnel where a large metal door prevented him from entering. Thinking he was screwed, Ryori noticed a small booth to the left with monitors on inside (although the light was off). He snuck over, opening the door as quietly as he could. A woman was asleep in front of a wall of monitors showing camera feeds of the island. He spotted the men on the feed in the telescope observatory talking with another guy in a white lab coat, Jia and Ledas lying unconscious at their feet. He realized he was on Asazari, thinking it weird these guys were government operatives.
In the second scene, a few minutes later, Nhobusa ordered Zesh to wake Jia and Ledas. Zesh injected them with a serum to remove the sedatives from their systems. They stirred, growing confused when they got their bearings straight. Ledas didn't know where he was. Nhobusa told him that didn't matter, as he'd be dead soon. He told him the New Red Ribbon Army did not forget what he had done to them. Ledas would pay for those he'd killed.
When the boy got to his feet, Zesh turned on the ki-restraining device, sending an electrical charge through his body. He fell to his knees, crying in pain as his own ki was used against him. Jia called him a monster. Nhobusa sarcastically welcomed her back to the realm of the living. She reminded him King Furry had ordered them to stand down against Ledas, but Nhobusa wasn't having it. He didn't take orders from Furry and would soon overthrow him if things went according to plan.
He ordered Rambutala to record Jia's meltdown so they could watch it later while sipping champagne. He told Jia she had been naive to fall to their simple trick in the Ohano house. Her betrayal would have karmic repercussions. Ledas didn't understand how she knew these men. Jia admitted they were colleagues. Nhobusa clarified that she was a member of the New Red Ribbon Army. Their main goal since Age 774 had been finding a way to kill Ledas. She had known about it the whole time. Nhobusa tried to turn Ledas against her, but he wasn't having it, saying he trusted Jia completely and wouldn't fall for their crap.
Nhobusa admitted that after Cardinal had died, he had become the New Red Ribbon Army's leader. Jia reported directly to him. Ledas was startled to hear of Cardinal's demise. Rambu found it hilarious Jia hadn't told him about it. Nhobusa questioned why Jia hadn't told Ledas about the plan to kidnap him that night, as she had known about it beforehand. He wasn't swayed, saying he'd talk with her about it after killing them. Nhobusa wasn't concerned, thinking Ledas couldn't harm them with Zesh's ki-restraining device impairing him.
Zesh increased the device's power, causing an electrical field to form around Ledas, frying his body with his own energy. He fell to the ground screaming. Jia begged them to stop hurting him. Nhobusa reminded her that they were getting revenge for Ledas killing Cardinal, Oscalpano, Dewberry, Kindler, Morucan, Tresparson, and all the rest. There would be no peace, no reconciliation. Jia didn't understand why they were torturing Ledas instead of just shooting him or throwing him into the ocean, but Nhobusa dismissed her concerns, stating there was only one way they could kill him for certain (as the ki-restraining device didn't remove Ledas' muscles, reaction time, and general durability).
He whistled. A moment later, Chervil and a host of his elite soldiers two dozen strong entered the room. Nhobusa shook Chervil's hand while Jia gawked at him. Nhobusa gave the order for the Makyan to kill the boy. Chervil was most eager to oblige, for he was avenging those of his people Ledas had killed. Nhobusa implored Jia to watch as Rambutala tossed her away from the action. Chervil's minions formed a circle around him and Ledas. Ledas rose to his feet despite the pain he was feeling, facing his opponent with tenacious resolve. Ledas told Chervil he had no hope of beating him, which the Makyan laughed off as childish hubris.
Chervil elbowed him, beginning their cataclysmic fight. Ledas retaliated with an uppercut (much of the room was destroyed in the process). The pair exchanged blows, leveling severe hits upon one another without letting up. Nhobusa was surprised Ledas could keep up with Chervil even with the ki-restraining device operating at nearly maximum power. Neither one had much defense. They took a lot of hits. The telescope was destroyed during their clash, which made Nhobusa wince. He knew that'd require a lot of zeni to replace.
Because of Chervil's broken hand, he had to work extra hard to hit and parry, and it wasn't long before his stamina was running low. As time wore on, Ledas got the better of the exchanges, landing blow after decisive blow against his opponent. It wasn't long before Chervil was running on fumes. He approached the Saiyan after taking a bad hit, goading him. Ledas didn't answer, instead throwing himself at the Makyan once more. They rose into the air, exchanging blows at a rate Nhobusa couldn't comprehend. What he could see confirmed his worst fear—Ledas had more stamina, more power, more discipline, and probably more experience. He was slowly wearing away at the King of the Demons. He realized Ledas would've destroyed Chervil had the ki-restraining device not been active.
Having had enough, Chervil fired an icy blast of ki from his mouth at Ledas, who didn't attempt to block it. The attack rolled over him, encasing him in a frosty prison, freezing him solid. Chervil took a victory lap to the applause of his crew. Jia became hysterical. The other demons praised Chervil's cunning. Chervil said Ledas hadn't known who he was dealing with, causing him to pay the ultimate price.
As if on cue, the floor rumbled, the air grew hot, and Ledas burst from his icy tomb with an echoing scream. Furiously, he called Chervil a cheap shot artist and a coward, demanding he fight him for real. Chervil wasn't one to take orders. He powered up his Freezing Breath again. Ledas charged him down, mirroring his previous action.
However, when Chervil unleashed his attack, Ledas back-flipped, rising to the air, and created a pearlescent half-bubble of energy to deflect the attack. He shot a kiai through the bubble to angle the attack right back at Chervil, entombing him in ice. Without remorse, Ledas smashed Chervil across the face with a spinning back heel, shattering his head and killing him. His minions were most upset. They attacked at once, though he tore through them with ease, taking only a blow or two to eliminate each one in a whirlwind of attacks.
Ledas landed before Nhobusa, turning his sights on him. Zesh protected him by sending the ki-restraining device into overdrive (and risking it overheating), which caused Ledas to fall to his knees again, recalibrating against the pain. Nhobusa congratulated him for defeating the Makyans, saying it had been his plan all along to use Ledas to rid the world of their presence (which was partially true). Ledas was dumbfounded. He didn't understand why Nhobusa hadn't hired him to kill them if that were the case. Nevertheless, he wouldn't forgive Nhobusa for abducting him and Jia.
Nhobusa was unfazed, telling Zesh to end the boy's misery. Ledas whirled around, focusing on the doctor when Nhobusa shot him in the back with a tranquilizer. Ledas tried to shoot a Finger Beam at him but couldn't. He threw himself at Nhobusa but fell unconscious in the air, skidding to the ground harmlessly.
Nhobusa declared victory, ordering Rambutala to drag Jia away. Jia begged for them to show mercy to the boy, but Nhobusa wasn't having it. He activated the intercontinental ballistic missile, which rose from the floor. He explained to Jia that the only way they could ensure Ledas' death would be to hurl him into the sun. Zesh unscrewed the door and threw Ledas into the missile before retreating with Nhobusa, Rambutala, and (unwillingly) Jia out of the room. They watched from the hallway window. Nhobusa pressed another button, and the missile shot into the sky, bathing the room in fire upon its exit.
In the fourth scene, a few minutes later, Ledas awoke in the intercontinental ballistic missile. The ki-restraining device had kept him awake, burning his body. Without warning, it went dead, and in an instant, he regained all of his powers. He wondered if Jia had saved him. No time to second-guess. He blew up the missile, forming an energy bubble around himself to preserve the air. Locating Earth, he honed in on Jia's ki signature, racing back.
Crashing through the outpost's ceiling, he realized he could sense Ryori's life force as well, which unnerved him. Nhobusa was kneeling next to Zesh, who was lying on the ground wounded. Vestigia held Ryori. Ledas thrust out a barrier of ki around Ryori just before Nhobusa shot him. Ledas knew he didn't have much more in him. He was about to collapse from exhaustion. He tried his best to focus on the task at hand, reminding himself that his lover was in trouble. He wouldn't sleep before Ryori was saved.
Bullets bounced off the ki surrounding Ryori's body. Nhobusa didn't know what the hell was going on. He fired upon Ledas, the bullets dissolving against his aura. Ledas ripped the ki-restraining device off his head, throwing it before them. The guy on the floor implored the other man to flee, to try again another day. The woman agreed, offering to provide him cover. She cast Ryori aside, honing in on the more immediate threat. Ledas would make her pay for that. The man ran down the hall, abandoning his comrades. Ledas found that funny. He released a Homing Finger Beam that first hit Vestigia, then sliced through Zeshmedinokov, then speared itself through Nhobusa. He incinerated their bodies with mini Lightning Strikes.
He ran over to Ryori, helping him to his feet. Ryori was distraught, shaking from what had just happened. Ledas thanked him profusely for saving him. This deepened their bond forevermore. He didn't understand how Ryori had ended up there, however. Ryori explained how he'd followed Nhobusa and Rambutala to the island, risking his life by doing so. He had shot Zesh and pressed a button on the remote, which had apparently deactivated the ki-restraining device on Ledas' head. Emotion welled in Ledas' throat. He couldn't express how much he admired Ryori's courage. They hugged it out passionately.
Afterward, Ledas asked where Jia was. Ryori said another NRRA soldier had carried her off, though he didn't know where they were. Ledas closed his eyes, sensing for her. Locking onto her location, he shot off, tearing through walls and rooms to reach her as quick as he could. The sedatives in his bloodstream drove him with desperation. He didn't have long before he fell asleep. He had to end this now.
