Meeting with the Captain

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Ok, this would be more complicated than Kris though... He had recently flown down from the lookout platform about 200 feet to retrieve the space pod his father left him. It was stationed in a relatively small chamber along the main tower leading up to the lookout. He had rolled the spherical vehicle out onto a platform that jutted out from the tower, allowing it to fly one he figured out how to make it do so. The problem now was getting the door to open.

There were many round pieces of metal that looked like buttons, but none of them seemed to do anything upon being pressed. Kris had no comprehension of the advanced technology, having grown up in a forest, and now in a temple. He tapped and knocked on what seemed to be the door, peering through the black tinted window on the front. At this point, he was getting impatient. "Rghhh... WORK you stupid piece of junk!" Kris delivered a firm kick to the hull of the machine, causing the entire thing to rumble a little. Well, that seemed to do the trick...

To Kris' surprise (And relief), the door slowly started to open, revealing the interior of the contraption. After looking around a little, he stepped inside and seated himself on the padded chair within. After sitting, he looked around some more. The entire pod was filled with strange buttons and levers, all of their functions unknown to Kris. One button caught his attention: A blinking red one with a yellow and black striped square around it. He didn't have any other leads, so he decided to press it. He grinned as the door began to close, soon locking shut with a hiss as the cabin pressurized. The interior lit up, allowing Kris to see much better. Now came the hard part... Making the thing fly.

Kris searched through the various controls. It would help if they were marked in a language he understood, but it appeared they were all in the Saiyan language. He sighed in dismay, when he then noticed a small terminal that seemed to be a sort of computer monitor. He pressed what seemed to be the power switch, and smiled as the screen lit up, a 3D model of the galaxy mapping out on it. "Where do you wish to go?" said a monotone, female voice. Kris blinked in slight confusion... Was the device actually talking to him? He decided to try and answer it. "Demon Galleon." he said, hoping to get some sort of response. A red circle blinked on the screen, as it talked back. "Location not recognized, try again." Kris repeated himself, trying to tell the computer he wanted to go to the Demon Galleon. "Location not recognized, try again." Kris was about to get more frustrated when the computer said something different: "Please select your location on the map." Kris tilted his head a little before touching the screen, causing it to suddenly zoom in to a planet. "Melkior-7, home of the Melkiors. Is this where you wish to go?" Kris shook his head. "No." The terminal repeated it's question, "Where do you wish to go?". Kris thought for a moment before answering: "Earth." The map zoomed in to a blue planet with green and brown landmasses of different shapes. "Earth, home of the humans as well as various plants and wildlife. Is this where you wish to go?" Kris touched the computer screen and rotated the three-dimensional figure of earth, eventually spotting a small object orbiting around it. He tapped it a few times, zooming in to what appeared to be some sort of pirate ship. This seemed to be what he was looking for, so he simply told the machine: "There!" Two lines created a crosshair on the ship as the computer attempted to confirm the command. "Caution: Unknown object. Are you sure you wish to travel to this location?" Kris nodded his head. "Yes." "Initiating."

Suddenly, the space pod shook and began to hover upward slightly, mapping a course to it's destination. Kris looked out the window and noticed that the pod was floating out from the tower, getting a better path upwards. Suddenly, the vehicle shot upwards violently, causing Kris to be pressed backwards in his seat. He was quite startled by the sudden movement as he looked at the window. The endless blue sky slowly faded to a darker shade of navy blue, then almost black. Suddenly, Kris felt the force pushing him back decrease. He had entered earth's orbit, and was now traveling around the atmosphere towards the ship. It was quite a long ride, but in about an hour, Kris saw what appeared to be the Demon Galleon. At first, it appeared to be getting closer very slowly, but it gradually approached faster. Kris' eyes widened. He was going much faster than he thought, and was now on a collision course with the ship at a high speed.

CRASH

The space pod made contact with the Galleon, slightly splintering the wooden boards that made up the deck. Luckily, the ship was surrounded by a forcefield that cushioned the impact of the pod. The door to the pod slowly opened as a computer voice confirmed: "You have arrived." The pod was facing straight upward, and Kris soon reached his arm out and struggled to free himself from the wreck. Eventually, he flipped out of the space pod and fell limp on the deck of the ship, panting heavily from the adreneline in his bloodstream.

