Enoki
Halusa, the last Tuffle to survive, escaped to Earth and created plans to
eradicate the remaining Saiyans to avenge his fallen people. His robot ally
reminded him to blend into Earthling society, and so, he briefly got a job as a
mechanic. Still not satisfied, Enoki found a poster advertising for positions
from a government from the Planet Name. Intrigued, Enoki signed up to be a
bounty hunter to defeat the remaining Saiyans. For a while, Enoki earned money
and was successful in going from planet to planet with them.
Unfortunately,
the corporation’s main enemies were members of the Frieza Force, with Glacin
leading the charge. Enoki became shocked when he found out that Frieza was the
one who blew up Planet Vegeta and eliminated most of the Saiyans. Enoki knew
that Glacin would hunt him down for being part Saiyan. Enoki became enraged
when he found out that Planet Name did not work for the Tuffles, but in fact
stole their technology and used it for their own purposes, with no credit
given. Glacin and his crew quickly defeated most of the Name members, even with
Enoki helping them out, forcing the rest of flee. When they found out that
Enoki was part Saiyan and that his goal was different, they deemed him an
“unqualified Earthling” and fired him.
Enoki
thought his days were over, especially with Shitake berating him for leaving
off for such a dangerous mission. But soon, Enoki falls in love with travel
diva Burausu, a human woman. Looking like a human made it easy for Enoki to
hide his true heritage. Several years pass, they get married and Enoki soon has
a triple hybrid son, Edoes.
Still
in rivalry with Saiyans Orack, Retro Ranter, Broccolia, and Enigma, (Majinblue
becomes his devoted student) Enoki tries to raise his son to be vengeful like
him, with no success. But things become serious when a band of new Tuffle
villains appear…a creature like the parasite Baby, and a third unknown
individual from the Neo Machine Mutants Zeno Destruction group…
Edoes
Son Edoes was no stranger
to tournaments. He had participated in several matches throughout his life,
starting at age eight. Though that didn’t mean he always enjoyed them. His half
human side resented fighting 24/7…he much preferred traveling the world and
studying ancient civilization like his mother, Burausu enjoyed.
His father was a nice
enough man, very intelligent with a laid back side to him. Enoki had won a rock
paper scissors match with Burausu when he was a baby, thus he got to choose his
name. (Enoki bragged that it was a better name than Nansen any day).
Edoes’s knowledge of
technology and love for science, had, of course, been passed down by his Dad.
Enoki had told him that he was part human and part Tuffle, the smartest race in
the universe.
“Your mother is fully
human,” he explained when father and son talked on the couch in Enoki’s new
home. (“New” referring to when Enoki helped to build it shortly before he and
his wife got married.) Enoki’s robot companion, Shitake was busy putting solar
panels on the roof outside. Burausu skimmed through business paperwork and
passports. Enoki smiled genuinely at the eight year old Edoes. “But I came from
another human-like civilization long ago when I was about your age. I came to
Earth seeking more opportunities to learn and develop my skills. I am, what is
called a Tuffle. Thus, you are half human and half Tuffle as well.”
“Can we meet other
Tuffles, too?” The young Edoes asked with curiosity. “I’m sure Mom would enjoy
doing research and observing their culture.”
Enoki laughed nervously,
trying not to get triggered at the thought. Edoes leaned forward slightly,
encouraging Enoki to go on. Enoki cleared his throat, “Well, you see…my people
may have been smart, but they weren’t invulnerable to attacks.” Enoki decided
to bend the truth a little.
“Sadly, my people were
wiped out by an evil race called the Saiyans. The only things on their mind
were battle, brutality, and bloodshed. They are one of several races that you
do not want to get associated with.”
Enoki spoke in a serious
tone, “The Saiyans will kill anyone who is not like them…and sometimes each
other. In fact, they transform into monster Great Apes whenever they look at
the full moon!”
“Gosh, how awful!” gasped
Edoes.
Enoki nodded. “In this
world, you need to be careful of certain individuals. Saiyans and Tuffles are
the only ones who can conjure energy and use it to attack others. You and I are
the last Tuffles left, so it is vital that we survive and look out for each
other.”
Edoes went silent and
took several breaths. “Are you saying…that there are Saiyans on Earth, too?”
Enoki nodded. “You can
never be too careful. Those tournaments I sent you to were for you to defend
yourself. It is an important skill to learn.”
Edoes thought for a
moment. “Does Mom know you’re a Tuffle?”
Enoki laughed. “She
wouldn’t believe me if I even said the word. She thinks I’m an Earthling native
just like her.”