When he came upon Rambu, the man was holding a shot glass and a bottle of alcohol. Jia was chained to a bed. It was clear what was about to happen. Ledas knocked him over upon entering. Rambutala rolled over, unholstering his pistol. Ledas killed him with a Finger Beam from his tail before he could do anything.
Jia was beside herself. She couldn't believe Ledas was back. He said they had Ryori to thank for that, vaporizing her handcuffs. Jia hugged him. While Ledas was uncomfortable with people touching him (except Ryori), he hugged her back, taking in the weight of the moment. She thanked him, asking if he'd dealt with everyone. He confirmed he had, though he sensed additional ki signatures in the building. Jia confirmed they were low-level New Red Ribbon Army soldiers. Ledas flew off with haste (he didn't have much time), destroying them as fast as he could, returning less than a minute later. With that, the New Red Ribbon Army was officially no more.
They returned to Ryori. From there, the three walked out of the outpost, returning to the docks. Ledas curled his tail around Ryori's waist in affection and to keep balance. He didn't care if Jia saw (and she did), knowing she'd be cool. Ryori was in good enough spirits to go along with it. Ryori thanked Jia for not blowing his cover. Jia admonished him for following them to Asazari, though she thanked him, for if he hadn't, they'd be dead. She praised his courage. Ledas agreed.
Ryori noted he'd seen how she had stood up against them back at his grandparents' house and knew she was a good person. He asked if she was a part of their organization, as they had said as much. Jia lied that she didn't know they were coming that night, although she had worked for Cardinal in the past. She swore she loved them and would do anything for them, which the boys appreciated. Ryori praised Ledas for how he killed Chervil. Ledas was surprised Ryori had seen that. Overcome with euphoria and emotion, Ledas succumbed to the tranquilizer, falling asleep in Ryori's arms, swearing he'd give Ryori a sweet reward for saving him when they got home.
In the fifth scene, the next day, Ledas met with the Dragons of the Dawn at Garlic Castle. He'd stolen an apple before talking to them. He told them he'd eliminated Chervil and his gang, although he was unsure if any other malevolent Makyans remained. The head Dragon thanked him, promising to repay him at some point in the future. They believed they could handle the remaining Makyans, though if any became as powerful as Chervil, they'd contact Ledas. He was down with that so long as they paid him with a basket of their demonic alcoholic apples. The bowed, thanking him. He left in an awkward burst of speed, returning to Hosomaki by honing in on Ryori's power signature.
He arrived at Ohano's just in time to witness a group of customers leaving a few minutes before closing time. Mrs. Ohano, Jia, Shoekki, and Ryori were sitting together at a table inside. He joined them, pulling up a chair. Around a dozen patrons were still in the bar. Mr. Ohano worked behind the bar, serving several sailors.
The group greeted Ledas, Shoekki wondering if he'd had the most alcohol in his life last night, as he looked rough. Ledas didn't know for certain but assumed that was the case. Mrs. Ohano promised they'd take it easy that day, as the Kurenai Natsumatsuri had taken a lot out of everyone. They were going to hang out in the bar and maybe explore Hosomaki later. There were no other plans. Ledas very much appreciated that.
Ryori handed him a menu, saying he could order anything for free. Ledas wasn't hungry. Mrs. Ohano asked how he'd liked the festival. Ledas had had a blast. He lamented, somewhat, how he hadn't won the eating competition, though. She was shocked he had even been in contention for the prize given his slim physique. He praised the fireworks, saying it was a night he'd never forget. Ryori nudged him, looking panicky. Mrs. Ohano invited them to come again next year. She and Mr. Ohano had missed their grandchildren. Shoekki promised they would so long as he could get time off work.
He was peeved about the women giving him no action, however. Maybe next year would be better in that regard. Ryori found it funny he hadn't hooked up with anyone last night. He blamed it on Shoekki getting super drunk, which Jia reprimanded him for saying. Shoekki wasn't offended, just thought he hadn't gotten lucky. Jia said he'd find a mate eventually, calling him charming and good-looking, which was unusually forward of her.
She told him not to be humble, as Ryori had boasted he'd been pulling in a new woman every weekend back when they'd lived in Seikishi. Shoekki didn't know what the reason had been. Maybe his time "in prison" had dulled his flirting skills. Ledas realized he was lying to cover for being dead for two years, which made him gain respect for Shoekki. Ledas said that there were tons of sexy women in the Guac, so he should try with them. Shoekki still couldn't believe the bouncers hadn't thrown him and Ryori out whenever they'd gone there. Ledas said he was too quick, which Shoekki replied was not the best quip to make regarding women. Jia wondered if Shoekki was boasting, which Mrs. Ohano found to be a bit over the line. Jia said that after Mrs. Ohano had ordered them alcoholic drinks, she was feeling careless, especially this early in the morning.
Ledas excused himself to use the restroom. Ryori went with him. Before they left, Ryori held him back, imploring him not to mention the fireworks again, as that could jog Shoekki's memory of what had happened. Ledas rebuked him, saying he'd had a lovely time and wasn't apologetic about anything they'd done. He didn't care if Shoekki had seen them making out. Ryori was adamant about not helping Shoekki remember in case he'd seen them going at it. Ledas told Ryori he'd have to tell Shoekki about their relationship soon.
He tried to ease his mind, telling him not to stress out about them being together. It wasn't a big deal to him, nothing to feel ashamed about. For Ryori, admitting he was gay was the end of the world. He didn't want to lose Shoekki forever if he wasn't okay with it. He didn't know Shoekki's opinion about same-sex relationships but had to assume the worst so that he didn't lose his brother. Ledas reminded him that Shoekki loved him, thinking it far more likely that he wouldn't care and would accept him.
He asked him to just come out already. Ryori didn't want to. He wasn't sure how Shoekki would react. Ledas said he wanted to be with someone who wanted to be with him, who wasn't afraid to be open about their love for one another. Shoekki probably already knew since they were sleeping in Ryori's bed and taking showers together. Ryori admitted that was likely, but it was still hard for him to say the words. He wasn't ashamed of being with Ledas. Didn't make it easy to confess to his brother. Ledas comforted him, telling him not to be ashamed of who he was. If Shoekki was a good person, he had nothing to fear.
He professed he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Ryori (as long as he felt the same). He thought it'd be for the better if they got it out of the way, if they let everyone know before Ryori let anxiety overcome him. Ryori said he'd need more alcohol to do it, but he would. He wasn't ashamed of dating Ledas. His resolve touched Ledas deeply.
Outside, the boys stopped before a painting on the wall of a surfer riding a wave on a sunny day. Ryori noted his father had painted it. He was happy to have something to remember him by. Ledas wondered if he could bring back a painting or two to hang in their bedroom. Ryori wasn't sure, thinking his grandfather wouldn't allow it. Ledas thought Ryori, being his son, deserved at least one of them. He resolved to ask him tomorrow. There was too much weighing on his mind at present.
They came upon a deadbeat alcoholic at a table who called himself the Duke of the Docks. He asked them if vegetables go bad. Ryori sarcastically replied that that was a great question and he should just try the vegetables in question. He'd be good, most likely. The Duke bragged about bulking up before reading several super chats. The trolls were trolling, and he was having a bad time. The man spit and ranted at them for daring to challenge his highness. The Duke made a trumpeting sound with his hands, chatting with the people sending him messages. Ledas and Ryori left him, returning to the table.
Jia was a lot drunker now. Ledas didn't mind. She'd earned it after what had gone down the previous night. Ryori wanted to get a round of shots for the table. Jia was into it. Mrs. Ohano wasn't sure. Jia asked her to go for it, for since they were on vacation, they should have a little fun. That convinced Ryori's grandmother to relent, although she'd only do one more shot.
Soon after, the rest of the sailors and tourists were ushered out of the bar and Ohano's closed for the day. Mr. Ohano joined them at the table. They were discussing the trip to the Asazari Zoo a few days back. Mr. Ohano interjected, saying that whenever they were ready, he was going to teach them how to make a few of his pub's staple dishes. Shoekki was into the idea. Ryori was too, but he needed another round of shots first. Ledas thought his desperation for alcohol meant he was about to come out, which gave him hope. Mrs. Ohano got to her feet, saying she couldn't have any more. Jia joined her, although not after openly flirting with Shoekki. The women returned to the Ohano house.
Ryori was growing drunk, so he blurted out that Jia was thirsting for Shoekki. Shoekki wasn't opposed to having fun with her. He didn't know if she was flirting or being friendly, however. They asked Mr. Ohano, who refused to give counsel on matters of the heart. Ledas asked Shoekki if he found Jia attractive. He did. Mr. Ohano cut through their conversation, asking if they'd join him in the kitchen. They were eager to do so. Ryori needed a moment with his brother, though. Mr. Ohano gave them the privacy they needed, returning to the kitchen.
Ryori took another shot, and a second beyond that, steeling himself. Water was his chaser (what a noob). He told Shoekki he had something to say. Shoekki guessed it was about Jia, but it wasn't. With pain, Ryori admitted he and Ledas were dating and that he was gay. He hoped Shoekki wouldn't care. Despite the revelation, he loved his brother and hoped he'd remain in his life. Ledas gave Ryori silent physical support. Shoekki admitted he already knew and didn't care. He'd known since before Ledas had come into the picture. It didn't change anything. He loved Ryori just as much.