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The ship was in absolute chaos, for the entire duration of there stay within Earth's orbit pretty much nothing had come particularly close to the Galleon to be much of a threat to it's safety occasionally a satellite drifted it's way but what little propulsion it had had at the start had been enough to get out of the way with a bit of help from the crew itself. However NOW there seemed to be something on a direct collision course with the ship and there was relatively little that the crew could do except for raise the shielding to it's maximum level in order to lessen the impact that whatever it was that was coming at them out have as even with the ship being back at one hundred percent it would be practically impossible to avoid with the amount of distance they had to work with.

And so the metal sphere smashed into the deck of the ship destroying one of the bannisters as it did so, luckily however the deck itself mostly held up against the impact due to it's resilient nature and the magical protections put in place to sustain it. The entire crew was watching the sphere with great interest as now that it had landed it was rather apparent that it was some sort of crude space ship. Ryota stood the closes to the name damaged ship watching it with a look of anger over the damage to his ship and intrique as to why there was a ship here at all.

Then the ship popped open out from it arrived what appeared to be a human, a boy who looked a bit younger than Zach though surprisingly enough with a fairly high power level. Raising his eyebrow. "Kid, you'd better have a really good explanation as to why you've messed up my ship. Your lucky it's only a bit of cosmetic damage as-is or I'd already be kicking your ass but as it stands I'm going to let you explain yourself." Ryota said, he was well aware that the boy seemed to be a bit messed up from his landing but the fact that Ryota had no idea WHY this kid was here and that he'd already done some damage was enough to make him consider this to be a possible threat even if the kid as power stood for the moment wasn't much of a threat.

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Kris heard the voice warning him that he had better have a good reason for smashing into the ship. At this point, he was fairly confident he had chosen the correct location, though he was still pretty dazed from the crash. He groggidly arose from his prone position and looked around the deck, noticing the crowd of crew members that had formed around the wreckage. Kris' ship seemed pretty busted, and it probably wouldn't be able to fly again...

Kris cleared his throat and stumbled a little from his persisting dizziness and spoke up. "I apologize for the damage, sir... But I have urgent news." Kris then took a good look at the captain and recognized him from the recent banquet. Good, it seems Ryota already knew the story about Suki's threat to wipe out earth. "Are you the Captain of the Demon Galleon?" He asked, attempting to confirm his suspition. The captain may not have recognized Kris, as he sat several chairs down the table from the champions.

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Ryota watched as the kid finally managed to recover from the crash and get back up on his own two feet, thankfully it seemed that he had heard Ryota clearly and Ryota wouldn't need to repeat himself. Ryota raised an eyebrow as he claimed to be here with 'urgent news' and Ryota had to restrain himself slightly from asking if the news was that some idiot was going to crash into his ship. The kid didn't seem particularly hostile and as well he'd likely not intended the damage considering it also seemed that the ship he'd arrived in was essentially scrap at this point.

Ryota couldn't help but chuckle at the question, to him it seemed rather obvious that the man who chose to address him would be the Captain, especially considering his choice in clothing however on the other hand Ryota supposed it was at the very least good to ensure that you were talking to the 'man in charge'. "Yeah, I am. Now what exactly is so urgent that you risked your life and messed up my ship with that hunk of junk." Ryota said indicating the space pod that Kris had arrived in. While he did so he also subtly indicated to his crew to stand down as the majority of them were still likely prepared to try and attack Kris for the damage he'd caused to the ship.

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Kris recovered fully from the crash and regained his composure as Ryota confirmed that he was indeed the captain. Kris also noticed the captain's crew. If Kris weren't so disoriented, he probably would have put up some sort of defense in case the men decided to attack, but it was apparent that they became less hostile. He looked back at the captain and gave a shallow bow before introducing himself.

"My name is Nehan, I apologize for the damage to your ship, however the people of earth are in danger. I believe you were also at Touketsuki's banquet? The guardian of Earth requests that you please come and help defend against him when the time comes." Kris was obviously a bit nervous. He could sense that the captain had quite a considerable power level, comparable to that of Suki's. If Ryota agreed to help Earth, it would be an incredible help.