“Well I believe you,”
Edoes said. “I wish I could see where you came from, though.”
Enoki’s face fell. “Me
too,” he said softly. He sighed and embraced his son. After they parted, Edoes
ran up to his room to begin his math homework. Like Enoki, Edoes was incredibly
smart, especially in science and technology. He also had a kind heart, as shown
when he eagerly helped his classmates with cleaning up the classroom before
school and after they left.
Edoes stared at himself
in the bathroom mirror, brushing back his blue spiky hair. His hair had not
changed since he was little. His face was white, and his eyes were strangely
black, not blue like his mother’s and yellow like his father’s. The logical
conclusion is that his eyes should be green. But nope. Did Earthlings even have
black eyes? Edoes didn’t know for sure.
Edoes got along well with
his human peers at Orange Star Elementary. He set into a typical routine of
going to school, getting work done, and playing baseball after class. Edoes had
several new friends: Beets, Joshua, and Fredrick, one hybrid Saiyan and two
humans.
“Edoes is a natural at
baseball,” Joshua said, loud enough for his friend to hear. “He can run very
fast and catch the ball in midair! I wonder if he has secret rocket shoes that
his father made.”
“If you’re so smart at
math,” added Fredrick, “Can you help me with my homework after school?”
“Sure, no problem,” said
Edoes. Edoes turned to Josh.
“Joshua hits the ball
right out of the park!” Enoki replied as he looked at his friend. “He kicks the
other’s team’s ass every time.”
“And half the time, Edoes
falls on his as he slides to home plate.”
“Shut up,” he replied
playfully.
“Lots of girls seem to
like you,” Josh mentioned.
“Gross,” spat Edoes
crossing his little arms. “Dad says I need to concentrate on my studies and not
the opposite sex.”
“You’re missing out.”
“No I’m not.”
“Yeah, I have a
girlfriend now.”
“He he he he! If you mean
the one on the cover of your superhero comic book you carry with you every day.
Liar!”
Josh’s face turned red as
he hid the comic book in his hand behind his back. It showed a red-haired girl
waving a sword, dressed in a Japanese school uniform. “No one said anything
about it.”
“I did.”
The two boys fought
playfully until a teacher told them to get to class.
Beets called out, “How
exactly did you jump that high up in the air during the last game? Only me and
a few others at school can do that.”
“No idea,” said Edoes.
Edoes got through Orange
Star Junior High with hardly any problems. Sure there were a few bullies, here
and there, but Edoes learned to ignore them and be the bigger person. The work
got harder but it was a great challenge for him. He did make a few more
friends, but they turned out to be casual acquaintances whom he would
occasionally go to concerts and sports games with.
As the days went by,
Edoes felt like there was something about him that was missing. Though he
wasn’t a great fan of fighting, there were times, whenever he got angry, that a
strange desire to land punches and kicks was overwhelming. Needless to say, he
became shocked at his ability to fly and conjure energy from his hands. When he
got banned from the middle school baseball team for cheating, Edoes insisted
that he didn’t do anything wrong. He only wanted to pitch the baseball, not
create a hole in the fence behind the batter. When a bully picked on Joshua for
being afraid to talk to girls, Edoes only wanted to push him away, telling him
to leave his friend alone. Edoes got mad and accidently shoved the bully hard
against the wall, knocking the brute out.
Edoes ran over to him.
“I’m so sorry! What, what have I done?”
“Go…away…punk…” he
groaned, before passing out. His body had created a large hole in the white
brick wall. Students gather around to observe the scene.
Edoes looked at Josh.
“Josh, this is not…”
“Our friend Beets was a
Saiyan. He began to despise humans and fought off everyone in his path. And now
you...you’re one of them?! I should
have noticed the signs when we were young…”
“I’m not a Saiyan! I’m
not like him. I don’t even know what he did! Are you making this up?”
“No, I’m not. Beets…he
hurt my little sister.” Josh moved his head slightly to the side. “He had
powers just like yours… I…I can’t risk getting hurt anymore.”
Edoes shook his head.
“Josh, please listen to me…” But Josh ran off in disgust.
Edoes yelled in
frustration and his spiky blue hair briefly turned a golden blonde. The
students around him pointed and gasped, while a few other humans rolled their
eyes, as if they were used to having Saiyans walking among them.
Sparks of electricity
fizzed around Edoe’s hands, making him shiver. The unpleasant gut feeling he
had whenever those power glitch events occurred surged back up. He took several
deep breaths and reverted back to base form.