Ryori apologized for not telling him sooner. He had feared Shoekki's rejection. Shoekki was okay with it, telling him it was alright. He didn't care that Ryori was gay. It just meant more girls for him. Plus, Ryori would never try to steal his girlfriend. In all seriousness, he accepted him, and that meant the world to Ryori. He was surprised about Ledas, asking if he was gay too. Ledas confirmed he was bisexual, not gay. Even so, he was monogamous, so Ryori was the only one for him. Shoekki said he was happy for them. There was no drama. They were a family and would continue to be one. Ryori hugged Shoekki, crying his eyes out, telling him he loved him. Shoekki returned the gesture. After a few minutes, Shoekki broke off, saying they needed to go to the kitchen. Ryori and Ledas didn't disagree.
In the kitchen, Mr. Ohano began teaching them how to make red curry chicken. Ryori and Ledas started off by grinding up red chilis in pestles and mortars. Shoekki was tasked with dicing up a cup of shallots. Ledas was so happy to be with those he loved, doing everyday things, being in the moment and not cowering.
In the first scene of chapter 5, on June 14, Age 776, Mr. Ohano, Mrs. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, Jia, and Ledas explored the town of Hosomaki, sightseeing. In the evening, they took the Blue Breeze to Raskintown where they congregated with loads of people in Tikupau to take part in the face-painting festival that served as the finale of the Kurenai Natsumatsuri. Ryori vaguely remembered taking part when he'd been little. It was good to be back.
Mr. Ohano pointed out the various shops and stores on their way to the festival area, acting as a tour guide. They came across a place known as the Thirsty Clam, which Mr. Ohano had trouble explaining the purpose of. Shoekki told everyone it was a whorehouse, which caused Mrs. Ohano to rebuke him. Shoekki said that Ryori and Ledas were old enough to know what that meant. They hadn't grown up in a puritanical atmosphere like his grandparents had. Ledas wanted to look around inside, but Ryori told him that wasn't going to happen.
Arriving in Tikupau, they split off, Ryori and Ledas remaining together. There were tons of people around. Ledas led him to the food line, which Ryori found unsurprising. Ryori's grandparents mingled with a group of natives while Jia and Shoekki split off in opposite directions. After getting their plates of food, Ryori and Ledas found a table. Ryori pointed to a tent, telling Ledas that was where everyone was getting face-painted. He wanted to go for it after they'd finished their dinner. Ledas was down for it, especially after Ryori implied he'd look cute all painted up.
As they were eating, a burly fellow lumbered over, sitting at their table. He pigged out, making the boys struggle to keep their composure. The man asked them if they'd heard any calls last night. They didn't know what he was talking about. He said that the sasquatches had been howling last night, explaining that they were large ape-like beings that inhabited the forests of Raskintown.
The man demonstrated a sasquatch woop for them. Ryori applauded sarcastically, asking if he'd ever seen a squatch before. The man swore he had. His life's goal was to capture one on video or collect a DNA sample to prove to the world they were real. Ledas asked what they looked like. When the man described their simian proportions, the troll in Ledas came out. He said he knew of an ape who only came out during the full moon. The man believed him, citing old folklore.
Ryori nudged Ledas, asking him to finish his food so they could get away from the deranged guy and get face-painted. Ledas was down for that. They jumped up, abandoning the guy, and made their way to the face-painting tent.
Ryori asked him what he had been talking about in regards to the full moon, as he had no idea what Ledas was getting at. Leeds told him that Saiyans could transform under a full moon as long as they had their tails. He offered to show Ryori the transformation. Ryori agreed, though it'd have to be later.
They entered the tent, a group of people attending to them and painting their faces. After the awkward ceremony was over with, they left, admiring each other in the moonlight. Ryori asked him if he was having a good time. Ledas praised the food. Ryori wanted know if he liked the face paint. Ledas didn't really have much of an opinion about it, but as long as it made him happy, he was good with going along with it.
Ryori noted a group of people before them were dancing. Ledas didn't want to join them, so Ryori didn't press the issue. Ryori noticed that Jia had moved to Shoekki's table, hanging close to him. He entertained the idea of them getting together, thinking it wouldn't be so bad. The boys bought double shots of saké and watched the dancers and fire-breathers. Drunkenly, Jia enticed Shoekki to join her on the dance floor. He was gobsmacked, pointing it out to Ledas. Ledas thought they were going to get lucky. He hoped they wouldn't just be a one-night stand, as they could be good together. Ryori agreed, though he feared what would happen if they broke up.
The boys ordered additional double shots of saké. Afterward, Ledas recklessly said they should join the dancers. Ryori was flabbergasted. He didn't think Ledas would ever say that. He didn't know how to dance, so he didn't want to do it. Ledas thought it didn't matter. Nobody would be watching them. Ryori relented, going along with it. The boys danced (terribly) to two songs before bailing.
They ran to the forest, Ledas promising to show Ryori his Great Ape transformation. Ledas stripped down. Ryori didn't understand why at first. Ledas explained he couldn't wear clothes when transforming, as they'd rip. He promised he'd be in complete control. He hoped Ryori wouldn't be scared. Then, he conjured a Power Ball, thrusting it into the sky, and transformed into a Great Ape. Ryori was stunned, though he trusted Ledas.
The Saiyan knelt before him, taking him into his hand. Ryori asked to see the island from a great height. Ledas did so. Ryori viewed the island from above the treetops, holding Ledas' fingers to maintain balance. After a while, the cold overcoming him, Ryori requested to be returned to the ground. Ledas did so, quenching the Power Ball afterward. Ryori was shivering, though he admitted, he found the transformation badass. Ledas got dressed and they returned to Tikupau. Ledas released energy around Ryori's body on the walk back to warm him up.
They found Shoekki and Jia at a table with a group of sailors and joined them. A sailor regaled a story of how his father had coaxed a woman into his bed to tempt the young boy. When she called him over to her, the father burst out from the closet with a rifle in his hand, chasing his son into the living room to be laughed at by his sailor crew. Jia, Shoekki, and Ryori thought that the woman had been culpable for the events, considering her actions highly immoral.
Shoekki poured everyone another round of saké (Ryori asked for another and was given it). Ryori and Ledas were properly drunk now. Giving in to reckless abandon, Ryori massaged Ledas while everyone continued talking. Another sailor, Happu, described how when he'd get drunk, he'd jump in a shark cage and try to punch a white or a tiger. Happu said that another sailor, Pupuro, had gotten his pinky finger bitten off by a baby tiger shark he'd tried to catch with his bare hands. Everyone drank more, shared more stories, grew rowdier, and had a great time. Ryori continued to massage Ledas, growing more confident.
In the second scene, the next day, Ledas awoke to Ryori's alarm. He turned it off, returning to bed, murmuring to Ryori to wake up. He didn't want to. Ledas woke him up after engaging him in frottage. They had fun, continuing until completion.
They brushed their teeth before going to the kitchen, where they found Mrs. Ohano, Jia, and Shoekki. Mrs. Ohano was cooking eggs and bacon, which Ledas found most agreeable. Jia discussed the plan for the day, saying they were going on a whale-watching trip that afternoon. Everyone was alright with that. They were going to go on a hiking trip across Hosomaki afterward. Again, nobody had any complaints.
Ryori asked Shoekki if he'd picked up any girls the previous night. Shoekki said he had, though he refused to give the girl's name, saying that keeping it close to the chest was a theme common in their family. Ryori said that he'd eventually told him about his relationship with Ledas, but Shoekki didn't care, saying he should've told him sooner. He refused to disclose his hook-up. Ledas didn't understand, thinking Shoekki would have an easier time telling them about a one-night-stand than a relationship. Regardless, Shoekki refused to say anything.
Mrs. Ohano noted that she'd taken pictures of everyone from the previous night and would send them the photos soon. She said that Ledas was part of her family since he was Ryori's family. Ryori was embarrassed, although he went along with it.
After they ate breakfast, the four of them played the board game "Articulate!". Ledas wasn't super up-to-date on human culture, but he held his own, answering several questions correctly. He, Ryori, and Mrs. Ohano formed a team while Jia and Shoekki were their opposition. They had a grand old time. Ledas proved his worth more than once (he knew his geography pretty damn well) and knew that there was nowhere else he'd rather be.
In the third scene, a few hours later, Mr. Ohano, Mrs. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, Jia, and Ledas went on a whale-watching trip. The Ohanos were on deck with Shoekki (with most of the other passengers) while Ledas and Ryori were in the cabin. Jia joined the boys inside, as it was really cold. Ryori was in rough shape, suffering from seasickness.
Ledas was eating food while talking to Beelzebub on a hand-held device. Ledas told Beelzebub about bounty hunting the skinchangers, making loads of zeni. He had officially completed the Starchasers' second bounty. Beelzebub congratulated him, though he lamented the payment had been in Earth's currency, as that wouldn't help them buy a planet. Ledas asked if he had checked the galactic registry for any high-paying bounties. He confirmed there were several high-level bounties listed that they could go after. Ledas swore he'd be up for the challenge. Beelzebub said he was coming to Earth in a week before they said their goodbyes.
Ryori asked Ledas to fly him back to Hosomaki, as he didn't think he could endure the trip any longer. Ledas tried to get him to stay. Jia took that moment to sit down with them, asking how Ryori was doing. He pretended he was alright. He asked Jia to get him a refill for his special anti-seasickness draught. She said his grandmother had prepared a thermos, so he'd be good. She asked Ledas to distract him from the boat's lurching while she went to get Mrs. Ohano.
