A Moment's Reprisal

While Nasu had noticed the guard, he did not know exactly what to make of her; would she snitch or alert anyone? He did not exactly know, but he did what he would exactly do in most cases and just ignore, in any case he doubted Taori would care much about Nasu’s presence here. For once, the man was not here to do much if not cut a few loose ends before he could finally leave this planet and move forward with his plan.

Of course the notion that Lottus would be a powerful addition to the Kingdom was simple and obvious, there was no doubt that if he chose to ally with Taori, the King would have quite an arsenal. Vocado had also grown stronger from what he had seen, and Cato too… indeed this kingdom would perhaps be the greatest it had ever been.

Nasu was not too happy with that.

“I have a few suspicions. Anyhow I am worried the Kingdom will do something stupid now that it is actually growing in strength. Not that I care about having to face my kinsmen in battle, of course, should this leadership go down the worst possible route I can imagine.”

Would the Saiyans turn into warlords and conquerors once more, well of course Nasu would end up having to come to the defense of the other civilizations. Again it was quite a pain in the ass just to think about it, given the fact that he hoped that for now the Saiyans would simply stay quiet for a while.

Nasu grinned a little… yeah, he remembered. Before all this Super Saiyan stuff and other developments, he was really just fishing in a lake until he knocked the lights out of Lottus for trying to kill him.

“You deserved it. But I also remember seeing a witch on Plant back then. I think she was looking for someone.”

Of course the man glanced over the guard finally, just to wonder what her purpose was exactly… honestly even if Lottus could move, he would simply obliterate past her, but perhaps there was a chance that something else was involved in all of this.

“It must feel good to have acquired this honor. You are so feared that they send someone to look over you even at your physical lowest. Many Saiyan folks would likely die to be in your place… but I would call them fools.”

Anyhow he chose to go straight to the point, when his hands finally reached out for his robes. He folded and unfolded some pockets around his belt until finally he found it, a gemstone that Lottus could likely recognize.

“I sensed you out back then in the Afterlife. I was going to give it back to you, but then I got caught up in something weird. I do not know if you can pick it up now, so if you would be so kind…”

He directed the last part of the statement to Rucola, handing her the stone.

“Return it to him once he recovers.”

WC: 512
Total WC: 899

Nasu cracked a confident smile in understanding of Lottus’ comment. He had witnessed destruction first hand by the hand of his comrades, his friends and all civilians as they came into one mind, skies and water bathed in blood… so of course, in comparison to the Saiyans conquering worlds, it felt like not that big of a deal. Rather it would be something else entirely, if in the end the man had tried so hard to push towards lasting peace, what would his efforts result into if they would just push forward with such an agenda?

“You will find that many of the truths we cling to, depend greatly on our own point of view.”

But it did not really matter, in the end. If the Saiyans would choose violence, that was what they would get in return. There were no in betweens or what ifs. In no way would he support a civilization like that. But before things would get highly political and awkward for the guard standing between Nasu and Lottus, he chose to drop the topic before more than what needed to be said would perhaps even be hinted at… and instead allowed Rucola to receive the gemstone.

At the sight of Rucola schooling and disciplining the rogue Saiyan, even Nasu could not help but grin and hold his laughter and eventually just looked back when questioned.

“The day Lottus was killed in Hatchi. That day after his body was burned to a crisp he was holding onto dear life for this stone. For support. But not the kind that would aid you in a fight. It would not be that odd. After all...”

There Nasu pulled something else out from his belongings; a round clam-like object. It was made out of worn out steel, hard to tell whether it was age that had consumed it or something else. And it was held by a tiny chain. With a little push of a side button, it clicked open and revealed a portrait of a younger Nasu and a handful of other individuals, a woman just as young and four children on top of the other end of the clam.

“Warriors, most of them, really are just big babies clinging onto something.”

He was no exception. With another click, the pocket watch shaped object closed and then he returned it back to where he took it from, before he just cleared his throat and continued.

“I do not think that stone has any other use. I was going to return it to him while he was in Hell but I got caught up in something big. You can probably give it to him. Oh, first make him swear he will not attack Hatchi for the third time in a row, though.”

Nasu said, mostly as a joke, as his grin suggested.

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Total WC: 1,372

Nasu snapped it shut. As much as he also clung to something, in the end, he could only accept what it was now. But he did not believe Lottus did not share his mind on that one bit, to Nasu’s perspective, in the end he had just been shaped to be this way. There was no other way around it. That was why he did not really demand him to change or become a good guy. A hammer was a hammer. Sure, with time… maybe. But that was always a slim chance. A shame. He could have been a good training partner.

“Of course I know the feeling. That was what drove my transformation in the first place. Without them I would not have done it. However… by that very same logic - I should have wiped out the Saiyan race, because it is our people that destroyed the world I was born and raised in. I just chose to be better.”

The man of course knew the whole yada yada, it was likely that he had heard this from Lottus before a couple of times during battle. He knew he wished to execute the scientists that created Destron and stuff.

“You seem to forget the events as they were. I will grant you the benefit of the doubt that it might be the treatment you received. Buildings were being destroyed, soldiers that never touched destron but fought for their city? Dead. Your associates? A bunch of murdering psychopaths and pirates. Do not come at me as if I stopped world peace from Destron. So long as your methods will make people suffer, yours truly and more like minded people will show up to stop it.”

He sighed shortly. Why did he feel like he had to lecture this guy? Anyhow, there was at least a chance to try and make sure he would understand one thing.

“You should thank your friends. I caught Cato snooping around with no permit around restricted facilities; no destron in sight. Very suspicious. Then Vocado comes to me, telling me how you are making an army to assault Hatchi. I am no PR expert like the Tuffle guys here, but what do you think is a normal person’s reaction? This time, too, you come back to the living, spouting about pseudo immortality in your Super Saiyan form… you should not act so shocked that people intervene; why would they trust you?”

The man inquired even, given there was always this optic that it was somehow the Tuffles that produced this chemical.

“What proof do you have that this lesser version is produced here, by Tuffles and not by some knock off fabric on Earth? It is not like Plant is this secluded, isolated world. Most people will know how to make destron by now. Even if Plant stopped existing tomorrow, it would still be amongst us. So, what is the point of senseless carnage? I see none, if not for personal revenge. Try and expand your horizons.”

Nasu flipped his cape and eventually began to head out of the way, he stopped shortly only to give Lottus a quick side eye.

“I pray you get better, all things considered. I did not kill you only to respect Taori’s choice and give him a chance. I will leave him be, for now. I might not stop the Kingdom on my own, but it will eventually face consequences. And I have the patience of stone, and the will of stars. I shall take action, alive or dead. Time and time again.”

His features grew into a short lived grin before he just waved in their general direction and headed off. Finally, he had given him back that gemstone, but Nasu had no wisdom for him. It was not like he expected him to really change into a better person.

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Total WC: 2,017

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