Worse of all, he could
hear the whispers around him that he had only heard a couple of times in middle
school.
“Super
powered monster.”
“What
incredible power.”
“Saiyan...”
“He
is definitely a Saiyan.”
“Stop
showing off your abilities to Earthlings!”
“I
heard his father claims he’s a Tuffle. That race is a myth that those alien
monkeys wiped out, I heard.”
“Seriously,
what is all this nonsense you’re jabbing about?”
Edoes was sent to the
office and the principal called his mother.
“Principal Ethanuski. Is
this Burausu?”
“Burausu, yes that’s me…”
“Your son, Edoes…”
“Yes, what about him?”
“He got into a fight with
Lewis the second in the hallway.”
“Did he apologize?”
“Yes, he did, but the
damage he did…”
“What do you mean?”
“He knocked a student
hard against the wall, which damaged the wall and nearly killed him!”
“What? Edoes would never
do such a thing.”
“Tell me,” asked the
principal. “Does your son suffer from anger issues?”
“Not usually, but when he
does…it, gets kind of troublesome…”
“Edoes needs to learn how
to control himself! The other teachers let it slide when he was little but now
that he’s almost an adult…”
“Don’t worry, sir. I’ll
take care of it…”
Enoki’s voice sounded
from the other end. “Honey, who’s that on the phone?”
“It’s the principal.
Edoes got in trouble for beating a student up.”
The principal sighed. “I
have reason to believe, that your son is not who he claims to be. His powers
are beyond what humans are capable off.”
“He is part Tuffle, after
all.”
“What the hell is a Tuffle?
The only people who can do that extensive damage are Saiyans.”
“Bull s*it!” Enoki
yelled, with protests from his wife. ‘There are plenty of humans with abilities
to control energy. They can also be skilled fighters.”
“But can their hair
change color when they get mad? Several students saw Edoes’s hair…”
Enoki slammed down the
phone, and the principal was left with a beeping sound on the other end.
“Edoes?” he asked. A new
hole had appeared on the ceiling, and no trace of him was found.
Edoes flew in disbelief
back to his home. He barged in, not caring about the glass from the window
shattering around him.
“Edoes!” shouted Barausu,
wide eyed at the broken window. “You know you will have to pay for that!”
Edoes stood up on shaky
legs.
His mother stared at him.
“Son, why is your hair golden and wavy?”
She held up a mirror and
Edoes could see his Saiyan transformation for the first time in his life.”
“Edoes,” called Enoki,
who ran into the room. He stared at the broken glass littering the floor in
shock. He snapped his fingers and a robotic vacuum cleaner sucked the debris
away.
“What happened at school?” he asked.
“Dad…I got sent to the
office, I left after he talked to mom on the phone. I think I will be
suspended.”
“You probably will after
what you did...” began his mother, only for Enoki to bump her with his elbow.
Enoki sighed. “I’ll call
the principal again and clear him up on the misunderstanding.”
‘What misunderstanding,
exactly?” Burausu asked.
“It’s nothing,” Enoki
claimed. “Edoes, you’re grounded for several days.”
“But me and my new
friends…”
“Don’t want to hear it,”
said Burausu. “You are not going out with them and that’s final.”
“No fair! I was only
trying to defend myself and push away that stupid asshole Lewis, but somehow my
freaky Tuffle powers surfaced again. I couldn’t help it.”
Burausu scratched her
black hair in thought. “I do remember him mentioning something about Saiyans…”
“About how Saiyans are
vile troublemakers, yes?” asked Edoes. “That bully was one right?”
“No, he was just a human.
I could tell!” said Edoes.
“How could you tell,
exactly?” his mother asked.
“Tuffles can sense the
energy of others, right? And they have magic powers similar to Saiyans, right?”
“I do know one thing,”
said Burausu, “only Saiyans can have their hair turn golden blonde. That is the
first time I had ever seen Edoes do something like that.”
“I have seen it a couple
of times for about two seconds,” Enoki mentioned. “It occurs when Saiyans power
up due to extreme feelings of rage and emotion.”
Edoes and Burausu stared
at him in silence.
It was then that Enoki
realized his grievous mistake.
“Enoki, hun, how do you
know so much about Saiyans?”
“Research…”
“Not buying it.” She
shook her head.
Edoes slowly turned
toward his father, tears coming from his eyes. “Dad…I felt like something about
me has been missing from my life. Am I really a Saiyan? A monster?”
“Of course not,” Enoki
claimed. “You have unusual powers, that’s all.”