When they returned, Mrs. Ohano refilled Ryori's cup. He wasn't doing well. Ledas was trying to show him funny videos on his phone, but that wasn't working. Jia pointed out that since seasickness was like motion sickness, watching videos wouldn't help. She asked him to distract Ryori with stories or banter. He retold the story of them sneaking into Ms. Kairyupin's house when they had been in seventh grade to steal the ecology test answer key. They had seen their teacher's pot of curry boil over, causing a huge mess in the kitchen. Ryori laughed, remembering how mad Ms. Kairyupin had been. Mrs. Ohano said that she would pretend she hadn't heard that, which Ledas gave a sarcastic response to. Jia and Mrs. Ohano left them and returned outside.
Later, when whales began breaching around the boat, Ledas and Ryori ran out of the cabin to get a look. A second whale (or perhaps the first one coming around again) breached the surface. The onlookers watched the glorious moments through their phones. Ryori vomited over the railing, emptying his stomach at long last into the sea.
In the fourth scene, later that day, after having dinner, Mr. Ohano, Mrs. Ohano, Shoekki, Ryori, Jia, and Ledas climbed up the Pukitehau Trail in Hosomaki. They engaged in lively conversation, which Ryori noted was rare for Ledas, although he was probably in a good mood as his belly was full. Shoekki noted they had walked this trail many times in the past, back when he and Ryori had lived here. Ryori tried to remember, vague recollections coming to him in fractured blurs, but he couldn't settle upon anything solid. He lied, saying he did remember.
Mrs. Ohano said Ryori had been hyperactive back in the day, which was a far-cry from how he acted nowadays. Ledas was super surprised. Ryori pretended that was because he'd gotten older, not because he'd endured death of his parents. He promised to visit his grandparents more often now that they were settled in West City. Mrs. Ohano was just happy Shoekki had been exonerated. Shoekki lied that he'd gotten a huge check from King Furry as compensation for his time "in jail". Mrs. Ohano told them that if they ever needed anything, they shouldn't hesitate to call. They'd be there for them.
Around the bend, they came across thatch-roofed restrooms. Mr. Ohano told them there wouldn't be another on the way up, so if they had to go, they should go now. Ryori and Ledas left for the restrooms while Shoekki and Jia snuck off to vape together. There was an old guy leaning against the wall of the restrooms when they got there. Ryori didn't pay him any notice.
Inside, they shared a urinal. Ledas was still hyped about the whales, going on and on about how cool the boat ride had been. Ryori agreed, though he bemoaned his seasickness. Ledas told him he wouldn't remember being seasick. They'd treasure those memories forever. Outside, the curly-haired man, who was smoking, admonished them for not greeting him. Ledas rebuked him, saying he wasn't owed anything. The man was appalled, chastising him for talking to his elder in that way. He said their mothers hadn't raised them properly. Ryori said he was rude. At that point, the man made homophobic remarks, which Ledas found pathetic. They left, holding hands, Ledas melting the guy's cigarette with an invisible ki blast.
In the distance, Shoekki and Jia vaped to their lungs' content. Mr. Ohano whistled for them to return to the pack. Once reunited, they made their way up the mountain together. Mr. Ohano brought them to a stop before the great Makipulu tree, which had been struck by lightning several hundred years ago. Mrs. Ohano reminded Ryori they'd been here many times before. Shoekki remembered, although Ryori struggled to bring the memories forth. Shoekki brought up the time Ryori had climbed the tree only to fall and sprain his wrist. Ryori pretended like he remembered.
They reached the summit, approaching a cracked boulder. Shoekki and Mr. Ohano ushered the rest of them over to the boulder, looking for a specific place. Mrs. Ohano gestured to the spot, and they looked upon it: in Age 769, they had written their initials into the stone (including Ryori's parents). Ryori remembered, overcome by emotion. Mr. Ohano handed Shoekki a rock, asking him to do the honors (etch their current trip into existence). Everyone etched their names into the stone, Mr. Ohano adding '776' at the end. They stood back, admiring the stone face. Ryori was overcome with emotion and nostalgia.
The One with Several No Good Rotten Space Vermin[]
In the first scene of this story, Ledas visited Admiral Nectarian of the Planet Trade Organization in order to purchase Xii, formerly known as Planet Cooler 092, for his intergalactic bounty hunting business with Beelzebub. He payed the man ₩1,000,000,000 for the planet. He told Nectarian that he sensed some beings living on Xii. Nectarian speculated that they were space pirates, and if so, it had been written into the contract Ledas had signed to purchase Xii that it was up to him to deal with them. That made Ledas somewhat annoyed. He briefly considered killing Nectarian, but thought better of it, for in that case he would have to fight off the entire Telnauki Empire, whatever that was, and he didn't feel like doing that.
In the second scene, Ledas went to the surface of Xii, where he found the space pirates running a photo shoot for male models. Ledas asked them to leave, giving them five minutes to do so, but they refused. When he looked upon the shirtless models, he began to get an erection, so he immediately killed every one of them, first ascending to Super Saiyan, and then to Super Saiyan 2.
He relieved himself into the ocean, tempering his lust, and tried to sense for any Xili on the planet. He did not sense any nearby and assumed they had been rendered extinct somehow after he left the planet in Age 765. Ledas thought to himself that if they were weak, they deserved it, for Vegeta had instilled such arrogance in him at a young age. He found a Xan fruit floating in the water, though.
Beelzebub contacted him, telling him that the next bounty was staying on Jwe-Iko-Pok (formerly Planet Cooler 103) and that the price would be the same if he was captured dead or alive. Ledas resolved to kill him. With all the information conveyed to the Saiyan, Beelzebub ended their communication. He ingested the Xan fruit, which got him drunk, and began to sense some of the Xili living on the other side of the planet. He ran off to go find them, but ended up crashing into the ocean due to his drunkenness.
In the third scene, Ledas visited the mining town of Kwe’izu in Jwe-Iko-Pok (formerly Planet Cooler 103). When he landed, his ship's sensors told him that a sandstorm would be entering the town in three minutes thirty-forty seconds. He noticed a miner chasing a whore through the streets. He assumed Super Saiyan 2 and sped through town, making sure none of the pirates and miners saw him, eventually arriving at the bar Pehyka, the Kidder, who was his target, was in.
Inside, he snuck up to the rafters over where Pehyka and his men were sitting. He did his best not to cough from the Nil they were smoking. He thought to himself about how remaining in Super Saiyan 2 like this, while painful, would have long-term benefits to his stamina. One day, after he mastered this form, he wanted Vegeta to teach him how to achieve Super Saiyan 3. Then, he dropped and landed on Pehyka's neck, breaking it and killing him at the same moment. He killed every other person in that bar in the span of one second. He ate Pehyka's plate of food, scarfing up his rusoin infused grilled nele shirek. Afterwards, Ledas destroyed the bar with an energy attack and blew up the planet on his way out.
Dragon Ball: Cold Vengeance[]
In chapter 2, Ledas traveled to the icy mining world known as Niflheim to relax for a short while before seeking a new bounty. He brought Verlate's mind prison with him to the world. After fighting off some unusually powerful bug-like creatures, Ledas sensed two powers in a nearby solar system, prompting him to excitedly fly off after them in his pod. He ended up forgetting the mind prison, though he did not realize it at the time.
Later in the chapter, Ledas arrived on Typhon, witnessing the early part of the fight between Cuber and Yuki amongst the group of Yuki's soldiers, though they were not aware of it at first.
In chapter 3, while watching Cuber and Yuki fight, one of Yuki's soldiers noticed that Ledas was amongst their group, alerting the rest of Naro's elites to his presence. Naro became enraged upon noticing Ledas, realizing after Kirka's comment that the boy was not a Mrovian, but a Saiyan like Cuber. Naro and his elites tried attacking Ledas again, so the boy put up an Adaptive Barrier and self-destructed it in order to destroy them (sans Kirka).
After that, he flew to Yuki's position, saving Cuber's life by attacking Yuki with a flurry of dark blue energy blasts, though he knew not who the other Saiyan was. In her fourth form, she was unable to do significant damage to Ledas, and was put on the defensive. She believed that Ledas was Cuber's son, although Ledas had no idea who Cuber was. After he revealed to her that he had killed her soldiers, Yuki became irate. However, Ledas was unconcerned, stating that she stood no chance against him in her current form and daring her to power up further if she could. Obliging him, Yuki powered up to her Fifth Form Super Saiyan 2 for the first time. She boasted that no one, not even Kirka, had witnessed this form before. The Saiyan became incredibly concerned, as he knew he no longer stood any chance against her.
Then they fought. Yuki easily bestrode Ledas, though he put up as much of a fight as he could given the circumstances. In her new form, she was much faster and more powerful than the Super Saiyan 2, able to easily overpower him and break his nose. After a short but intense fight, she forced the boy to retreat, lest he be killed.
In chapter 5, Yuki chased down Ledas, using a pair of Death Surges to try to take him out. Only a last-minute Adaptive Barrier saved the Saiyan from certain vaporization. Afterwards, as she could not find him, Yuki attempted a Death Ball, though she was stalled from destroying the planet with it by two waves of Homing Finger Beams and a salvo of Particle Beams, all of which she was able to easily deal with by flaring her aura. At the same time, these attacks alerted her to Ledas' position. She detonated her Death Ball in midair prematurely in order to snuff him out, which did significant damage to the surrounding area.