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Once 'Nehan' mentioned the banquet the metaphorical cogs in Ryota's brain clicked into place as he vaguely remembered someone fitting Nehan's appearance being at the banquet. Ryota raised an eyebrow at the mentioning of 'Earths Guardian' whiel Ryota knew nothing of the man who possessed the title he was vaguely aware of the concept as the various Guardians played apart in the whole celestial bureaucracy that the Kaio's ran albeit they were quite literally the bottom of the totem poll and some of them didn't even know of the Kaio's.

"Normally it'd go against my nature to get involved in something like this. Most of the time I like to stay out of taking a stand when something big like this happens since I've seen a few similar things back 'home'. However a few friends of mine are gonna' more than likely put there asses into this fire so I might as well see if I can even the odds a bit." Ryota said giving Nehan a smirk. "Where does the Guardian want to meet? Considering the track record I'm not exactly hoping he wants to meet on my ship." Ryota said with a chuckle.

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Kris sighed in relief as the captain agreed to meet up with Kami. He looked back at the earth for a brief moment before looking back at Ryota. "No no, my Guardian is back on Earth. He sent me to come and meet with you so that I can bring you back to our lookout. It was a pretty long flight up here, but you can probably retrieve the location of the lookout from my ship. That is, if you know how..." Kris thought there would be some way to find the coordinates of his last launch on the terminal within the space pod, but he obviously didn't even know how. Not to mention the fact that the pod was damaged beyond further use. Even if they did find the location, Kris didn't know how they would actually have a way to get down there.

"Tell me, do you have a way to get us to Satan City down on Earth? I could lead you from there if you know how to fly." Kris would have mentioned Central City, but it was now in ruins, and might be difficult to find with any sort of navigator. Kris also didn't know geography very well, having never went to school, so he wouldn't be able to point out the exact area on the Earth. "Also, any able crew members of yours would also be appreciated. We need all the help we can get." Though few of the crew members possessed any decent amount of power, some of them might have been suitable, though it was the captain's choice.

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Ryota chuckled as Nehan asked if they knew how to retrieve data from the damaged pod, more than likely Keyra could get whatever she'd need from the pod and in a pinch he could go find Carmine as his android friend might have even better luck. However Ryota was fairly certain that it wouldn't be particularly necessary unless this 'lookout' was hidden somewhere.

"Why don't I do you one better Nehan, how about you just guide us to this 'lookout' while sticking on the ship? It'll give you a bit of time to recover from the crash and considering the name I doubt the place is particularly low to the ground. Is it in one of the cities or out in the wilderness? If it's at all noticeable I might even know the way there already. My ships been floating around your planet for a good number of weeks now so we've gotten a chance to map out most of it from above." Ryota said giving a wave to the crew for them to return to what they were doing. The majority did so immediately with only a few remaining behind for a few moments as they didn't quite know if they should trust the new arrival.

"Alright Marcus get this hunk of scrap to my workshop." A very demonic looking woman said, this was quickly followed by the sound of a whip cracking as the woman's long tail snapped at the feet of a large human man. "Oi! quit it with the tail!" Marcus complained only earning a chuckle from the woman. Ryota let out a chuckle of his own at the antics of his crew as Marcus moved to take start dragging the ship to elsewhere on the Galleon. "Don't mind them, Keyra just likes to tease Marcus." Ryota said with a grin as Keyra continued pestering Marcus to move the ship faster.

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Kris listened to Ryota. He suggested that Kris simply lead the way to the lookout, but Kris had no idea how to get to the lookout from way up in space. He knew the general area where the lookout stood, but he didn't know what the region looked like from Earth's orbit. After all, Kris ha. "Well, um... I don't really know how to get there from way up here. If you can go down to Satan City, or perhaps the Central City ruins, I could find it from there..." Kris never even knew what the Earth looked like from space. It sort of embarassed him that he didn't know his own planet, but surely the captain could find a way to locate the lookout. From above the clouds, it wouldn't be hard to spot, considering you were in the right region.

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Ryota's head tilted ever so slightly at the mention of the 'ruins' of Central City. That definitely didn't sound right, he'd been in a 'central city' before and it had been perfectly fine. Regardless that wasn't exactly 'important' right now. "Alright then I'll bring the Galleon in closer to Satan City for you." Ryota said making a gesture for Nehan to follow him as he headed up to the helm of the Galleon.