“You’re lying. I can
sense it. I didn’t want to believe it but…”
“Believe what?” asked
Burausu.
“I…I had this feeling in
my gut that me and my Dad were unusual…”
“Enough, Edoes. Go to
bed.”
“No, Dad. I need to find
out who I really am!”
“Now is not the time…”
Edoes yelled at the top
of his lungs. “I denied my gut feelings for years. I didn’t want to believe
that you were part Saiyan. I denied that I might be part Saiyan even more…but
now that I have awakened my powers…”
Edoes pushed his father
hard against the wall. Enoki growled and stood up. Enoki let out a yell of his
own and his hair turned golden.
Burausu screamed in
shock. “Both of you are Saiyans?!”
“Why…Dad…why did you hide
your identity, my identity from me and Mom?”
“Because those Saiyans
destroyed my home world and I escaped to Earth. I didn’t want Burausu and the
Earthlings to become suspicious of me, so I pretended I was an immigrant human.
I am half Saiyan and half Tuffle. You, my son…you’re human, Saiyan, and Tuffle
all at once.”
Edoes stared in shock,
and observed his black eyes in a reflection of the cracked window. So many
questions he had in his mind earlier in his life began to make sense.
“Enoki… you told me that
you and Edoes were fully human. You must have kept your powers secret from me.”
Enoki nodded. “How else
would I live my life here? If you had known earlier…”
“What would I do? Call
the cops? Send a research team after you to use in experiments? This may be
hard to believe, but I am tolerable of Saiyans…some of them.”
“So that’s why you raised
me like you did…” Edoes said to himself.
“Yes,” said Enoki. “As a
hybrid individual, I knew you would be exceptionally powerful. The Saiyans are
still my enemies and I wanted to make sure you were able to help me kill them
off when the time came!”
“I had Saiyan friends
when I was younger!” argued Edoes. “And now my best friend Josh left me because
he thinks I’m a monster. But I’m not a monster.” He turned to Enoki. “You are!”
The two young men fought
once more.
“IF YOU TWO KEEP WRECKING
THIS HOUSE, I WILL GET A DIVORCE, TAKE AWAY YOUR MEALS, AND GROUND YOU FOR
LIFE!”
Enoki and Edoes stopped
in their tracks and stepped rapidly back. “Don’t do that, please!” Enoki said.
“Apologize and be willing
to trust me more, then,” she said. “We cannot keep secrets from each other like
that. And you cannot raise our son to be a weapon against the Saiyans.”
“Do you like the
Saiyans?” Enoki asked.
“I tolerate them,” she
responded. “They can do their own thing as long as they don’t wreck havoc on
the city, or schools, or the HEARTS AND TRUST OF THEIR WIVES!”
Burausu stormed away.
“Wait, stop!” Enoki called.
“Edoes…”
“You were lying to me
this whole time! You knew we were part Saiyan and yet you chose to hide the
fact from us. Now you think all Saiyans are horrible monsters, when you don’t
even know them.”
“They destroyed Planet
Plant! My entire family! The Tuffles and Neo Machine Mutants are all but
extinct to the world. Just be lucky that you and I are still alive.”
“Oh,” said Edoes. “That’s
it, isn’t it?”
Enoki nodded.
“Still, you should not
manipulate me like that! If I had met any Saiyans who didn’t become my friends
at school, in an area where I could fight… I could have been a killer.”
“Maybe…”
“That’s what you wanted
me to be all along, wasn’t it?”
Enoki couldn’t deny the
hard truth. He did love his son and wife, dearly. But his thirst for vengeance
was a lifelong darkness that always resided inside him.
“And with Mom…you like
her, but you wanted to marry her just so she could give you a Tuffle child.”
“Nonsense!” Enoki spat,
his face red.
“I heard you and Mom
talking about that the other day. She must have been able to figure it out.”
“But I do love her…and I
love you.”
“But do you love getting
your revenge more?”
Edoes ran off and cried
in the backyard, leaving Enoki at a loss for words.
Jinsen and Saphir
Jinsen and Saphir were
unique siblings, both close in age and both already proficient in fighting and
using dark energy. Jinsen had black hair, while Saphir had light blue hair,
like her father. When they powered up, they could not only go Super Saiyan, but
they could channel extra strength from their demonic powers. Indeed, their eyes
would occasionally glow red.
Unlike Enoki, MajinBlue
saw no issue with presenting his children to the world. His wife, Akame, was
both incredibly kind and incredibly sexy. She was one of the few people able to
calm down powerful individuals, even those who were part Saiyan and part demon.