After taking damage from the Death Ball, the boy regressed to his base form. As Yuki approached him, he was able to go Super Saiyan 2 again briefly and flee. He used the broken cliff area as cover, for Yuki could not sense ki. Growing impatient, she blew apart the smoldering rocks with two more energy attacks, and pursued after him into the rubble.
Hiding amongst the rocks, Ledas once again reverted to his base form to conserve energy. Once more the empress blanketed the surface in ki attacks, forcing Ledas to retreat even further away, though he shot several Homing Finger Beams behind him at her in order to confuse her, though all that managed to do was make her angrier and reduce the entire area to a crater. The boy was able to escape her blast, but he crash-landed several miles away in the rubble of a collapsing mountain, taking significant damage from another rain of ki blasts.
It was there that Kirka, Yuki's last remaining soldier, was hiding. In awe of her new power, the Ocaran thought to himself that she was even stronger than Icer now. When he attempted to get a better view of her, he noticed that Ledas was lying unconscious nearby. He picked up the boy by the tail, thinking to himself that he could avenge his previous mistake of letting Ledas get away by killing him then and there.
However, the Saiyan opened his eyes at that point and fired a tail blast at Kirka, blowing off his arm. Though Kirka shot a dark blue finger beam at him, Ledas simply stopped its movement with his telekinetic abilities, and tried to catch his breath. This disrespect enraged the imp, who attempted another attack. Before he could do anything, Ledas fired his own beam back at him, which shot a hole through his lower jaw. In his death throes, the loyal Ocaran did not fire his last attack at Ledas, but instead into the air, where it detonated, alerting Yuki as to where Ledas was hiding.
She was swiftly upon him, and it was all the Saiyan could do to prevent himself from dying as she attacked him. During the onslaught, Ledas sensed Cuber approaching their location, thinking that Cuber was fleeing himself, not realizing they were there. However, Cuber could sense energy and was specifically approaching them with the intent of using a Mrovian fusion device to merge bodies with Ledas, as that was now their only hope of defeating Yuki.
They continued fighting briefly until Cuber reached them, with Ledas using all of his available techniques against the half-Arcosian, though none of them were doing any damage to her. Knocking him to his knees, Yuki was just about to kill Ledas when Cuber appeared, making eye contact with the boy, and shooting a pair of blue eye beams at him. Surrounded by this energy, Ledas was instantly pulled towards Cuber (this greatly freaked out the boy) while Cuber was pulled towards him. They came together in an explosion of light, that, when it died down, revealed them in their new fused state: Cubas.
In chapter 7, following his victory over Yuki and the destruction of Typhon, Cubas was defused back into Ledas and Cuber by Joijyhov on Glaysia. Then he introduced himself to Chaiva, Baochoi, and the others, and demanded to meet with the Mrovian High Council about Yuki. He had grown quite fond of her during their fight, and he wanted to preserve her life if he could, for she was one of the few Saiyans left, and he was romantically interested in her (though, even when pressed by Chaiva, he did not admit that). Cuber, Chaiva, and Ledas were allowed to meet with the councilors soon after, with the boy bringing up using the Earth's Dragon Balls to wish back Admiral Saibron and the rest of the Mrovians killed at Typhon during the closed-door meeting. The council agreed to this.
Two days later, Ledas was given a set of black and red Mrovian combat armor and a Mrovian neural implant, and then he, along with Cuber, Chaiva, and Baochoi set off for Earth. Chaiva went with him, while Cuber and Baochoi went in the other ship, so that Chaiva could teach Ledas how to fly the Mrovian transport. On the journey to Earth, Ledas remembered that he had left the imprisoned Benefactor on Niflheim, forcing the ships to detour to that planet in somewhat of a panic. There, he blew up the world with a Razorhail attack, a technique he came up with after witnessing Yuki's Stellar Airburst against Cuber.
In chapter 9, the four Saiyans arrived on Earth, landing in West City in front of Capsule Corp. Ledas introduced Cuber, Chaiva, and Baochoi to Bulma, explaining to her that they needed her Dragon Radar to collect the Dragon Balls. As she was getting ready to eat dinner, however, the Saiyans could not refuse joining her for their non-Mrovian meal in a while (and the first ever for Baochoi). Feasting inside, they were met by Vegeta, who had just finished his evening training session. Ledas introduced Cuber and Chaiva to the prince, explaining why they were there and who they were. Vegeta recognized Cuber as being one of the Super Elites on Priyep's team. They told him that Nappa's son had turned on them, forcing them to kill him, a fact that Ledas didn't know either. Then, Vegeta challenged the pair to a duel. After dinner, the five Saiyans flew off several hundred miles away to a remote region in order to fight freely. Ledas and Baochoi watched the battle. Eventually Goku showed up and tested himself against Cuber and Chaiva, which Ledas watched as well.
In chapter 10, Ledas continued to watch the fight between Goku and Chaiva/Cuber. Once it was over, he flew back with them to Capsule Corp., where Bulma offered three Mrovian Saiyans to spend the night, as it had grown too late to go hunting for Dragon Balls. Ledas bid them farewell and flew home.
In chapter 11, Ledas was shown sparring with Chaiva and Vegeta inside Capsule Corp. while Cuber searched for the Dragon Balls. He used that time to get to know Chaiva's fighting proclivities.
In chapter 12, Ledas was hanging with Chiaki at home when Chaiva popped by. The trio spent the night together, leading to Chaiva becoming pregnant with twins, whom she gave birth two nine months after the end of the story.
Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon[]
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Emperor Kuriza Saga[]
The Great Sushi-Eating Contest[]
At the start of this story, Ledas returned to Earth from deep space and met with Beelzebub in an abandoned parking lot in West City. There, he presented the skulls of thirty-six low-level criminals that he had killed. Beelzebub paid him handsomely, and Ledas gave him some space candy corn. Then, he alerted Ledas to a new bounty that had been posted for Haimaru and Raimie, the twin children of Cooler. He agreed to take the bounty and promised more food for his friend when he returned.
On his way out, the boy walked past the sisters step-mother Theresa and sister-mother-in-training Theresa. They purred when he got close, reaching out their arms for him and begging him to come to them, but he merely ran past them. Sister-mother-in-training Theresa renamed herself Father Theresa when Ledas passed by, but that did not make him any more willing to let her touch him. Outside, a man with a lampshade on his head was complaining about the light going out for him.
The boy made his way through the overgrown garden outside of an abandoned mansion until he ran into the old Mexican tryhard. As he got close, the tryhard handed him a slip of paper with '1v1' written on it. Ledas refused, throwing the paper on the ground (where many more, some aged by time, lay) and walked off, leaving the man to curse and sweat where he stood. He met his cat Balerion soon after, pet him for a few moments, and gave him a senzu bean (having not had to use it on his last excursion to space).
He reached the street and made his way to Capsule Corp., noting how the breath of the pedestrians walking about was frosting. He thought the air smelled of impending snow. He noticed a woman painting a sumo wrestler standing on the edge of a fountain, and as he passed by, he used his super speed to knock the man into the water without being spotted. Further down the road, people had gathered around a car that was stopped at a green light. The driver had apparently shot himself in the head. Police were there, trying to get everyone to step away from the scene. Ledas thought he spotted a sheathed sword on the dead man's back.
He noticed a tall, long-nosed man in an oily amethyst-striped vest carrying a bag full of money, licking his lips and singing of AstroTurf, a blind man peeling a pineapple on the curb, and a small imp standing atop a stool, complaining about society and demanding to be made emperor of the world while his two lackeys held back the raucous crowd. The imp also said that King Furry should suck a fat one, which Ledas thought was unreasonable, as King Furry was undoubtedly a novice in such endeavors. He also saw an Asian woman tumble out of a hover bus and faceplant onto the pavement, from which she did not get up.
Ledas raced hovercars the rest of the way to Capsule Corp. There, he was greeted by the floating white robot, Frododobo R’but. He asked the robot if there were any signs or mentions of The Benefactor on the galactic radio chatter. The robot informed him that he had heard no such things. He also told Ledas that Tarble had come to visit again. Ledas had been off in space during Tarble's last appearance, so he was eager to meet the prince. He mentioned that he had seen Tarble once when the prince had been a baby and was surprised to learn that he was still alive. The boy ran off to go find him. As he did, he saw Dr. Brief in one of the side rooms playing with a pink robot, having it smash a lego city to bits.
When Ledas met Tarble, he was surprised at how short he was, and thought that the prince's voice reminded him of Lieme's voice. He, Tarble, and Vegeta were in the backyard of Capsule Corp. Ledas made Tarble try sushi, which the prince seemed to enjoy. Vegeta was rather annoyed as Ledas' flamboyant outfit of a fur cape of rose and tangerine as well as similarly-colored fur gloves and boots, not to mention his short black training pants and a fancy pair of fuchsia-rimmed sunglasses. Ledas told him that he had been gifted that outfit for saving Planet Ctaedi from space pirates. He refused to take it off. Tarble was confused as to why Ledas was a child, as he claimed to have met Tarble as a baby, but Ledas told him it was a long story and wasn't worth going into at that very second.
Ledas came up with the idea to have a sushi-eating contest between himself and Tarble, with Vegeta being the referee. Vegeta was none too pleased, but Ledas wouldn't take no for an answer. He ordered Dr. Brief's servants to fetch all of the sushi in Capsule Corp. for their contest. They soon returned with all of the sushi, placing it on tables for the Saiyans. Ledas threw Vegeta a whistle and instructed him on how to be a proper referee.