Posted just around the ships steering wheel were several hand drawn but still fairly high quality maps of various parts of Earth, each with varying distances and levels of quality. Ryota took a cursoy glance around at the maps and then seemed to spot the one he was looking for before placing his hand on the steering wheel. In an instant the ship seemed to be washed over with a wave of invisible energy. The moment the feeling faded the ship began moving. Ryota kept his hand on the wheel but otherwise seemed to pay no attention to where they were actually going.

"Alright so you mentioned the 'ruins' of Central City, would you care to explain that to me? I've been to your Central City before and it was fine the last time I visited. Carmine and I may have roughed up a bar slightly but otherwise it was intact." Ryota said with a chuckle. Having been at the tournament he was rather unaware of the current 'goings on' of earth with the exception of it's imminent peril.

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Kris sighed with relief as the captain assured him that they would be going down to Satan City. From there, Kris could easily lead him in the right direction. Then, the captain signalled for Kris to follow him. After all was said and done, he really started to admire being here... He had seen stories of pirates before, but had never been close to an actual galleon like this, let alone in one... In space. He followed the captain up to the steering wheel and noticed the various maps.

The captain seemed to only select one of the maps when the ship started to move. Upon closer examination, Kris saw that the map Ryota had chosen was one that included Satan City. He was quite interested seeing the region drawn out from above like that. Then, the captain spoke to Kris asking about the state of Central. Kris replied: "Oh yeah... You see, a monster called 'Meishi' went on a rampage and destroyed the entire city... I was there, but I wasn't very strong at the time. Soon after that, the Gaurdian of Earth took me in and trained me." He thought back to the fight at Central City, and how strong he had gotten since then... If only Kris was as strong as he was now, he would have loved to help the other fighters.

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Carmine stepped onto the deck of the ship, looking confused and concerned. He'd heard the crash, and after a few moments of listening for trouble with intent on ambushing any raiders, decided to come out and see what was going on. He expected a massacre or a battle, but instead saw...a polite conversation.

"Captain, what the hell is going on? Who's the human?"

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"That's... unfortunate... I wish the tournament had not taken so much of my time, likely I or Carmine would have been able to perhaps halt some of the destruction." Ryota said wondering exactly how Carmine would take the news considering that Central City had been 'his' city so to speak. And then almost perfectly on cue Carmine arrived likely drawn out by the crash and the resulting commotion amongst the crew.

"Ah Carmine, this is Kris. He is a.. trainee of the Earths Guardian, a man who plays apart in the general running of the universe and afterlife. Apparently the Guardian wishes to speak with I as well as any of the crew who are willing about helping fight against Touketsuki." Ryota said.

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Kris listened to Ryota until someone new walked in. This person didn't seem to have any power signatures. Kris soon figure out that Carmine was likely an android like Cheriko. Kris made no attempt to correct Carmine's mistake in thinking he was a human, when he was actually a half-Saiyan. Kris didn't want to tell these two any more than what was necessary, as he didn't quite trust the new person yet. He seemed angry...

Then, the captain told the newcomer that Kris and Kami were looking for people to help fight Suki. Kris chimed in at that point to continue his explanation. "Yes. Me and Guardian Kami wish to recruit people to train with us to help defend Earth from Touketsuki. Right now we are no match for him, my Guardian senses great power within Touketsuki, the likes of which are far too powerful for any of us to withstand. We have 4000 Zenni to pay him, and he will leave us alone for one month. We plan to continue paying him until we are powerful enough to destroy him." Kris looked at the captain and his companion, a look of seriousness and desperation in his eyes.

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Ryota chuckled he was quite glad that they had managed to get the money needed to pay off Suki, with any luck it would mean that nobody would need to lay there life down quite yet, Ryota wasn't entirely sure if he could take on Suki in a solo fight and thus he'd prefer to get a bit stronger and effectively solidify himself as 'strong enough' in his own mind.

"Thats good to hear, it'll give us all a bit more time to work things out. I doubt he'll be getting any more zenie than that from Earth considering what I've seen from those willing to protect it." Ryota said mostly in refrence to Carmine and Zach as the two earthlings he knew grew in power by leaps and bounds mostly in order to protect the planet itself.