Welcome to my one-shot of a miracle. I don't own DBZ, and haven't you noticed that ALL of my stories feature Bardock? Oh well, he's cool! By the way, this is an alternate universe where Goku came back after the Cell Games. Just had to say that. This was all a dream of mine that I had last night!
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He Came By Cab
Deep in heart of space, a blood red planet use to be located. 35 years have passed since Frieza blew it up, and killed almost all of the Saiyan race. Now, by some miracle, it has re-appeared, along with everyone who was killed on it. All of the warriors looked around, confused. They all wondered why they had been given a second chance at life. Not even I know the answer to this question.
Meanwhile on Earth.
Goku was outside, watching the clouds pass by.
"That one looks like Master Roshi!" he pointed out to no one but himself. Suddenly, the Fortune Teller, Baba appeared.
"Hello, Goku." she greeted.
"Hey, Baba!" he said, as he raised himself up from the ground, "What brings you here?"
"Well, by some miracle," she began. She had no idea how it happened, so it was just called a miracle, "Planet Vegeta has come back!"
"What?!" he exclaimed, "Is someone trying to make trouble or something?"
"No, Goku." she said in a re-assuring voice, "All of that time in HFIL has changed them."
"Oh..."
"Someone is coming to visit you tomorrow."
"Who?" Goku leaned in.
"Your father."
"WHAT?!"
"He's the only one who came back, for some reason. Your mother might have died somewhere else, but he's coming to see you tomorrow."
"Wow..." Goku said, dazed at the fact he'll finally get to meet his father.
"And, to make things a little bit weirder," Baba added, "He's been given specific instructions to come to your house by cab."
"Why?"
"I don't know. He just was. That's all I can tell you, Goku. I've got to go." she said, as she left on her little crystal ball.
"Thank you, Baba!" he shouted to her as he waved, Wow. My father...
He quickly raced back to his house where Chi-chi was preparing lunch, Gohan was at the table studying, and Goten was watching TV.
"You're back early today, dear." Chi-chi said.
"Yeah! Baba told me something!" Goku exclaimed.
"What is it, Dad?" Gohan asked.
"Planet Vegeta was brought back somehow, and my dad's gonna come here TOMORROW!" Everyone's jaws almost hit the floor. Goku's father had been dead since, well, Goku was BORN. Now he's coming to visit! "She also said that he was supposed to be coming by cab, but she didn't know why."
"Taxi? That's strange..." Chi-chi said, the first to come back from the unexpected blow.
"Dad, your dad's coming tomorrow?" Goten asked.
"Yeah."
"So we have two Granpa's now?" Goku nodded in reply. Goten started running around the house, as hyper as can be, happy about his mystery grandfather who was on his way.
On Planet Vegeta...
"Bardock, this is a specially designed space pod. It'll get close to the planet's surface, you jump out, and it come back, okay?" said one of the engineers. "It'll go to a remote area, so no one will see you. Then, you walk to the nearest town and get in one of those taxi things."
"I got it." Bardock nodded, as he got into his space pod.
All systems go. Beginning countdown for launch. 5...4...3...2...1...the computer said, as it blasted off to head to our home planet.
12:00 am, Son House...
Goku couldn't sleep that night. He laid on his side, watching the electric clock on his nightstand, and trying not to wake Chi-chi. The numbers finally rolled over to 12:00, and he got up slowly, to go wait outside. There was a light drizzle coming down, but he didn't care.
1:00 am, Son House...
Chi-chi was half-awake and saw that Goku was gone. He must be getting something to eat...she thought as she rolled over, not remembering his father was on his way. The drizzle outside had stopped, and Goku hadn't lost a bit of determination to stay outside and wait for his father to arrive.
6:00 am, Son House...
Chi-chi has woken up, to still find Goku missing. She looked out the window like she did every morning and saw him sitting on the first step. She quickly rushed outside to see what was wrong.
"Why are you out here, Goku?" she asked, sitting down beside him.
"Waiting..." he said, still watching where he thought the taxi would pull up at.
"Oh, that's right!" she remembered, "How long have you been out here?"
"Since 12:00."
"Well, I'm going to make breakfast, okay? I'll bring it to you." she said as she got up.
"Thanks, Chi-chi!" he smiled at her.
7:00 am, Son House...
Goku had eaten, and Gohan and Goten were up. Goten had waited with him for about 30 minutes, but his short attention span soon won over, and he went back inside. Chi-chi was making Gohan study, as usual.
"Is dad just going to wait there all day?" Goten asked.
"I don't know, sweetheart." Chi-chi sighed as she continued to clean dishes.
11:00 am, West City...
Bardock arrives into town and sees a taxi, so he gets in.
"Where to?" the lady inside asked nicely. Bardock handed her a slip of paper with Goku's address on it. "Okay." A few minutes passed by, and she started to talk to him.
"So, what's your name?" she asked.
"Bardock." he said, as he looked out the window.
"Why are you going to Mt. Paouz, if you don't mind my asking."
"To meet my son."
"Aw...How old is he?" it took him a minute to answer that, because he had to add it all up.
"About 35." the cabbie was shocked by his answer. They continued to talk, and she eventually got the full story from him. For some reason, she wasn't scared by the fact that he was an alien, or anything.
12:00 pm, Son House...
Goku was still waiting. He hadn't moved an inch all day. He kept watching, waiting for a car to pull up. He had never seen Bardock before, so he wondered what he looked like. He heard a car pulling up. He thought, This is it! When the car came around the corner, he was surprised to see...the mail-lady...
"Hey, Mr. Son!" she said as she handed him his mail. It was just a bill. "Why do you look sad?"
"I'm waiting for someone..." he sighed. Suddenly, the mail-lady saw a taxi pulling up in back. Bardock was giving her the signal to not tell him he was there.
"Who?" she asked as she looked back down at Goku.
"My dad..." he sighed again.
"Well, I've gotta go." she said as she got back into her car. Goku felt something poke his shoulder.
"Hey, Kakarot." he heard a voice say. Goku looked up to see Bardock, and a large smile filled his face. His eyes lit up like a kid in a candy store. He knew that this was his father, but he couldn't say a word.