Then, the contest began. The two scarfed down as much sushi as they could as fast as they could. Many of the servants watched the contest, some rooting for Ledas, others rooting for Tarble, and one woman, who attempted to eat a five-pound burrito (and only managed to get about a pound in before vomiting all over those around her) held a sign showing her support for Matt Stonie. There was a little man with a mustache and sparkling suit wading through the crowd throwing confetti all around.
Eventually, Vegeta blew his whistle. Ledas was shocked to see that Tarble had finished his entire table of sushi. The boy had only managed to finish half of his. The crowd dispersed. Tarble was unsurprised with his victory, as he was an adult and thus had a bigger stomach. Ledas, stating that Vegeta must have the biggest stomach of them all (since Tarble was such a small man), wanted to see the prince duel against Kakarot in a sushi-eating contest. Ledas ran off to find Kakarot, Vegeta chasing him, while Tarble remained behind to eat the remainder of the boy's sushi.
Later that evening, Ledas and Tarble continued to eat sushi by a pier while drinking koicha-grade green tea. Tarble told Ledas that he could freely travel between Gure's homeworld and Earth, visiting Vegeta whenever he pleased, because Abo and Kado had been dealt with. He also revealed to Ledas that he wanted to return to Gure's homeworld soon, as Gure was getting homesick. Ledas did not like that talk. He wanted Tarble to come with him on the mission to hunt down Haimaru and Raimie, whom he mistakenly thought were Frieza's children.
The prince grew frightened at that, causing Ledas to rebuke him. He explained that he wasn't a warrior like Vegeta. The boy asked him to power up to his maximum so that he could see what he was dealing with. He calculated that Tarble's power level was between 3000 to 4000, which was how strong Ledas had been when he had been four years old. Even though Tarble was insanely weak, Ledas still invited him to come on the bounty hunting trip and wanted to introduce him to the rest of the Starchasers. He also chided Tarble for being such a coward and kicked him off the pier and into the water before running off.
That night, indulging in nostalgia, Ledas took a train out of the city. While he was on the second train platform, waiting for his next train, he was confronted by Vizzer. Vizzer told the boy that the Starchasers had located Haimaru and Raimie and were ready to set out whenever he wanted. He told the genetic specimen that they would be leaving in the morning and that a new member would be joining them for the trip. Vizzer flew off, promising to tell Linessi, Okinaro, and Naemi.
Then, a man appeared on the other side of the track. He began to talk to Ledas. Ledas made a few comments, trying to be polite and conversational, but in reality he was extremely awkward. Eventually, the man revealed that he was an active Echoing Effect from The Benefactor. The Benefactor taunted Ledas through that avatar (being, in reality, many light-years away) and told him that the Iyxan would be getting his energy back soon. The man dissolved away into nothingness after saying that. This greatly upset Ledas. The boy would not give into fear, however. He once more thought of Tarble, thinking to himself that that prince had to have some purpose in life. Maybe it could be what Ledas had planned for him in the upcoming mission. If not, the boy knew he had just eaten half-a-ton of sushi for no reason.
The Monster and the Maiden[]
In the first section of this story, Ledas prepared for bed. His mother, Cyleria, asked him what had happened to his face. He told her that Vegeta had punched him (after he had failed to block) and given him a black eye. She applied some ointment to his face and told him how impressive he was for even being able to spar with the prince at his age. She told him that she and his father were proud of him. Then, Cyleria asked her son which bedtime story he would like to listen to that night. He wanted to hear about the Legendary Super Saiyan, as Vegeta and him had been discussing that person earlier (they wanted to become Super Saiyans themselves).
Cyleria sat down on a chair with Ledas and began to recollect the story. In the second section, Cyleria told her son the story of a Legendary Super Saiyan. During the story, she explained that Tahros, the king of the Saiyans roughly two thousand years ago, had alienated many of his governors and military commanders, for he acted like a drunken, partying fool all the time. Slave species began rising up against the Saiyans as Tahros ran out of money. They took over many outer colonies. Tahros only responded to their threat, however, when the slave species began to unite, pooling their armies and ships together.
He appointed his nephew Yaro to be the Supreme Admiral to lead the defense of the Saiyan Empire. This proved a disastrous decision, as Yaro was not only unqualified, but not a particularly intelligent Saiyan. He was often out-maneuvered and tactically undressed by the slave species, leading to massive losses. Yaro lost the support of his soldiers. Tahros' half-brother Akres went behind Yaro's back and took control of 90% of the royal fleet. Instead of fighting off the slave species, he returned to the Saiyans' homeworld and confronted Tahros on the stairs leading up to his palace. There, he slew his half-brother and declared himself the new emperor of the Saiyan Empire. He also said that the Legendary Super Saiyan would come from his loins.
Yaro was then attacked by the slave species' fleets and his meager armada was obliterated, with every last warrior killed in the battle above Poraxes Minor. Then, the slave species' fleets entered into the Saiyan Empire's territory and liberated dozens of planets from its control. After the Saiyan Empire began to crumble following various defeats at the hands of a coalition of rebelling slave species, the Tigahl Empire, sensing weakness in their arch enemy's territory, decided to attack.
It was at that time that the Legendary Super Saiyan emerged. Ledas was shocked to learn that she had been a woman. Len lived on Planet Margous, which was under the command of Commander Radichus, who was loyal to King Tahros. Akres sent Daikoros, his best warrior, with a fleet to Margous to take back the planet from Radichus. What ensued was a massive fight with millions of Saiyans on each side attacking one another for control of the outpost. Before Cyleria could continue her story, she was interrupted by Layeeck returning home.
In the third scene, Layeeck entered his house and took off his armor after a long day of work. He told Cyleria that he had been late because of something to do with Frieza. He was surprised to see that Ledas had returned back to the planet so early. Cyleria told him that Lascon had spent the day with Ledas, although Layeeck already knew that. Cyleria admitted that she was telling Ledas the story of a Legendary Super Saiyan.
Layeeck scoffed, knowing that she was recounting the female Super Saiyan story. In his tribe, the story had gone that the last Legendary Super Saiyan had been a man who could only control his Super Saiyan form in Great Ape. He had ended up destroying the planet he was on, as well as his foes, because he had not been able to control his power. Cyleria did not believe that was true and told Layeeck to stop confusing their son about the issue. She reminded her mate that she came from Zhukin's tribe and that Zhukin was the only known descendant of the last Legendary Super Saiyan, so her tribe's tale had to be more accurate than Layeeck's.
He replied that if that were the case, then Paragus' son should be the Legendary Super Saiyan, and there was no way that was true, given how weak Paragus was in comparison to other elites. Cyleria wondered why Layeeck hated Paragus, but he told her that he did not hate the man, he was just stating facts. Then, the two parted ways, as Cyleria carried Ledas to his room, for he was close to falling asleep. The boy asked his mother to continue the story of Len. She told him that the next major point in the story was the battle of Torben Fields, which was a part of the story that Ledas had never heard before.
In the fourth scene, Cyleria recounted to Ledas how Len and her brother Cilano had tried to escape from Margous while Daikoros' fleet attacked. Daikoros' forces overwhelmed Radichus, forcing Len, Cilano, and the few survivors to flee out of the outpost and to Torben Fields, which was just outside the city. There, Daikoros and his men surrounded the last of Radichus' warriors. Daikoros personally dueled with Radichus and killed him. Afterwards, he asked if anyone would step forward to avenge their leader, but nobody did. So he ordered his men to butcher the survivors. They took out two-thirds of them. Then, Daikoros told them to take the remainder as prisoners.
Cyleria glossed over the fact that Daikoros' men raped many of the survivors. Nevertheless, one of the soldiers came and took Len away from her brother so that he could rape her. As he walked off with Len thrown over a shoulder, Cilano chased after him and punched him in the nose, making him fall to the ground. The man went to kill Cilano, but Admiral Daikoros stepped in and prevented it. When the soldier complained that his pick had been Len, Daikoros asked him to take another. He refused, so the admiral killed him. Then, he took Cilano and Len to be his own slaves.
Next, Cyleria told Ledas about when the Saiyan Empire and Tigahl Empire had clashed. Admiral Daikoros invaded the world of Lipanto, but God-Emperor Mingahl's forces pushed the Saiyans back, resulting in Daikoros' death, as well as most of the members of his fleet. The survivors were taken as prisoners, and the Saiyan Empire crumbled that day. Len and Cilano were taken as prisoners by the Tigahl Empire and brought back to Loru Qir, where they were to be used in beast-taming entertainment for the natives. One day, Cilano was pitted against a Uagoni Viper. He managed to kill it, but it bit him, depositing its parasitoid larvae in his flesh. The Tigahl warriors had to kill him eventually, before the larvae broke free from his skin.
Ledas was falling asleep, so he missed some of what his mother was saying. Soon afterwards, though, Len transformed into a Legendary Super Saiyan from her grief. She destroyed the Tigahl Empire and left the planet. Ledas began to imagine himself flying and fighting with her. She went next to Idiro VI, the home of the Ever-Apes, Saiyans who would never leave their Great Ape Transformation, for it was always a full moon there.