“Dad,” asked an eight
year old Jinsen, focusing on a ki blast from his hand. “How did we arrive in
this world, anyway?”
“Well, you do seem to be
old enough to have the talk so…”
“Blue!” scolded Akame. “They
are still just kids. They don’t need to know how things go in the bedroom.”
Nine year old Saphir
stared curiously, while maintaining a defensive stance. “Do you two practice fighting
in the bedroom at night or something?”
MajinBlue and Akame spoke
rapidly in a jumble of words. Saphir rolled her eyes and leapt from the grass
of their front yard at Jinsen. Jinsen moved out of the way, just before his
sister punched a small hole in the ground, sending up flakes of dirt. Jinsen
shot out his fist, only for Saphir to block it and use her strength to lift her
brother from the ground. Jinsen kicked her in the head, causing her to flinch
and him to escape her grip. Both of them yelled and powered up at the same
time.
“Our kids sure are
powerful, huh?” Akame mentioned.
“Yep,” said MajinBlue
with a sigh. “We’ve raised them well.”
“Yeah, you couldn’t have
raised them without me, even if you wanted to.”
“Whatever do you mean?”
Akame rolled her eyes. “You
would have constantly sent them to fighting tournaments to face off against
strong opponents. I’ve done my fair share by showing them how to be nice and
careful around the Earthlings.”
“Believe me, it still
takes an effort to do that sometimes,” replied MajinBlue. “The evil demonic
nature in me cannot seem to rest…at least that was the case before we met.”
“I remember you when you
first came to this planet. You were sent here to colonize it for the demon
race.”
MajinBlue shuddered at
the memory. “My creator mother, Towa, ordered me to. Dabura promised me wealth
beyond imagining, but of course, I could see through his lies. I was a pawn
just like many other minions. Mira also wanted me to help, but I knew he was up
to no good. Before they could reach me, I was able to find a way out of Hell,
thus I came to Earth. You were the first person I truly considered my friend.”
“And now, your family,”
she replied, embracing him. They shared a deep kiss.
“Gross!” Jinsen called
out loud, staring at them. He then yelped in pain as Saphir kicked him hard in
the groin. “You let your guard down!”
“The only one going…down,
is you!”
Jinsen punched Saphir
high into the air. In response, Saphir flew toward him at top speed. She landed
on the ground with a hard faceplant.
“Nice try, Sappy!” he
teased.
“Jerk Jinsen,” she
retorted, spiting out dirt from her mouth. “You’ll pay for that!”
A yellow school bus
pulled up to the front.
“Oh, kids! That’s the
bus. Off you go now!”
Jinsen and Saphir shook
themselves off and ran to get their backpacks, which were placed next to Akame.
“Have a good day at
school,” Akame called, as the two of them hopped on the bus. The bus soon left.
MajinBlue looked at
Akame. “I forgot what we were talking about. The kids mentioned sparring in the
bedroom. Want to start a match?”
The response he got was a
hard slap to his head.
Many years passed, and
soon, the two siblings were teenagers.
“Hey Sap,” said Jinsen
one day at high school.
“I told you to not call
me that,” she said with a growl.
Jinsen mentioned to the
right of the hallway. “I think that guy over there likes you.”
“What?” she asked.
She turned her head and
noticed a tall slender man with spiky blue hair and black eyes. Saphir sniffed
the air.
“Well, he does have some
Saiyan in him, that’s for sure. Looks like he is one of the few people with
Saiyan genes here. And…is he part human and part…something else.”
“People are saying that
he is the son of a guy named Enoki,” said Jinsen.
“I remember Dad talking
about him. He said that he was Enoki’s student for many years, and still is to
this day. Those Earthlings don’t know what they are missing for not living as
long!”
“It can’t be helped,”
Jinsen responded. “Plus, we are not exactly immortal, even with our heritage.”
Saphir sighed. “Always
got to be the pessimist, huh?”
“Do keep in mind that we
are the only hybrid demons here,” warned Jinsen. “We must not let our temper
get the best of us. Those Earthlings are delicate and if we decide to attack,
then…”
“We’ll be banished and
homeless, I get it,” Saphir replied, crossing her arms. “Unlike our Dad, we
have less of a problem controlling our urges. We are part human after all.”
“1/2 Human, ¼ Saiyan, ¼ Demon,”
said Jinsen, brushing back his black hair.
“Yeah, yeah, get your
math out of my face.”
Jinsen stuck out his
tongue and made his way to class.
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