Krillen and the others watched dumbfounded as the reincarnation of the demon king flew off with the sweet little boy named Gohan. Krillen gulped once they were out of sight. "So... uh who has to tell Goku's wife ChiChi what happened?" He asked as he rubbed the back of his head. The others immediately fled leaving Krillen all on his own. "Oh boy." He mumbled and slowly flew to Goku's house.

Krillin shrank back from Chi-Chi's anger. The energy coming off her was even scarier then what he felt from Raditz. "You just let that demon fly off with my son!" ChiChi screamed.

Krillen gulped thinking she'd kill him. "Well... Piccolo thought he might be the only way to stop them, and think about it ChiChi. If Raditz was after Gohan, then the other Saiyans might be too. At least this way Gohan can defend himself." Krillin pleaded.

"Humph." ChiChi said and slapped Krillin. "Don't tell me what's right for my son." She growled.

"Yes Mam!" Krillin said straightening up.

"How long till they get here?" She asked.

"About a year." The bald man said.

"Then that's a year you can train me to fight for my son!" Chi-Chi said grabbing him by the ear and dragging the little man into her home. The next day Krillin took her to master Roshi's place to train with him and Yamcha. Tien and Chiaotzu trained in the wilderness together, but made frequent visits to Roshi's to test their skills against the others.

A few months later Mr. Popo walked up to Kami. "Can they beat them?" He asked.

The old guardian shook his head slowly. "Not in their current state...we must train them, invite them here to the lookout...even that might not be enough, but hopefully with king kai's training Goku may be able to do it." Kami said.

Mr. Popo nodded. "I'll invite them at once...Umm... what about Piccolo?" He asked scared.

"No...not yet" kami said thinking as his antenna moved forward. "That boy...he's changing him just as much as piccolo is changing him." Kami said.

"Wait the evil demon king change?" Mister Popo asked. Kami simply nodded. Mister Popo made the arrangements to summon the best fighters of Earth to the lookout.

"Wow Mister Piccolo, you're too good." Gohan said.

"Don't give out yet kid." Piccolo growled at the youth and unleashed another series of fast strikes. The kid barely managed to block them. "Is that the best you can do?" Piccolo taunted him to get him to try harder. In truth piccolo was fairly impressed with his own teaching abilities and how well his pupil was learning. The beginning was rocky to be sure, Piccolo had even helped the young boy slightly in the beginning of his survival training. Why he did it he still wasn't sure, but in the end it seemed to work out. The most surprising thing however was that this kid wasn't the least bit scared of him. In fact the kid actually seemed to like him. On the rare occasions Piccolo praised him for something, he'd seem like the happiest kid on earth.

"Ouches." Gohan yelped as a particularly strong hit from Piccolo slammed him into the earth.

"Crap." Piccolo mumbled having gotten distracted in his own mind and hit him too hard. He began to get a worried look when Gohan didn't come out of the crater. "Kid?" Piccolo asked trying to hide his worry.

"Gotcha Mister Piccolo." Gohan cheered as he hugged his teacher by the neck. Piccolo squeaked looking back and saw a smiling Gohan and a hole in the ground behind him.

"Are you okay?" Gohan asked, noticing the worried look that most would of missed.

"Hmmph." Piccolo grunted. His arm stretched and grabbed Gohan from behind throwing him over his shoulder and zapping him with a beam from his eyes. "Never let your guard down when fighting your enemy kid." He stated as Gohan winced and panted. Gohan then looked confused.

"But you're not my enemy?" He said. Piccolo gawked for a few seconds and shook his head.

"When we are fighting you need to treat me like one." He said. Gohan nodded and charged at him again as they resumed training.

(Author's Notes)

And so it begins, this is my first time writing a fanfic, so any advice is greatly welcomed.

With this story I'm trying to make a lot of characters relevant to the overall story of DBZ. Eventually Piccolo will truly get his own family as well. Full disclosure though Piccolo will be getting the most focus in this story, I cannot help it if he's my favorite. However other characters like Chichi, Chiaotzu, Android 16 and more will get their characters expanded upon too.

Most of my knowledge comes from DBZ Kai, and I have a pretty good handle on the Saiyan Saga to the end of the cell saga. Up to that point this story will stay pretty true to the original story, the Buu arc will probably very different. I will be using some filler moments in the story as well as the movies too if they fit well with the continuity in my story. I will strive to make the story as believable as possible.

As for power levels, I'll use them some in the earliest chapters, but after Namek I'll just use comparisons to show how strong characters are in comparison to their original selves and enemies. If there's enough interest I might devote a chapter completely to showing their power levels throughout the story once I'm well into the story.

I am going to introduce a new Saiyan OC later on, I plan on them being the only character not original to some version of the DBZ story, excluding new additions to the family some characters may get because of differences in the stories. Goten and Trunks will have a lot more play mates come the Buu arc. I hate to ruin the surprise, but I wanted to give fair warning to my readers about adding a completely new character as I don't know how everyone would react to such.

Finally thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy it as I enjoyed writing it. All credit goes to the makers of dragon ball, DBZ and other related stories.