Ledas drifted out of the story for a bit, coming back when his mother got to the part about the Corvos League geo-turfers using Len to rouse a hibernating beast for them. Ledas grew excited, for he had never heard this part of the story before. She had been able to wake it up with her immense power. The monster, known as the False Nyarin, was actually Main Jaduu, a false Majin who had been created by Bibidi millions of years prior. Len fought Jaduu, but was unable to beat him. He nearly killed her, leaving her for dead on the planet she had awakened him from. Jaduu began rampaging through the Saiyan Empire. Len did not confront him immediately, instead deciding to take some time to train and hone her abilities in her Legendary Super Saiyan form first.
Once her training was complete, she went to King Akres and tried to get his support to help her kill Jaduu. He agreed and sent an army to her location. When that army arrived, they attacked her. Either a full moon or a power ball was unleashed (Cyleria told Ledas that her mother had thought it was a full moon, but she thought that was too convenient, so thought that a power ball, or a similar technique, had probably been used), and all of Akres' soldiers turned into Great Apes. She too turned into a Great Ape, her fur turning golden as she transformed. Most of the apes, including Len, were not conscious during the fight.
Len only became conscious when Jaduu arrived on the planet she was waiting for him on. Sensing his power, she gained control over her Great Ape form. The surviving Great Ape Saiyans ran off. Len attacked Jaduu, but was unable to land a hit. In her Great Ape form, she was too slow, so she cut off her tail and attacked him again. When she did, she showed him her newly-achieved Legendary Super Saiyan form (she had merely been using Super Saiyan before). There were varying accounts of what this form looked like. Some thought that her golden hair became longer and spikier; some thought that her hair turned blood red. Cyleria, however, stated that she believed her mother's (and Zhukin's) story over the others in her tribe when it came to what Len's Legendary Super Saiyan form looked like - her hair was black, but her body was covered in crimson fur, as if she was still partially in Great Ape.
The two fought, and it was a bloody affair. Ledas was falling asleep while his mother described the fight, so he began to imagine, in his head, himself fighting against Jaduu. He used some of his own attacks, such as Kyorra Flash and Playful Galick, against the demon. He pretended he was in the crimson-furred form of Len while he battled the beast. He won just as he fell asleep. His mother had stated, just before he nodded off, that Len had incinerated Jaduu, killing him and saving the Saiyan race.
In the fifth scene, the next morning, Ledas was sitting out on the landing pad outside of his house in one of the aristocratic skyscrapers in the royal city on Planet Vegeta. It was very foggy out. His father asked him to inside to eat his breakfast of sanu meat and fruit. Inside, Layeeck asked his son if he was going out on a mission for Frieza that day, but the boy told him he was just going to train with Vegeta.
Layeeck ate some sanu meat and some fruit too before telling Ledas that his mother had been wrong about the Legendary Super Saiyan. The real story, which Lascon had told Layeeck, was that the Legendary Super Saiyan had been a man who had been unable to control his power. Ledas remarked that Prince Vegeta had said the same thing. He told the boy that the Legendary Super Saiyan had led a group of space pirates and had eventually come into contact with one of Frieza's ancestors. The two had fought, but when the Saiyan tried to overpower the Arcosian, his power had overwhelmed him, causing him to blow up the planet. Layeeck told his son that the Arcosian had not died in the explosion, for Frieza's kind could breathe in space. Then, he left for guard duty in the royal palace. Ledas waved goodbye.
In the sixth scene, the Starchasers came upon a statue of the Golden Wind on the streets of Loru Qir. Ledas grinned. He told his companions that his mother had known that woman and silently confirmed to himself that the story she had told him so many years ago about the female Legendary Super Saiyan had been true. Memories of his mother and father, of Len and Jaduu, returned to him, and he felt nostalgic and happy.
Dragon Ball Z: In Requiem[]
After Majin Buu escaped Hell 10 years after Goku killed him, the Z Fighters felt his power level spikes and gathered together in order to combat him. Because Majin Buu had absorbed Uub, his power level had become massive again, and he was able to easily take out the Z Fighters. Ledas was the grey-eyed fighter described in the story, and, being on Earth at the time, assisted his friends in the struggle. He,along with the Z Fighters, was beaten by Buu.
The Space Taco Bandit[]
In the first scene of this story, Olivien noted that he had chosen the moon Xharon for the location of his restaurant, The Pink Taco, as Xii's other moon, Xikal, housed the building for his father's bounty hunting group, the Starchasers. While on Xii, Oli remembered that his father had spent time on Xii as a slave, but it couldn't have been that bad to be a slave on a tropical paradise. When Olivien and Chari fought in The Pink Taco, Chari said that one of the reasons she was attacking her twin was because he hogged all of their father's attention. When Chari and Olivien prepared to fight, the boy thought of his family line: his father was one of the strongest Saiyans in existence, and the leader of the Starchasers; his grandfather had been King Vegeta's best friend and his Captain of the Guard, and he had distinguished himself in the Tuffle War; his grandfather had been a skilled warrior too, and had taught his father and Prince Vegeta how to control their Great Ape forms.
In the second scene, Chari noted that it had only been a month since their father had let Olivien open up The Pink Taco. The shop wasn't getting too much business, but it was getting enough to survive. After Watagash infected Chari, she thought of Oli and her father, and how unfair it was that she had to help out at The Pink Taco. She thought that her father liked Olivien more, since they trained together.
In the third scene, Ledas and Okinaro arrived at The Pink Taco. They saw Dhuka slumped over by the condiments corner, Chari passed out on the floor, and Olivien sitting up against a wall, eating a Xhaichi fruit. Ledas asked him what was going on, but the boy screamed to be left alone. He fired a mouth beam at them, which Okinaro caught and dissipated. He thought something was wrong with Oli. Ledas agreed. He spotted the lavender antenna sprouting from the boy's forehead. The Starchasers resolved to remove that.
They rushed the Saiyan. Olivien jumped up and transformed into a fifteen-foot-tall furry beast. Okinaro realized that Olivien was infected with a parasite. They would have to remove it quickly, lest the restaurant be destroyed. Ledas and Okinaro agreed to use their new technique to take down Oli. The boy released an explosive wave, trying to push them back, but Ledas cut through it with a one-handed Kyorra Flash. Okinaro distracted Oli with a Shanali Ball, which exploded, sending shrapnel at him. At the same time, Ledas came up from behind with a blue glove of ki. He hit Oli hard on the back of the head, then teleported to Olivien's face. He released a Kyorra Flash at Watagash's stem at the same time that Okinaro released a Karui Beam at it. The two attacks joined together, amplifying their power, and hit Oli hard.
The Saiyan boy fell, and Watagash pulled itself from its host, making for the door. Ledas ended its life with a purple energy sword through the eyes. Okinaro took Olivien, and Ledas picked up Chari. They resolved to return to their base on Xikal. Ledas was sad that there wasn't any food around, as he was very hungry, but such was life.
Dragon Ball: The Mrovian Series: Other World saga[]
Hundreds of years after the end of Cold Vengeance and The Last Saiyan, Ledas had died and was living in Other World with some of his old friends, including Vegeta. There, he was one of the fighters who aided the Supreme Kais in fighting off Amoon.
Lineage[]
| Lascon Age 737 (†) | King Cold Age 764 (†) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Layeeck Age 737 (†) | Cyleria Age 737 (†) | Artachoc Age 729 (†) | Ocra Age 737 (†) | Dogom Age 738 (†) | Aubere Age 737 (†) | Zorn Age 737 (†) | Cooler Age 766 (†) | Frieza Age 764 (†) | Nitro Age 766 (†) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fighting Forms[]
Due to being ambidextrous, Ledas can use his forms with either his left or right side dominant. He slightly favors his left, as the split is roughly 55% to 45%.
Form I: 勢み[]
Ledas' most used form is his Hazumi (Spring or Bounce Form in English) fighting technique. This method of fighting was developed by him on his own. The stance is somewhat simple. First, Ledas lowers his legs, and gets onto a low crouch. Then, he pulls both of his hands forward and above his head. He then leans forward. This form's main advantage is that it leaves Ledas quick on his feet, and gives him an open window to counter almost any attack against him. It should be noted that, while one hand generally is stretched further forward than the other, Ledas does not have a single hand that he usually does this with, as he is ambidextrous. He will switch dominance depending on his mood.
This form is also a casual form of Ledas'. Generally, he will use this against opponents who are much lower in strength than him, or against friends, in a friendly sort of way. The looseness of the form is the main reason for it being his casual form.
Aside from what has been previously mentioned, this form's attacking abilities are somewhat focused over Ledas' other forms. For one, the ki enhancements that Ledas uses do take away from his ability to use ki based attacks. Ledas coats himself in his aura, and uses that to literally soak himself in his ki. This makes it much more difficult to attempt energy based attacks. Instead, this form relies on physical attacks almost exclusively. The enhancements go so far as to heighten his abilities to wild sense, ki dash, think faster, and increase endurance. However, this form does not increase his base strength in any way over his normal maximum state. It simply focuses it and gives him greater endurance to fight longer.
Form II: 帝国[]
Ledas' Teikoku Form (Imperial Form in English) was his original fighting form in the first saga. This was taught to him by all of his Saiyan mentors, including his father, grandfather, and Nappa. This is the form taught to all Super Elites, including Prince Vegeta - though the Prince's form would evolve as time wore on. Unlike the forms of the lower-class Saiyans, and many of the Elites, this form relies equally on energy as well as physical attacks. Indeed, in the case with Vegeta, the form can become specialized enough to be more focused on energy release.
Ledas' stance is very restrained. He stands with a slight tilt, with his right shoulder slightly forward. His hands remain at his side, but are slightly bent backward in a defensive gesture. His legs are slightly buckled, and his shoulders are thrown back, to show off pride and confidence against his opponents. This form is generally used against tougher opponents. Its usual opening move is a wild sense leading to a teleportation and attempted bicycle kick against the opponent.
As previously mentioned, this form is about restraint and patience. Though Ledas was no master of either of those qualities, it was taught to him, from a very early age, that whilst fighting, one must be patient to win. The defensive nature of this form really gives the user no choice in that.
When fighting, this form is equally good in the air as it is on the ground. Mainly, one tries to attack in a fluid combination of kicks and punches that are predetermined. Using spontaneous moves can hinder this form, as if the user is not careful, and makes a wrong move, their defense will be laid barren, and they will be hurt badly.
In this form, air combat is mainly ki combat, and not a physical engagement. The main strategy is to pepper the enemy with small ki blasts in an attempt to make them either become enraged, abandon their strategy and attack, or return to the ground. If the first two actions happen, Ledas was taught to immediately create one of his powerful energy beams and shoot it at his opponent. If the third happens, they go back to the ground, wherein, after learning the opponent's fighting style before, Ledas can now easily and tactically dismantle his opponent through precision kicks and punches, not to mention any ki-based attacks he may desire to defeat them with.
Abilities[]
Techniques[]
Non-combative Moves[]
- Flight
- Ki Sense
- Wild Sense
- Mimicry
- Afterimage
- Afterimage Strike
- Telekinesis
- Telepathy
- Energy Shield
- Hard Energy Shield
- Howl
- Great Ape transformation
- Dire Howl
- Power Ball
- Zenkai
- Saiyan Soul
- Super Elite
- Deflector Shield
Offensive Moves[]
- Kyorra Flash
- Ki Blast
- Tail Attack
- Kiai
- Energy Punch
- Energy Ball
- Finger Beam
- Mouth Beam
- Explosive Wave
- Playful Galick
- Homing Finger Beams
- Extermination Rain
- Feral
- Razor Blast
- Kyorra Rage
- Lightning Strike
- Unrelenting Energy Burst
- Adaptive Barrier
- Burning Swath
- Image Slash
- Ice Cannon
- Particle Beam
- The Adjudicator
- Disciplined Rush
- Razorhail
Forms and Transformations[]
Being a Saiyan, Ledas has the ability to use multiple transformations. These forms are listed in the order in which they were first attained.
Great Ape Form[]
This form was Ledas' most powerful transformation, up until the climax of the Stomping Grounds Saga. In Great Ape form, Ledas' power level was immediately raised to 10x his base strength. Despite this great power, Ledas used his Great Ape form sparingly. The reasons for this were various; for one, it wasn't ever needed in the Prince Vegeta Saga, as he was powerful enough without it. In the Lauto Saga, Ledas did have to fall back on this form one time, in a fight against Meloon, Lieme, and Payar. While the form made Ledas superior to those warriors, Captain Banas was still able to beat Ledas; this was because of the slowness of the Great Ape form. Ledas also used his Great Ape form to fight against Nepar so that he could deal with the size difference between the two. Ledas abandoned this form thereafter and did not use it in combat ever again. It was seen one more time in the Planet Earth Saga, when Ledas was transformed into it by some humans shooting blutz waves into his body. Yajirobe eventually cut off Ledas' tail, and the Saiyan boy was never seen transforming into a Great Ape in the story again.
Semi Super Saiyan[]
This was a briefly shown form, and it was first witnessed on Lauto's planet. It was achieved after Ledas accidentally absorbed a cloud of ki that contained much of Lauto's and The Benefactor's power. In this form, Ledas' eyes turned the Super Saiyan-prevalent green and his hair was colored a stark white. Several reoccurring flashbacks caused Ledas to fall into this form during the Stomping Grounds Saga, however, the form was so painful that he was not able to function while in it. Later, he was able to gain some control over this form when his base power reached a high enough threshold. The multiplier of this form is a little more than 3.5x the user's base maximum.
Super Saiyan[]
This form was achieved by Ledas at the conclusion of the Stomping Grounds Saga. He broke down after seeing Payar hurt some of the planet's natives, noting that, like him, they were nothing but weak slaves. Seeking personal agency in his hopelessness, Ledas became very emotional and suddenly ascended to Super Saiyan.
Like all other Super Saiyans, Ledas' hair was turned golden and his eyes became green. More significantly though, this form boosted his strength up to 50x his base power level, easily allowing Ledas to take on all of the inhabitants of Planet Cooler 92. This form was used by Ledas often after that; particularly, it was seen in his fights against Vegeta, Piccolo, Dewberry, Trunks, and The Benefactor.
Super Saiyan 2[]
Ledas' Super Saiyan 2 form was achieved by him in the Fulfillment Saga. When he and The Benefactor were in Verlate's mind prison, the two of them fought a lengthy battle which ultimately resulted in The Benefactor being victorious. After his victory, he started attacking Ledas again, as he was consumed by his bloodlust, allowing Ledas to wound him significantly with a sneak attack. Afterwards, in a raging rant, The Benefactor confessed that he had killed Ledas' grandfather, father, and had defeated all of the Z Fighters. He told Ledas that the good guy doesn't always win and that the boy should just give up. He called the boy the son of a coward and promised to kill all of his friends once he got out of the prison. After hearing all of this, Ledas became emotionally distraught and ascended to Super Saiyan 2.
Ledas used this form to fight The Benefactor in Verlate's mind prison and to spar with Vegeta in Cardinal's tournament in The Forgotten's finale. As Super Saiyan 2 yields a 100x increase to the user's base power level, this was Ledas' most powerful form in The Forgotten.
Super Saiyan 3[]
Ledas achieved his Super Saiyan 3 form in Age 778 during the events of Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon. While this was his strongest form at the time, the strain it put on his body, even with his tail, was extreme, and Ledas rarely used this transformation because of that. Ledas' Super Saiyan 3 form is therefore his least-used transformation.
Super Saiyan God[]
As a consequence of Ledas learning about this form from Vegeta in the second saga of Heart of the Dragon, Ledas achieved this form not long after the God of Destruction Beerus Saga. He performed the ceremony with Cuber, Chaiva, his twin children, Olivien and Chari, and the various children of Cuber and Chaiva. Ledas, Cuber, and Chaiva all achieved this transformation at this time (taking time to rest and restore everyone between ceremonies). It then became the form that they tried to use the most, in order to get closer to Vegeta's and Goku's powers, which were still far ahead of all of theirs. Therefore, after Ledas achieved this form, he almost exclusively used it for his fights in the second and third sagas of Heart of the Dragon.
Super Saiyan Blue[]
Ledas unlocks this form in Dragon Ball: Heart of the Dragon. As the above picture illustrates, Ledas used this form against Super Saiyan God Cuber and Super Saiyan God Chaiva to test the form's strength. This is currently Ledas' strongest transformation.
Fusions[]
Cubas[]
The Mrovian fusion between Ledas and another Saiyan, Cuber, this was Ledas' strongest overall form. Adding the power levels of Ledas and Cuber together and then multiplying that number by three will yield Cubas' base strength. He can then become ridiculously more powerful in various Super Saiyan forms. Cubas looked like a mixture of Ledas and Cuber, though he was an adult.
Cubas was only used in Cold Vengeance during the Saiyans' battle against Yuki. This was the only transformation that Ledas has never lost a battle in.Awards[]
- 2010 Destructivedisk Awards - Most Original Character (nominee).
- 2012 Sponge Awards - Best Original Character:
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This character, Ledas, received the 2012 Sponge Award for Best Original Character. Legendary! |
- 2014 Official Dragon Ball Fanon Wiki Awards - Best Characters:
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This character, Ledas, was a recipient of the official 2014 Dragon Ball Fanon Wiki award for “Best Characters”. Unbelievable job! |
- Article of the Month - August 2015:
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Article of the Month Award
This page, Ledas, was the Article of the Month for August 2015! Congratulations! |
Trivia[]
- Ledas' name follows the normal Saiyan pattern of being named after vegetables. His namesake is lettuce.
- Ledas' tail is cut off a total of four times. It hurts real bad each time.
- Like Vegeta, Ledas exclusively refers to Goku as Kakarot.
- Ledas is the only character to appear in every saga of Dragon Ball Z: The Forgotten. In addition, he appears in every single chapter, with the exception of the prologue.
- Ledas never is the first person to appear in any saga of The Forgotten.
- Ledas was a member of both Cooler's and Frieza's armies in the Planet Trade Organization.
- Ledas also possesses extreme flexibility, which comes in handy (or not), all the time.
- Ledas is featured in the Raging Blast: DLC. He has by far the most forms in the game; these include Base, Super Saiyan 1, Super Saiyan 2, Super Saiyan 3, and the fusions Cubas and Legetas.
- When Ledas wears lipstick, he looks just like a girl.
- Ledas is the final character introduced in Dragon Ball: The Great War.
- The first official Dragon Ball character Ledas kills is Towa.
- 35Baragon's Saiyan Chayon was inspired by Ledas.
- Ledas took Ryori's family name, Hareki, after marrying him in Age 779.
- Ledas' theme is Weight of Living, Pt. I.
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- ↑ Ledas is scheduled to appear in this story, but this story hasn't been written yet, so it is not a fact yet.
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| Cooler's Parlimentary Minions | Guva • Banas • Payar • Lieme • Meloon • Aprido • Ledas | ||||||
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